Arts

The Blows of Friendship

May 29, 2024

By Toyin Falola “You don’t know who is important to you until you lose them.” Mahatma Gandhi “Comradeship is not friendship.” Toyin Falola Life is a vast and

The Feud

May 23, 2024

By Toyin Falola Friendship carries meaning. It is not merely a relationship between neighbours, though it could exist therein; it is not merely a relationship between roommates, though in that

World Culture Day: Minister urges Nigerians to embrace cultural diversity

May 20, 2024

The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has called on Nigerians to celebrate the country’s cultural diversity, describing it as a source of strength and unity. Musawa

Africa Will Never Fail!

May 18, 2024

Acceptance Speech Upon Receiving the D.Phil., University of Pretoria By Toyin Falola The University of Pretoria, I am grateful. It is on your behalf—graduates, the youths that will transform us—that

Brother Bernard!

May 8, 2024

By Toyin Falola Back in the days when I used to stay in a face-me-I-slap-you apartment in Surulere, I used to have a neighbour whom everyone fondly called Brother Bernard.

Reflections on Democratization and State Security in Africa

May 8, 2024

By Toyin Falola It is a pleasure to address students and faculty of Kenyatta University, Nairobi, on May 7, 2024. Africa’s journey towards democratization and state security is a

Jide Kosoko, others pay tribute to ‘The New Masquerade’ late actress, Ovularia

May 8, 2024

Veteran Nollywood actor, Jide Kosoko, on Tuesday mourned Elizabeth Evoeme, popularly known as Ovularia in the 1980s TV sitcom, ‘The New Masquerade’, who died at the age of 81. Kosoko,

Advocate tasks ndi Igbo on culture, language sustenance

May 7, 2024

Chief Ben Okolo, the grandson of Eze Obalike I of Nri, has advised ndi Igbo to take every measure necessary to preserve their language and culture as was done by

Toyin Falola: Our Ali Mazrui

May 2, 2024

By Serges Kamga As Toyin Falola temporarily relocates to East and South Africa in the summer, giving lectures in Kenya, South Africa, Lesotho, Malawi, and Botswana, he moves into what

Jnr. Pope burial: Family urges public to rely on information by Planning Committee

May 1, 2024

The family of John Paul Odonwodo, a.k.a Junior Pope, has urged the public to rely solely on information from the Central Planning Committee (CPC), for his burial. The elder brother

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