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NIJ: Adefaye and the Midas touch

October 21, 2024

By Qasim Akinreti, Ph. D I am a member of the old school club, always listening to traditional music of Ebenezer Obey, Sunny Ade, Yusuf Olatunji, and Baba Gani Eto-

Kola Daisi University: The chief and his vision

October 19, 2024

By Toyin Falola Chief Kola Daisi is a force to reckon with in Nigeria, most especially in Ibadan—the capital city of Oyo State. His name is synonymous with excellence, leadership,

Patriots inaugurate zonal committees on political reform

October 18, 2024

The Emeka Anyaoku-led group of eminent Nigerians, popularly known as The Patriots, has inaugurated Zonal Advocacy Committees across the six geo political zones of the country towards the actualisation of

Anton Wilhelm Amo: Our Ancestral Philosopher

October 14, 2024

By Toyin Falola The invitation to give the 2024 Anton Wilhelm Amo Lecture at the University of Ghana must start by paying homage to the man whose name honours this

Workplace ethics and mental health in Nigeria and beyond

October 3, 2024

By Temidayo Taiwo Oni Virtually every methodical human activity in life which involves the gathering of people of different cadres and backgrounds is guided either by a set of laws

Memories of a true friend

October 3, 2024

By Mofolorunso Adekunle Enigbokan Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our

We Age While They Grow – Part 2

September 30, 2024

By Toyin Falola I have come to be a tail Without weapons but watching, guarding, and guiding These, who are “my girls” Both the old, the not-too-old, and the children

The Known, the Unknown, and the Future of African Knowledge

September 23, 2024

By Toyin Falola I remain grateful to Professor Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni, who sent me a copy of his co-edited book with Professor Katharina Schramm, published in the Africa Multiple Series by

Climate Debt: Nigerian Activists, Others Demand $5 Trillion From Rich Countries

September 20, 2024

Activists in Nigeria and the rest of the world are holding hundreds of climate actions today to call on governments in the Global North to pay up $5 trillion annually

Makinde, Soun, others to attend 10th anniversary to mark Gen Adekunle’s death

September 2, 2024

*Institutes Benjamin Adekunle Memorial Lecture The children and extended family of the late Brigadier-General Benjamin Adekunle have unveiled plans to mark the 10th Anniversary of the late hero’s passing with

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