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Death, Drugs, and Dirges

October 4, 2022

By Toyin Falola The chicken perches on the rope The rope is restless, The chicken is off-balance Should we wear black clothes, take our lamps, and walk barefoot

Senate: Lawan surrenders, says I won’t appeal judgement

September 29, 2022

President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan, has said that he will not appeal the judgment by the Federal High Court, Damaturu, Yobe State, which was against him over the forthcoming

Africa: Ideologies and Narrations

September 26, 2022

By Toyin Falola Africa’s history cuts across the ancient period, precolonial formations, slavery, colonial, post-colonial, and developmental stages hatched and told by both African and foreign scholars. Today, countless

AFRICAN LITERATURE SHOULD BE WRITTEN BY AFRICANS IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES, SAYS WA THIONG’O

September 26, 2022

By Wale Okediran Veteran Writer, Prof Ngugi Wa Thiong’o has reiterated his well-known position on the use of Language in African Literature with a new charge to African

Oil theft: PENGASSAN accuses military of connivance

September 22, 2022

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has accused the military for alleged connivance in high rate of crude oil theft in the country. The National

Taraba: Court voids APC governorship primary

September 20, 2022

Orders fresh primary A Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo has nullified the Taraba governorship primary election which produced Emmanuel Bwacha as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress

God Abeg!

September 20, 2022

By Toyin Falola The sociolinguistic property of God Abeg became bare after Oludare Alaba’s hilarious video hovered around social media platforms and raised continuous conversations. Alaba, a

Oyelade’s insightful chronicle of broadcast journalism

September 20, 2022

TITLE: Dotun Oyelade Reporting… (Memoirs of a Newshound) AUTHOR: Dotun Oyelade with Tola Teriba and Ayodeji Ajisope PUBLISHER: Aikon Integral Concept, Ibadan (2022) Reviewed by Isaac

Monica Cheru on Rethinking African Literature

September 13, 2022

By Toyin Falola (This is the final interview report with a panel of African writers on August 7. For the transcripts: YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GN6IcDGTAzE Facebook: https://fb.watch/eLOPycx-MF/) In an

Court to hear FG’s suit against ASUU on Friday

September 12, 2022

The National Industrial Court has rescheduled hearing of the case of the federal government against the strike by the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) till September

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