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Buhari arrives in Imo

September 9, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has landed at the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri, Imo State. He was received by dignitaries. Governor Hope Uzodinma, in a post on Facebook, said the President

Oyegbile’s The Dirty Leap: Dramatizing Disillusionment and Dystopia

September 8, 2021

By Toyin Falola No literary work is divorced from the society in which it is created. Whether covertly or overtly, literature is usually influenced by the society in which it

Nigeria Receives 1.1 Million Doses Of Johnson & Johnson Vaccines

September 8, 2021

The federal government of Nigeria says it received 1, 123, 000.1 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccines. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCD) said

DSS Files Terrorism Against Two Supporters of Igboho

September 8, 2021

The Department of State Security Services(DSS) has files charges against two supporters of Yoruba Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo better known as Sunday Igboho. The agency in suit number FHC/ABJ/CR/305 /2021 dated

Buhari Appoints Ifedayo Adetifa As NCDC DG

September 8, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ifedayo Adetifa as the new Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) The appointment was announced in statement issued by the presidency on

A CONVERSATION WITH MOLEFI ASANTE, PART 1

September 8, 2021

Molefi Asante: Breathing Africa, Living Blackness By Toyin Falola Em hotep nefer weret! I have listened to his lectures. I have served on committees with

Capitulation Of Boko Haram, ISWAP elements – an eclectic overview

September 8, 2021

By Jude Obuseh A couple of weeks ago, the Nigerian Military High Command announced that several commanders and members of Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram and one of its

Yusuf Grillo 1934-2021

September 8, 2021

By Dele Jegede There could hardly have been a more lugubrious day for me and, I guess, countless others, than August 23rd, when I learned of the passing of Mr.

We Will Withdraw Court Case If You Go Back To Work, FG Tells Striking Doctors

September 6, 2021

The Federal Government is ready to withdraw the case instituted against the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) if striking doctors return to work. The Minister of Labour and Employment,

The fallacy of ethnic homogeneity

September 5, 2021

At the centre of separatist campaigns in Nigeria, and possibly around the world, is the desire to have “homogenous” nations, or nations where an ethnic group is overwhelmingly in the

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