Opinion

The Buhari that lives in the Nigerian mind

July 18, 2025

By Toyin Falola As it so often tends to be with people who have headed a country, Muhammadu Buhari’s strongest sentiments lie in the hearts of the millions he once

Tinubu on Buhari

July 18, 2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s tribute to Buhari at the special session of the Federal Executive Council in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari Today, we gather under a

After the 62nd Bonn Intersessional, What Next for Climate Action?

July 15, 2025

By Olamide Martins Ogunlade The 62nd Sessions of the UN Climate Change Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) recently concluded in Bonn, Germany, but not with the urgency the world so desperately needs. From 16

NARRATING CHANGES

July 14, 2025

By Toyin Falola The invitation to give a series of lectures in Kenya and South Africa this month inspired this piece. The ideas that I am presenting are all around

As Buhari departs: A personal reflection

July 14, 2025

By Olayinka Oyegbile When the news of the death of Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s immediate past president broke, the first thing that came to my mind were the immortal words of

Prof Clement Adebooye: A legacy of scholarship and service

July 14, 2025

By Toyin Falola I am certain that it was Professor Labode Popoola, former Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, who informally introduced me to Professor Clement Adebooye as a cerebral scholar.

Falola to speak on power during Kenyan visit

July 9, 2025

By Peter Wafula Wekesa Kenya has this year lost two of its eminent intellectual powerhouses to the ancestral world. The death of Prof B.A. Ogot and Prof. Ngugi wa Thiongó,

THE RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA

July 2, 2025

By Toyin Falola What constitutes the rule of law is often shaped by the spirit of the law in each society. Whether the law is good or bad, the core

Vaping in Nigeria: Green Outside, Deadly Within

June 30, 2025

By Robert Egbe When, during the 1920s, the American public began to identify smoking as the cause of their persistent cough, throat irritation, and other related diseases, tobacco companies –

TOFAC 2025 and the Osogbo Matrix: Taking stock of African creativity in an African creative nexus

June 27, 2025

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