Opinion

A PROLEGOMENON ON ARMAGEDDON

January 22, 2025

By Toyin Falola The Armageddon is coming With a wave of travail and a wind of trouble. Armageddon is coming! The travails of hunger dice it. Propagated by the impulsiveness

Trump’s Tenure and Africa’s Relation

January 21, 2025

By Toyin Falola The reelection of Donald Trump and his return to the White House on January 20, 2025, have spurred debates regarding the consequences this new chapter in the

Tinubu congratulates Nigerian scientists, engineers for making Biden’s honours list

January 16, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated six distinguished Diaspora Nigerians named by President Joe Biden among the 400 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in

Prof Kingsley Moghalu and the Value of Determination

January 10, 2025

By Toyin Falola Across every African culture, there is a central belief system that human destiny is preternaturally designed, and I found compelling a presupposition that comes with this understanding.

Farotimi and Nigeria’s criminal justice system

January 7, 2025

By Olayinka Oyegbile (A review of Dele Farotimi’s Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System, Dele Farotimi Publishers, Lagos, 2024) Courage is a virtue. It is what every human being claims

Toyin Falola At 72: The Conscience of the Nation

January 2, 2025

By Serges Kamga One of the most important yet demanding jobs in life is teaching and writing. Teachers, by virtue of their calling, foster the right to education and shoulder

Prof Babafemi Badejo: An icon of icons

December 30, 2024

By Toyin Falola People’s journey in life differs for fundamental reasons. First, every individual has specific God-given responsibilities to fulfill in the land of the living, and for that reason,

Prof Michael Afolayan @ 70: From the village to the world

December 9, 2024

By Toyin Falola The spread of knowledge in human history owes its existential success to the efforts of daring individuals who are categorized as walking libraries. These individuals are themselves

Once again, Lagos to Yenagoa by road

November 12, 2024

By Olayinka Oyegbile When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story – Steve Rushin When the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) decided to

Prof Jide Osuntokun: A Life of Service and Legacy

November 11, 2024

By Toyin Falola The Noble Academic and Patriot by Ayorinde Omosebi is a biography of Professor Jide Osuntokun chronicling the life of this great historian, diplomat, and educator who has

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