Opinion

Is there Still Hope for Nigeria?

August 14, 2023

By Toyin Falola It is a pleasure to have been invited to participate in the Dean’s Forum, University of Lagos. By starting his Deanship term with the Dialogue Series initiative,

African Union backs ECOWAS response to coup in Niger

August 11, 2023

The African Union has pledged support to the West African community of nations, ECOWAS. The union’s chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat, in a statement, said he stands behind the group’s response

Ọmọkọmọ!

August 10, 2023

By Toyin Falola Do you remember the wedding party I attended the other day? The one I saw Bẹ́kùnBẹ́kùn at? Yes, that one. I called it Ayamatanga! Google it!! I

Professor Bolaji Akinyemi: The Don of Public Affairs

August 10, 2023

By Toyin Falola Focus is an often-romanticized characteristic among the human race. As powerful as the human brain is, there are piles of motivational messages with the sole aim of

Nigerian writers on Nigeria

August 8, 2023

Why are Nigerians able to walk on rivers abroad but often struggle to crawl at home? Why is it that these days, most Nigerians have to leave home to excel?

Gunmen set ablaze Rep’s country home in Anambra

August 8, 2023

Unidentified gunmen in the wee hours of Tuesday attacked the country home of Pascal Agbordike, representing Ihiala Federal Constituency of Anambra State. The hoodlums allegedly set the lawmaker’s building ablaze

Prof Akin Mabogunje (1931-2022): Remembering a Legend

August 7, 2023

By Toyin Falola Our hero died a year ago on August 4, 2023, within a stone’s throw of where I resided. I felt like rushing there to wake him, like

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August 4, 2023

By Toyin Falola To the acada, concepts like intelligence quotient and emotional intelligence are factors used to understand individuals’ stability and relatability at different extremes and psychological understanding. However, the

PRESIDENT TINUBU HAS GOOD SPEECHWRITERS

August 1, 2023

By Olayinka Oyegbile President Tinubu I must confess that for the first time in many decades, I actually sat down in rapt attention to listen to a Nigerian presidential speech

Kole Omotoso: In memoriam

July 24, 2023

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday and no tomorrow.

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