Opinion

TF at 70: A Heart Full of Appreciation

January 9, 2023

By Toyin Falola For many people, age 70 is a point of celebration. They invite several individuals to felicitate with them for what they have been through, what they have

Las Las! (Part III)

January 4, 2023

By Toyin Falola Nigeria is experiencing economic issues due to poor planning, ineffective policies, poor leadership, and many other factors. Despite the country’s abundant natural and human resources, the

Your opinion on Obi can’t sway most Nigerians – Atiku tells Obasanjo

January 2, 2023

The campaign organisation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter

TF at 70: A Meditation on Nothingness

January 1, 2023

By Toyin Falola On this day, I celebrate the day I came to this world This day, family, friends, and colleagues rejoice With me Do they not know a

A Harbinger: Honouring Ayo Olukotun

December 31, 2022

By Toyin Falola I want to enter the new year by celebrating a living legend who will continue to influence us in the years ahead. In my forthcoming long book,

ESTABLISHING A STABLE POLITICAL CULTURE

December 30, 2022

By Dul Johnson Even before the political party primaries produced their candidates there was a lot of anxiety as to what awaited the nation as regards the 2023 general

Serve Me Breakfast! Part 2

December 30, 2022

By Toyin Falola Last night It was you and I and crackles and vodka And a sky full of stars It was two truths confessed I had cheated

“Serve me Breakfast!” Part 1

December 25, 2022

By Toyin Falola When my friend, Dr Yemi Ijaola, Cardiologist at UCH, Ibadan, visited me some weeks ago in November, I offered to “serve her breakfast” and asked what

FROM PRESIDENTS TO SOLDIERS TO NATIONS

December 19, 2022

Musikilu Mojeed, The Letterman (A Review, Part 2) BY TOYIN FALOLA The second part of the review of The Letterman focuses on the series of letters written by

The Ripple Effects of Underfunding in Nigeria’s Higher Education Sector

December 19, 2022

By Toyin Falola Today Monday, December 19, 2022, I am a guest of Osun State University, where I am delivering the Fourth Prince Tunde Ponnle Annual Lecture. The management of

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