Opinion

Death, Drugs, and Dirges

October 4, 2022

By Toyin Falola The chicken perches on the rope The rope is restless, The chicken is off-balance Should we wear black clothes, take our lamps, and walk barefoot

Africa: Ideologies and Narrations

September 26, 2022

By Toyin Falola Africa’s history cuts across the ancient period, precolonial formations, slavery, colonial, post-colonial, and developmental stages hatched and told by both African and foreign scholars. Today, countless

AFRICAN LITERATURE SHOULD BE WRITTEN BY AFRICANS IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES, SAYS WA THIONG’O

September 26, 2022

By Wale Okediran Veteran Writer, Prof Ngugi Wa Thiong’o has reiterated his well-known position on the use of Language in African Literature with a new charge to African

God Abeg!

September 20, 2022

By Toyin Falola The sociolinguistic property of God Abeg became bare after Oludare Alaba’s hilarious video hovered around social media platforms and raised continuous conversations. Alaba, a

Oyelade’s insightful chronicle of broadcast journalism

September 20, 2022

TITLE: Dotun Oyelade Reporting… (Memoirs of a Newshound) AUTHOR: Dotun Oyelade with Tola Teriba and Ayodeji Ajisope PUBLISHER: Aikon Integral Concept, Ibadan (2022) Reviewed by Isaac

Why Nigerian presidents fail

September 12, 2022

Sometime last month, a young Bolt driver asked me: “Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi… who should we vote for?” I’ve been asked similar questions many times by those

2023 AND THE NIGERIAN IN DIASPORA

September 6, 2022

By Dul Johnson Let me begin with an appeal, that every Nigerian Diaspora who comes across this write-up, should please endeavour to share it with as many others as they

2023 AND EVERY NIGERIAN VOTER

September 2, 2022

By Dul Johnson My idea of every Nigerian is every Nigerian of voting age, but it does not matter whether you have a voters’ card or not. You can still

2023, THE POLITICIANS AND ASPIRANTS

September 2, 2022

By Dul Johnson With the primaries over, the die is cast and you are now the ones in the eye of the ‘perfect’ storm, so to speak. You are

JAPA!

September 2, 2022

By Toyin Falola Flee! Japa does not mean to walk away. It is to flee from danger or a compromising situation. It means fleeing an abusive relationship, an

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