Opinion

THE AFRICAN UNION AT TWENTY

May 30, 2022

By Toyin Falola Introduction “A heavy basket cannot be lifted to the head with one hand!” I remember this Yoruba adage whose loose meaning is that one can only boast

The African Union (AU) At Twenty: Advances, Challenges, and Future Opportunities

May 30, 2022

By Toyin Falola I am glad to be back in South Africa. The retreat of the COVID pandemic is renewing our established connections and cooperation. I am equally happy

2023 and the Nigerian Academia

May 27, 2022

Let me make a clarification up front, or perhaps a complication. By the academia, I mean all persons working in all tertiary institutions in Nigeria. These include universities, polytechnics, monotechnics,

2023 AND THE NIGERIAN WOMEN

May 27, 2022

By Dul Johnson The infamous constitution of Nigeria does not say that the seat of the President of Nigeria must not be occupied by a woman. But there is

Funmi Olonisakin: The Mainframe of Global Success

May 21, 2022

By Toyin Falola It was at a dinner with the late J. J. Rawlings, the late President of Ghana that I knew who Olufunmilayo Olonisakin is. Rawlings was boasting

In Time Of Crisis: Civilian And Soldier

May 21, 2022

By Wole Soyinka General Ibrahim Attahiru would be immensely pleased and appreciative if he could become aware of another passing being commemorated today, indeed this very moment. The connection is

2023 AND THE NIGERIAN PROGRESSIVES

May 20, 2022

By Dul Johnson Recently I published a piece with a similar title for the Nigerian youth. In it, I assured the youth that the Progressives were with them and will

2023 AND THE NIGERIAN PROGRESSIVES

May 20, 2022

By Dul Johnson Recently I published a piece with a similar title for the Nigerian youth. In it, I assured the youth that the Progressives were with them and will

The cat-and-mouse game over zoning by Simon Kolawole

May 8, 2022

Where should the next president come from? In the unwritten code that guides matters of national politics in Nigeria, the answer is obvious. A northerner will have been president for

Akintoye’s journalistic memoir

May 6, 2022

Memoirs are the backstairs of history ~ George Meredith By Olayinka Oyegbile Journalists always feel good saying their profession (journalism) is history written in a hurry. This is no doubt

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