CAPPA seeks end to persecution Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the University of Ibadan (UI) to end the continued persecution of three student activists,
Veteran actor and film legend Olu Jacobs is dead. He died on September 16, 2026, according to a statement by the family. The statement added that he died
By Toyin Falola Where the Road Becomes an Archive I carry more than a destination, I carry the memory of a historian across the road, I carry questions
Presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi, has authorised University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and other academic institutions he attended to make public his certificates to
President Bola Tinubu has paid a special tribute to Prof Shaffy Adeniyi Amuwo on his 80th birthday. A personally signed statement byu the president reads: “I warmly congratulate my
The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Education (OSSAP-TVEE) has announced the continued rollout of the National Poverty Reduction with Growth
The Presidency has described the death of Mr Peter Chukwuemeka Onwubuariri, an Assistant Director of Information and Public Relations in the Presidential Villa, as a big loss to President
By Toyin Falola When the Fire Has Eaten the Firewood I am tired. Not the tiredness that sleep can negotiate, not the small fatigue that morning coffee can
By Toyin Falola I appreciate the invitation from the Federal University of Lafia to give a Keynote Address on September 9, 2026, on the theme of “Africa and Global
By Toyin Falola Occasionally, what a person achieves eclipses who they are. They may be allowed into an institution because of scholarship, research, intellectual contribution, or intellectual promise.
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