Politics

The Rule of Law in contemporary Africa

April 18, 2025

By Toyin Falola It is a privilege to have been asked by the University of the Free State to give a Keynote Address on Thursday, April 10, 2025. This major

PDP group urges Atiku to support new generation of leaders

April 17, 2025

The Concerned PDP Youth of Gombe State has urged the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to step back from active political contest and pursue an advisory role in shaping the

President inaugurates census panel, gives three-week deadline for report

April 17, 2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has inaugurated a high-level committee on the forthcoming national population and housing census on Wednesday. The committee will submit an interim report within three weeks. The

Prof Niyi Afolabi: A Catholic visitor in Ogun’s grove

April 17, 2025

By Toyin Falola This piece is to celebrate the teaching award to be conferred by the University of Texas at Austin on Professor Niyi Afolabi, my colleague, on April 23,

Soyinka blast NBC, says ban on Abdulkareem’s song action reeks of intolerance

April 14, 2025

The Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has faulted the decision of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to ban the music of Rap artiste Eeedris Abdulkareem as “petulant irrationality”. The NBC had

Lagos apologises to Lagos Island residents, business owners

April 11, 2025

The Lagos State Government (LASG), on Friday, apologised to Lagos Island residents and business owners over the stagnant storm water due to the ongoing regeneration construction in the area. The

Tinubu congratulates Dangote on his birthday

April 11, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Africa’s foremost industrialist and philanthropist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, founder and President of the Dangote Group, on his birthday. The President celebrated the life of a

The campaign against Achimugu: A betrayal of justice, womanhood, and nationhood

April 9, 2025

By Ozohu Otonoku In the fabric of every nation, there are moments that test the strength of its morality, the resilience of its institutions, and the collective conscience of its

REFLECTIONS: A decade without Oronto Douglas – A call to immortalise him

April 9, 2025

By Ipigansi Okumo “Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time” – Henry Wadsworth

Falola to receive honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of the Free State

April 8, 2025

By Our Staff Writer One of Africa’s most decorated and distinguished scholars, Professor Toyin Falola, is set to receive an honorary Doctor of Law (LLD) degree (honoris causa) from the

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