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Professor Abimbola Adelakun: A Journey Through Time

April 28, 2025

By Toyin Falola Professor Abimbola Adelakun left Ibadan, the city of Brown Roofs, to study and live a new life in Austin, the Bat City. Her next abode is now

Dele Jegede At 80: Skill and creativity for social development

April 28, 2025

By Toyin Falola It was a privilege to have participated in the one-day symposium on “Dele Jegede at 80: Examining the Nexus of Art, Activism, and Academica, held on April

Akpabio leads Nigeria’s delegation to Pope Francis’ funeral

April 25, 2025

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a high-powered delegation to Vatican City to attend the burial of His Holiness, Pope Francis, on Saturday, April 26. Senate President Godswill Akpabio is

Ogundiran elected to prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 24, 2025

Prof Akinwumi Ogundiran of the Northwestern University has been elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was elected along with eight members of the faculty. Ogundiran, a

NANS applauds Tinubu for N50bn ASUU, varsity staff fund

April 24, 2025

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving the release of N50 billion to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other non-academic

Nigeria safe, Edun assures investors

April 24, 2025

Mr Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, has assured investors that Nigeria is safe for investment. He said this at the Nigeria Investment Forum,

Unemployed man gets 12 strokes of cane for stealing ceiling fans

April 24, 2025

A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a 22-year-old applicant, Samson Kingsley, should be given 12 strokes of the cane for stealing ceiling fans worth N160,000. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel,

Temu hit by rash of complaints from Nigerian customers – Survey

April 24, 2025

A new entrant into the Nigerian e-commerce space, Temu, a Chinese platform, is being inundated with complaints from its Nigerian market. A survey carried out by the News Agency of

Security: Tinubu issues new directives on security

April 24, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate and comprehensive overhaul of national security strategies, demanding urgent action to end the escalating violence in Borno, Benue, Plateau and Kwara states. The

Big debts, water and thirsts

April 24, 2025

Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink – Samuel Taylor Coleridge (A review of Big Debt, Big Thirst: A Case Study of World Bank Supported Water Projects in

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