Politics

A Harbinger: Honouring Ayo Olukotun

December 31, 2022

By Toyin Falola I want to enter the new year by celebrating a living legend who will continue to influence us in the years ahead. In my forthcoming long book,

ESTABLISHING A STABLE POLITICAL CULTURE

December 30, 2022

By Dul Johnson Even before the political party primaries produced their candidates there was a lot of anxiety as to what awaited the nation as regards the 2023 general

Serve Me Breakfast! Part 2

December 30, 2022

By Toyin Falola Last night It was you and I and crackles and vodka And a sky full of stars It was two truths confessed I had cheated

“Serve me Breakfast!” Part 1

December 25, 2022

By Toyin Falola When my friend, Dr Yemi Ijaola, Cardiologist at UCH, Ibadan, visited me some weeks ago in November, I offered to “serve her breakfast” and asked what

NPC recruitment portal for ad-hoc staff closes Dec 28 – Commissioner

December 20, 2022

The National Population Commission (NPC) says that its e-recruitment portal for ad hoc staff for the 2023 Population and Housing Census would close on Dec. 28. Mr Chidi Ezeoke,

IG vows to arrest, prosecute vote-buying politicians

December 20, 2022

The Nigeria Police has devised new strategies to arrest and prosecute politicians who are into vote buying ahead of the 2023 general elections, according to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman

Petrol defies regulated pricing, rises 30% in one year

December 20, 2022

The average retail price paid by Nigerians for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, increased by 29.81 percent in the 12 months to November 2022, making a mockery

Do not back down on SSB tax, CAPPA tells govt

December 20, 2022

*Cautions against excessive consumption of carbonated drinks The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has asked the federal government not to back down on the N10/litre excise tax introduced

FROM PRESIDENTS TO SOLDIERS TO NATIONS

December 19, 2022

Musikilu Mojeed, The Letterman (A Review, Part 2) BY TOYIN FALOLA The second part of the review of The Letterman focuses on the series of letters written by

The Ripple Effects of Underfunding in Nigeria’s Higher Education Sector

December 19, 2022

By Toyin Falola Today Monday, December 19, 2022, I am a guest of Osun State University, where I am delivering the Fourth Prince Tunde Ponnle Annual Lecture. The management of

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