Politics

“GOD WHEN!?”

August 15, 2022

By Toyin Falola The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our past, our present

A Tale of Visions: A Tribute to Professor Akin Mabogunje (1931–2022)

August 6, 2022

By Toyin Falola “Death is not a period that ends the great sentence of life, but a comma that punctuates it to more lofty significance. Death is not a

Chika Okeke-Agulu: Shining the Spotlight on a True “Son of the Soil”

August 4, 2022

By Toyin Falola Some days ago, Tobi Amusan broke the world record for the female 100-meter hurdles sprint. Reading the news story, I was thrilled that someone had yet

Don’t abandon public schools, CSOs tell African govts

August 4, 2022

African governments have been urged not to abandon their responsibilities in the public education sector to private investors. This was the crux of the agreement of Civil Society Groups across

Obasanjo laments high cost of diesel

August 3, 2022

*Says, I’m sweating Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the rising cost of diesel has adversely affected his fish business. He spoke on Tuesday at a South-west fish farmers’ congress

Abuja: Gunmen attack AIG convoy, kill orderly

August 3, 2022

Gunmen have ambushed the convoy of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 12, Audu Madaki, injuring him and killing one of his escorts. This happened on Tuesday around 2:30

Those who respect the elderly pave their own road toward success – African proverb (Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation, Bola Dauda and Toyin Falola, Bloomsbury Academic, New York,

Hanifa’s killer to die by hanging

July 29, 2022

*Father of victim excited over court judgement Tanko Abdulmalik, and his accomplice, Hashimu Ishyaku, have been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of the five-year-old pupil Hanifa Abubakar.

Gunmen invade community near LAUTECH

July 29, 2022

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded Abaa, a community near the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, and abducted two persons. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed

12 years after UN Declaration of water as a human right: Groups warn African governments against privatisation agenda

July 29, 2022

On July 28, 2022, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), alongside the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition hosted a webinar with African water justice campaigners, in commemoration

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