Special Reports

The Demise of Reverend Desmond Tutu

December 30, 2021

By Toyin Falola Ubuntu: I am because you are, because we are. But beyond that, I am because I belong, and I have chosen to belong, to form a part

A CONVERSATION WITH PRINCE YEMISI SHYLLON, PART 5

December 9, 2021

The Abeokuta Prince and the Art Palace By Toyin Falola My trip to Abeokuta in November 2021 yielded treasures of performance and orality at the Ake Palace, the city itself,

Ibadan: My City of Fame

November 26, 2021

By Toyin Falola I have searched; I have attempted, and I conclude that there are not enough words to quantify how much Ibadan the city of the brave and fierce

Is Nigeria on the Brink?

November 19, 2021

By Toyin Falola Is Nigeria on the brink? This is one of such questions that open up the doors for a comprehensive dialogue on the state of the Nigerian nation

Ali A. Mazrui, Abdulrazak Gurnah and the Swahili moment

October 13, 2021

By Toyin Falola October 12 has been declared “Ali A. Mazrui Memorial Day” by his friends, colleagues, and well-wishers. This year’s observance is very unique as it coincides with

Oyegbile’s The Dirty Leap: Dramatizing Disillusionment and Dystopia

September 8, 2021

By Toyin Falola No literary work is divorced from the society in which it is created. Whether covertly or overtly, literature is usually influenced by the society in which it

‘Three and a half decades after we parted in Nigeria, I met my brother again in America’

August 11, 2021

It was palpable joy when Taiwo Abiodun, a Nigerian journalist who recently relocated to America, met his brother, Professor Rowland Abiodun in Amherst, more than three decades after the brother

Groups write NBC, demand the prohibition of smoking in Big Brother Naija

July 16, 2021

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) has petitioned the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) asking the agency to prohibit smoking in the

Civil Society Rejects Petroleum Industry Bill

July 9, 2021

*Says it is anti-people A coalition of civil society groups on Wednesday roundly condemned and rejected the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) as proposed by the Senate and House of Representatives.

NBC: Idachaba out, Ilelah in

June 11, 2021

*Buhari sacks NBC DG In a surprise move that has thrown the communication sector into a limbo, President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to confirm the appointment of the Director General

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