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JAPA!

September 2, 2022

By Toyin Falola Flee! Japa does not mean to walk away. It is to flee from danger or a compromising situation. It means fleeing an abusive relationship, an

One killed as traditional worshippers, church members clash in Lagos

August 25, 2022

A tailor has been killed in a clash between Oro traditional worshippers and worshippers at a Pentecostal church in Oko-Oba area of Agege, Lagos State. The tailor identified as

The Strange Moon of Yenogoa: A Review

August 23, 2022

Review by Jumoke Verissimo Title: The Strange Moon of Yenagoa Author: Samuel Osaze Publisher Akono Verlag, Leipzig, 2021 Samuel Osaze’s The Strange Moon of Yenagoa conveys the Nigerian youth’s never-ending dissatisfaction,

Salary arrears: NLC backs ASUU

August 23, 2022

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has thrown its weight behind the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on its insistence on the payment of the withheld salaries of its

Don says public toilets better than Nigerian politicians’ mouths

August 19, 2022

A professor of Political Science at Texas State University, United States, has said public toilets are cleaner and safer than the mouth of an average Nigerian politician. Prof Sheriff Folarin,

“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

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