People and stories
February 17, 2025
History judges a true leader by his legacy and clear succession plans for its continuity. Days before Chief Ayo Adebanjo’s death, a prominent Yoruba Chief, Bisi […]
February 17, 2025
In an interview with The Sun, The leader of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to leave a lasting legacy by spearheading constitutional […]
February 15, 2025
The Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife hereby joins the Yoruba race and all proponents of justice, […]
January 30, 2025
A group, African Socio- Cultural Harmony and Enlightenment Foundation (ASHE) has congratulated the new Alaafin of Oyo, Akeem Owoade, just as it commended Oyo state governor, […]
January 30, 2025
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for the preservation of African cultural heritage, describing it as authentic and vital to the continent’s identity. Obasanjo stated this […]
December 28, 2024
He is the National Deputy Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Oba Olaitan Oladipo was the Minority Leader in the House of Representatives between 1999 and […]
December 28, 2024
The feud between elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola and civil rights activist, Mr. Dele Farotimi, is perhaps the most significant discourse that postcolonial Nigerian state has […]
December 28, 2024
It was a great opportunity to address the entire university community of Gombe State University on December 10, 2024. I pay homage to the Acting Vice-Chancellor […]
November 17, 2024
Professor Christie Achebe and the Achebe family; Maurie McInnis, President, Yale University; Steven Wilkinson, Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies, Professor of Political Science […]
October 20, 2024
When all is said and done, said the great American statesman, Abraham Lincoln, it is not the years in our lives that count. It is the […]
October 20, 2024
Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group On the occasion of the 90th Birthday of H.E. General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), former Head of State & […]
October 20, 2024
Erudite historian, Professor Toyin Falola, on Tuesday, unveiled the African Ancestral Studies program during the 2024 Anton Wilhelm Lecture held at the University of Ghana, noting […]
October 20, 2024
The Anambra State House of Assembly passed two progressive legislations pursuant to its powers under the Constitution (Anambra State Economic Planning and Development Law, 2024; and […]
September 23, 2024
By Tade Ipadeola On Friday the 1st day of March 2024, purporting to act pursuant to the Land Use Act, Governor Makinde of Oyo State, the […]
September 17, 2024
On October 15, 2024, at the University of Ghana, Professor Toyin Falola, Africa’s most decorated humanities scholar, will inaugurate a new field, African Ancestral Studies (AAS). […]
