People and stories
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). […]
September 17, 2024
Adeshina Afolayan teaches philosophy at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He was a Founder’s Fellow at the National Humanities Center, North Carolina. His areas of specialization […]
September 12, 2024
The pan-Nigerian social welfarist body, Afenifere has expressed worries over government’s stance on the labelling of hunger protest in Nigeria as treasonous offence, saying it betrays […]
September 1, 2024
Angus Deaton Questioning one’s views as circumstances evolve can be a good thing Economics has achieved much; there are large bodies of often nonobvious theoretical understandings […]
August 31, 2024
Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed deep concern over the level of poverty across the African continent, attributing it to man-made causes rather than divine […]
August 19, 2024
Prof. Toyin Falola Interview with Laolu Akande (Inside Source) of Channels TV on Aug. 16 2024, Laolu Akande: Coming back to the issue of our governance […]
August 14, 2024
By Olusegun R. Babalola “… he despised him. For he was youth … David said to the Philistine; “You approach me with sword, and spear, and […]
