The month of August brings back memories of the well known Nigerian soldier turned politician – Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. IBB, as Babangida is more known, was born in August and he organis... Read more
A new argument can be heard insisting that universities should be ranked in terms of impact on society rather than any other criteria. This, it is posited, would resolve their perceived disc... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja Dr. Fatima Akilu, the fourth reviewer at the August 19th, 2020 webinar on Raufu Mustapha and Kate Meagher’s edited work Overcoming Boko Haram: Faith, Society and Islamic Radi... Read more
In the Western media, the concept of the ‘African Big Man’ is part of the African crisis. In that space, the ‘African Big Man’ is the personification of lawless, corrupt use of power. This v... Read more
By Ambassador Usman Sarki Where the revolutions of a mere sixty years cannot be correctly traced and accurately rendered, it becomes impossible to fathom how the events of centuries and mill... Read more
“Alphonso Davies, a Ghana-born Liberian refugee who migrated to Canada, was one of the standout players in the just concluded Champions League tournament, which his team, Bayern Munich... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja A hopefully passable revisiting of the August 19th, 2020 webinar on Raufu Mustapha and Kate Meagher’s edited work Overcoming Boko Haram: Faith, Society and Islamic Radicalisa... Read more
By Baba Ahmed, in Bamako (Friday, 21 August 2020) In their first interview so far, the officers who effected change of government in Mali earlier this week are saying theirs is not a coup. T... Read more
By Robert Morrell• On Monday, 17 August, Bill Freund died in Durban. He was 76 years old. He was among the most eminent of South Africa’s historians and published prodigiously broadly in the... Read more
Democracy, most likely the most invoked concept in the world today, will be on the slaughter slab Saturday at a webinar on “Conversation on Democracy in Nigeria”. organised by Lagos based pu... Read more
