Lifeworld Archives - Page 28 of 53

Religious and Traditional Rulers Take Own Share of Insecurity and Death in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: January 02, 2021In: LifeworldTags: ANA, NIPSSS, Orlu, SOAS, ZazzauNo CommentsViews:

It has been a week of a heavy share of the gale of insecurity and death sweeping across Nigeria. Not only was the Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri, the Most Reverend Moses Chikwe kidnapped along w... Read more

Covid-19 Claims Prof Femi Odekunle @ 77

Posted By: adminon: December 30, 2020In: LifeworldTags: No CommentsViews:

There is still no let in the passage of notable members of the elite in Nigeria from the Covid-19 pandemic. The latest to fall prey is Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria’s notable Sociolog... Read more

Remembering Li Wenliang, the Wuhan Doctor Who Warned the World About Coronavirus

Posted By: adminon: December 28, 2020In: LifeworldTags: Chinese millennials, Chinese New Year, WeiboNo CommentsViews:

Reproduced from the South China Morning Post which published it in a content partnership with POLITICO, the byline for the piece is that of Audrey Jiajia Li In China, Li’s passing triggere... Read more

In Search of the Tribe of Chinweizu, Onwuchekwa Jemie and Ihechukwu Madubuike

Posted By: adminon: December 26, 2020In: LifeworldTags: 'Clash of Civilisations', 2nd National Development Plan, Chinweiture, Cosmopolitanism, media globalisation, MIT, Multi-culturalism, Soyinka, WINNo CommentsViews:

A literature review exercise for an essay brought the tribe to memory. They were, indeed, a tribe, a tribe of intellectual hostage taking but in a critical and Afrocentric sense of that. The... Read more

When Rebecca Ada and Francis Akpakwu Took Their Marital Turn

Posted By: adminon: December 25, 2020In: LifeworldTags: Dr Hannatu Alahira, KTL, Zaria School of HistoryNo CommentsViews:

It would not be surprising if theirs turned out the most welcome marriage ceremony in the area this season. The bride in particular and the bridegroom. All two are products of well known fam... Read more

Jerry Agada As the Exit of a Literary Sharp Shooter

Posted By: adminon: December 22, 2020In: LifeworldTags: 'Mr Humble', ANA, Government College Makurdi, MinisterNo CommentsViews:

Nigeria is witnessing a wave of deaths of elite figures that is not common. The figures so far is nothing compared to the number of women who die from delivery complications everyday in the... Read more

Death of Prof Moses Tedheke and the NDA Inaugural Lecture That Will Not Be Delivered

Posted By: adminon: December 21, 2020In: LifeworldTags: Afrocentrism, Ancient Egypt, Chiekh Anta Diop, Eurocentrism, History, Inaugural Lecture, Marxism, NCO, NDA, PharoesNo CommentsViews:

At his age, anything could happen but the way his voice rang out on the phone each time he called kept such thoughts away. When it happened at 6. 30 pm December 21st, 2020, it came as a surp... Read more

Ife Collective Loses Ideologue, Prof Bayonile Tolani Ademodi

Posted By: adminon: December 21, 2020In: LifeworldTags: Ife Collective, Imperial College London, Ondo State, Refining and Corrosion ManagementNo CommentsViews:

Prof Bayonile Tolani Ademodi, a member of the now defunct Ife Collective based at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife is dead. Born in March, 1952, Prof Bayo gave up the ghost in the we... Read more

Radicals Converge @ Abaka Nora Abashi’s Wedding

Posted By: adminon: December 19, 2020In: LifeworldTags: No CommentsViews:

It was a classic case of giving to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what is God’s. The wedding itself was at the Chapel of Redemption at the College of Education, Akwanga in Nasarawa... Read more

Why is APC Shutting Down Otukpo for Lady Blessing Onyeche Onuh?

Posted By: adminon: December 17, 2020In: LifeworldTags: APC, Eyum Foundation, Gen Sani Abacha, PDPNo CommentsViews:

Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) is set to shut down Otukpo town in Benue State again Friday this week when it hands over its flag to a decampee into the party. T... Read more