By Adagbo ONOJA No book contains its own meaning. At best, an author’s intention (which we cannot establish anyway) may coincide with the dominant reception of a particular book and the book... Read more
By Adagbo ONOJA Language, (or is it meaning-making?) is all that we have. Those who find it difficult to come to terms with this allege that the ‘linguistic turn’ in analytical philosophy i... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja The 80th birthday of Cardinal Emeritus John Onaiyekan has come and gone but the reflection on it has no deadline. The starting point here is that Nigeria is in search of lead... Read more
By Yusuf Bangura In this short but sharp piece, Dr Yusuf Bangura domesticates the person, artistry and death of Harry Belafonte whose civil rights agitation excited Nelson Mandela, amongst o... Read more
As is always the case and without being chauvinistic there, Nigeria tends to flash the signal or sound the alarm. On February 9th, 2018, it did so when an event on democracy turned into a cl... Read more
PAUL PURITT, born at St. Luc Hospital in Montreal on 28 July 1938, passed away peacefully at the Ottawa General Hospital on the evening of 23 December 2022 at the age of 84. Paul’s warm pers... Read more
The Clearing House of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) is done with the screening of presidential aspirants. Baring unforeseen circumstances, the list from the exercise is the list... Read more
A leading South African player speaks on the earth-shaking imprisonment of an ‘African big man, former president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma I realise that by calling this press conference t... Read more
A spectre of generalised insecurity is haunting Nigeria. It has been a perplexing situation since early 2016 when Agatu in Benue State and Nimbo in Enugu State were the flashpoints. From Ben... Read more
This book presents a problem for any reviewer: focus on the subject matter of the book or first draw out the equally compelling features that gives the book its multidimensional character? O... Read more
