By Adagbo Onoja It is not a minor breach to be asked to write on or about Mallam Ibrahim Muazzam at a short notice. To write about him is to write about the numerous signifiers the mention o... Read more
By Hassan A. Saliu Professor Paul Izah was born on the 4th of August 1950. He had his early education in Nigeria and proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria, where he obtained his f... Read more
Tuesday, June 30th, 2026 turned out a great day for Pan-Africanism as students of Bingham University, Karu near Abuja dazzled their audience in an African Union (AU) Mock-Summit. The Mock-Su... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja The tribute has been withdrawn but the damage must be acknowledged and apologies tendered to all those who have suffered consequences due to the incorrect information. Interv... Read more
Two Nigerian academics are each delivering an Inaugural Lecture within a week of each other in June 2026. Ordinarily, an Inaugural Lecture is a solemn but routine practice in that domain. Th... Read more
First published on January 29th, 2026, this text is being republished solely to replace the cover picture of late Prof Billy Dudley with a different one as the previous one is said not to be... Read more
The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) might be plumbing into raising the stakes in think tanking the international. For its impending Lecture Series, it is not only aggregat... Read more
The big news in town this week would surely be Prof Biodun Jeyifo joining his ancestors. It is comparable to the fall of an Iroko in the forest. He was a particularly productive farmer in cr... Read more
Even as Nigeria turns more and more incomprehensible, an oasis is popping up somewhere in Lagos on January 5th, 2026. An oasis of ideas rather than the typical false events and celebration o... Read more
By Prof Hassan Saliu Introduction This tribute is a unique one, and it departs from my usual tributes. It is done in the context of a new book written on the celebrant, who has requested tha... Read more
