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But, What is the Tinubu Imaginaire? (1)

Posted By: adminon: March 02, 2023In: Policy & GovernanceTags: Africans, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, INEC, Kemal Ataturk, Rwandan genocide, UKNo CommentsViews:

It was 3. 19 am (4. 19 am in Nigeria) on March 1st when the alert from The Washington Post hit one’s email on the official declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Co... Read more

Harvard University Makes a Statement on Gender and Race With a Spectacular Announcement of Her First Black President

Posted By: adminon: December 15, 2022In: SpectacleTags: Barack Obama, Gender, race, THE, UK, USANo CommentsViews:

Harvard University in the United States has named a new president but in a manner that will reverberate around the world. This is the first time it is happening for the leadership of Harva... Read more

Is There a Cap on the Number of Black Players that Can be Fielded in England’s Team?

Posted By: adminon: December 05, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Deschamps, English Premier League, Euros, France, Germany, Qatar, Southgate, UK, World CupNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura I’ve just done a systematic comparison of the England teams in the Euros of 2021 and this current World Cup. It confirms my casual observation yesterday that there seems to... Read more

UI’s Professor Adigun Agbaje Kidnapped

Posted By: adminon: October 29, 2022In: Policy & GovernanceTags: DVC, Kidnappers, Terrorist attack, UI, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

Foremost Nigerian political scientist, Prof Adigun Agbaje has been reported kidnapped. How it happened and where are still out of details but the news of the professor’s fall into the... Read more

How Did Nigeria Perform in the Just Released 2023 THE World University Ranking?

Posted By: adminon: October 12, 2022In: SpectacleTags: Africa, Australia, CHINA, Oxford, SOAS, UI, UK, UNILAG, University of Cape Town, USNo CommentsViews:

The Times Higher Education, (THE), one of the six or so conducting its own world ranking of universities, is out with the 2023 exercise. There is nothing earth shaking in it as the United Ki... Read more

‘The Woman King’

Posted By: adminon: October 12, 2022In: Policy & GovernanceTags: Agojies, French Empire, Gele, General Nanisca, Kunle Afolayan, Netflix, Nigerians, South Africans, The Kingdom of Dahomey, UK, Viola DavisNo CommentsViews:

The struggle for what Thabo Mbeki calls “the ownership of the African story” appears to be taking a more pleasant turn under digital capitalism. Dr. Yusuf Bangura took time to watch what he... Read more

University of St Andrews Tops the Chart in a New Ranking of UK Universities

Posted By: adminon: September 26, 2022In: BookspaceTags: 'Stoxbridge', ASUU, Cambridge, Oxford, Prof Dame Sally Mapstone, UKNo CommentsViews:

The University of St Andrews has emerged top of the UK university system in a different ranking from the one it previously did so. What that means is that the university based in Scotland ha... Read more

Over There in Australia, Vice-Chancellors Earn Far More Than the Prime Minister

Posted By: adminon: August 21, 2022In: BookspaceTags: Australia, Exceptionally wealthy American universities, Go8, Mark Scott, UK, University College London, University governance, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, Vice-ChancellorNo CommentsViews:

Vice-Chancellors in Nigeria, for example, may not need to fight for pay rise because, as critics of the system would say, they can get whatever they want informally. In Australia, however, n... Read more

Women Stage a Silent Revolution in Global Academia, Seize 43 of the 200 Top Universities

Posted By: adminon: March 08, 2022In: SpectacleTags: Australia, Gender Revolution, Socialist Revolution, THE, UK, USANo CommentsViews:

Times Higher Education which compiled the figures of the number and the names of the 43 out of the top 200 global universities led by women Vice-Chancellors insists that it “is striking tha... Read more

A Vice-Chancellor for Oxford and Cambridge Universities

Posted By: adminon: February 04, 2022In: BookspaceTags: Brexit, CHINA, COVID-19, Harvard University, UK, University of British Columbia, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of St Andrews, University of TorontoNo CommentsViews:

With both Oxford and Cambridge seeking new vice-chancellors, Rosa Ellis examines the unique pressures of leading these prestigious universities and the qualities that successful candidates w... Read more