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Welcome to the Anthropocene: The case of human activities and climate change

Welcome to the Anthropocene: The case of human activities and climate change

By Krakrafaa Bestman Since after the ice age, which is mostly referred to as Holocene (Angus, 2020), human activities have constantly reshaped the global environment in a way that it can no longer be ignored. To this end, geologists and environmentalists alike have continued to argue about the name of the era Anthropocene, which is […]

One year after: Between Tinubu and the elephant

One year after: Between Tinubu and the elephant

By Kunle Oyatomi It wasn’t an easy effort for those who came back from an assessment visit to the elephant. Each returnee had something different to say about the animal. All one had to say of the mammal was that it had large ears. Others claimed the big creature possessed equally big legs that made […]

Searching for a new generation of pan-Africanists

Searching for a new generation of pan-Africanists

By Etim Etim Africa is always in perpetual struggle for survival. It is the world’s second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia, but its past and future always seem to be in constant collision. In the past, our forebears confronted slavery, enslavement and colonialization, and this gave birth to pan Africanism. Now, the continent […]

The untold story of Obaseki’s achievements in road construction, rehabilitation in Edo

The untold story of Obaseki’s achievements in road construction, rehabilitation in Edo

By Arthur Ogunro The recent write-up by some ghostwriters paid by disgruntled opposition elements to smear mud on the huge acceptance that Barrister Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) standard bearer for the September 21 governorship poll in Edo State, has been getting is not unexpected. Sensing that defeat is imminent for their choice candidates […]

Appraising Bago’s template on agriculture

Appraising Bago’s template on agriculture

By Kabir Ahmed Panti When you hear people call him “Farmer Governor”, you would be tempted to assume that someone with a heavy Hausa accent is struggling to pronounce “former governor”; but no, His Excellency, Mohammed Umaru Bago, the executive governor of Niger State is known and called the “Farmer Governor”. The name did not […]