‘Not as exotic as you’: The poetics of difference and othering
By Oko Owi Ocho Afrika Isaac Miebi Mandez creates a persona who is in therapy—but it is a collective self-therapy that takes us through the history of colonial violence, the continued impact of the wound of that violence, and what Frantz Fanon had noted as the continuity of the wound of colonialism, which we have […]
‘Our plan to make oyo hub for education tourism’
MY Dear Good People of Oyo State. As we draw the curtains on 2019 and look forward with renewed expectation and hope to the New Year, I am delighted to deliver my first New Year message.
‘Why I support Gbagi for Delta 2023’
By Possible Ogheneseruo Politics is not a game for lily liver individuals but requires someone who is stable in all spheres of life. Politics is not for boys but real men who have been tested and approved in all ramifications. It is indeed not just for men with mere aspiration, but men who are determined […]
Chimamanda: Nigeria’s most decorated personality?
As we approach the end of a decade and the start of a new one, fans of multiple award-winning writer and best-selling author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie declared her the celebrity of the decade, listing achievements and accolades she had garnered during the 10-year period.
Kano Emirate Crisis: Attempts to obstruct justice and tarnish image of the Judiciary
THE most trending news from Kano since May this year has always been on the relationship between Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the Governor of Kano State and Sarkin Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, the Emir of Kano. The social media is dominated by stories on this relationship most of them fake with the intent of smearing the image of the Emir. Kano State Government, its agents and sympathizers have always triggered the first salvo at every given opportunity. Emir Sanusi has many sympathizers across Nigeria and the world because of his global status: he was one time best Central Bank Governor in the World and now a United Nations Sustainable Development Advocate, hence whenever they launch attack his sympathizers respond.
Scientist as the unquenched revolutionary: Few words on Tam David-West (1936-2019)
By Dr. Godknows Igali As we close the year 2019, one name that will reverberate in our memories is that of one of Nigeria’s most outstanding social critics, essayists, thinkers and scientists, Professor Tamuemi Sokari David-West, who passed on 11th November 2019. Born on 26th August 1936, he was 83 years when he passed on […]
