During the Annual General Meeting of 12th of December, 2021, a new set of executive members were unanimously nominated and selected. This brings to an end the executive team led by Prof. Funso Akere during the last four years. The new executive members led by the chairmanship of Dr. Moses Ajaja is presented below: Dr….
Covid-19, an Eightieth Birthday and Politics in Nigeria By: Babafemi A. Badejo, Ph.D July 3, 2020 was the 80th birthday anniversary of Prof. Adebola Kukoyi. The Yoruba or better still, the Ijebu sub-group, tended to have loud “owambe” (literally: it’s there i.e., the party is rich in all respects: attendance, loud live-bands, food and drinks,…
There is an irony about Nigeria. One only needs to shout: “thief, thief, thief”, in an attempt to apprehend an alleged petty thief, and in no time, a mob surfaces capture the individual. The alleged thief, whether male or female, is hounded by the mob and receives instant justice, without a trial. In some cases,…
With independence realized from colonial rule, Africa had its fair share of sit-tight Presidents. The continent started off with one-party states that knew only one leader who satisfied demands for elections but making sure that these “African Kings” regularly and purportedly scored over 90% of votes cast. Then came a spate of “African Kings in…
On November 7, 2017, it was internationally announced that 26 young women, estimated to be in the age range of 14-18 had been found dead on the Mediterranean sea inside a capsized boat. They were presumed to have met their fate about three days earlier. According to Mr. Tope Adeleye Elias-Fatile, the spokesperson of the…
