Finally watched Black Panther: Wakanda Forever last night. Great acting by the cast, especially Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, Danai Gurira and Lupita Nyong’o. However, there is a huge hole in the movie without the late Chadwick Boseman, “the Black Panther” who passed on, sadly, two years ago at the young age of 46. And how …
NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA PRESS RELEASE Our country needs your resourcefulness to excel, NOUN Vice-Chancellor tells over 16,000 freshmen The Vice-Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Professor Olufemi Peters, has challenged the new students of the institution to demonstrate at all times to the society that NOUN offers quality education delivered with equality …
NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA PRESS RELEASE ————————– You’re wrong, ‘Brekete Family’, our courses are accredited – NOUN The attention of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has been drawn to a statement made by Mr. Ahmed Isa (a.k.a. ‘Ordinary President’), the proprietor and chairman of Abuja-based broadcast outfit, Human Rights Radio and Television, …
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(Nigeria at 62) When the last white ship departed You pounced on your unwedded bride: You tore my shivering legs wide And your brutal violence started. As your guns kept cracking inside, Your sweet-nothings drew scalding tears: “I adore you, voluptuous bride!” Silly rhetoric whacked my ears. Your grandfathers you murdered As the …
Glad to find that I still have a copy of this book, a pioneering work on Nigerian archeology. “Aspects of the Nok Culture” by J.F. Jemkur has been appropriately described as a successor to the work of the late Bernard Fagg – the “Father of the Jos Museum” and the founder of the Nok Culture …
This man was appropriately described as a legend and “Mai halin Sardauna,” i.e. one who emulated the character of the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello – in his caring for the well-being of his people. Adamu’s people were just like the Sardauna’s; they cut across tribes, religions, ages and other classes. He was friends …
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Wani lokaci, ba ka shirya ba sai kawai ka tuno da wani aikin alheri da wani ya yi maka ko wata gudunmawa da ya bayar a rayuwar ka. Wani lokaci gudunmawar ƙanƙanuwa ce idan an auna ta, to amma kuma ta yi babban tasirin da ba ka kula da shi sosai ba, kuma wani wanda …
A yau ne Alhaji Muhammadu Gambo Fagada (wanda ake kira Gambu Mai Waƙar Ɓarayi) ya cika shekara biyar da rasuwa. Ya rasu a ranar 18/8/2016 ya na da shekara 67 a duniya. Domin tunawa da shi a daidai wannan rana, na rubuto baitukan farko na ɗaya daga cikin manyan waƙoƙin sa daga faifai, wato waƙar …
What is your latest acquisition? A new car, wristwatch, house, bag, fridge, TV or spouse? Here are mine, acquired today: 1. What Britain Did to Nigeria: A Short History of Conquest and Rule, by Max Siollun (Hurst, London, 2021) 2. Islam and Conflict in Northern Nigeria, by Yinka Olomojobi (Malthouse, Lagos, 2013) 3. Orchestra of …
