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In an interview on NTA Kaduna in July 1987, the late Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina was asked by the interviewer how he can compare the Governors of those days and his time (1966). This was his reply: “I am going ...

Early on Monday, an earthquake of 7.7 magnitude on the Richter scale struck south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria. Another 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurred a few hours later. The death toll from Monday’s earthquake in Turkey has risen to 3,549, with ...

Suffer-Suffer For World My annual (NOT monthly) salary as a Senior Lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University in 1992 (right before I left for the United States) was N9,600. It’s not a typo. N9,600 only, for the entire year. How ...

I was already a lecturer in Nigeria in 1992, having got my BA in 1990.Life was tough for academics. The profession was seen as poor even by non-academics.The claim that academics were economically empowered is not true, as most were ...

Yesterday we met again to see if they had hot pepper soup at the local African joint. Logically, when these simple folks enter a pepper soup joint, it is like Ṣẹ̀lẹ́ enter spirit: matters get philosophically historical like a magical ...

Ijapa (Mr. Tortoise) went and bought Aja (the Dog) in the market. Ijapa took Aja home. The following day, Ijapa put Aja on a leash, and told Aja, “Let’s go out.” Aja was surprised that he was put on a ...

Captioned Universe, Mejiverse, Metaverse, Merinverseacrylic on canvas2022 By Prof. Moyo Okediji