At last, the book ‘A Reporter and His Beat’, written by veteran journalist, Yinka Fabowale, will be launched next Wednesday in Lagos. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday titled “A Reporter and His Beat out!”, by Banji Ayoola for and on behalf of the author. A memoir of his more than 30 years […]
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By Banji Ayoola A Reporter And His Beat is a gift, not just a book. To enrich whoever holds it in his hands and examines it seriously. A precious gift drawn from invaluable treasures streaming from inexhaustible sources unusual, higher, luminous and beyond the ordinary. From which the humble author was permitted to draw riches […]
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Casting Off The Veil To Say “Thank You!” By Yinka Fabowale Dear friends, a thousand thanks cannot suffice to express my appreciation and joy at your overwhelming show of love and outpouring of good wishes on the announced debut of my book, A REPORTER AND HIS BEAT! Mo dupe pupo, Dalu, Nagode. For those who […]
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By Banji Ayoola Lade Bonuola – “… You are my pride… with accustomed enrapturing prose! Enchanting freshly words, never the beaten track nor the same old hat and tired words. None do you embrace, nor can any be attributed to you, but the picturesque renditions of accounts! I heartily congratulate you on this feat!” (Mr. […]
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Some federal universities are currently considering raising tuition fees for students amidst cries for increased funding of the institutions, investigations have revealed. Three federal universities – University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Federal University of Technology, Owerri, and Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare, Bauchi State, have already announced up to 100 per cent hike in fees […]
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By Yinka Fabowale O jina o, kibo! O yo gende. Li kobo y’omo, yo’ya O yo dede ule Mi le nikan je tan o E wa ba mi ra! Every dusk, the call went up, usually as the hour approached seven o’clock. With the crier’s sonorous sing-song Remo dialect inflection, it pierces the night’s falling […]
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xecutive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, has said that the commission has no hand in the appointment of Vice-Chancellors, VCs, for universities in the country, He clarified this during an interactive section with newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, explaining that the appointment of VCs was wholly vested in the hands […]
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Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, the Araba Awo of Osogbo, Chief Yemi Elebuibon, a Professor of Legal History, Prof. Akinkunmi Adegbola Alao, and other culture advocates have stressed the need to constantly look into ways of harnessing the intellectual foundation of an indigenous genre of music, ‘Ijala’, in developing […]
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Thirteen years after it was abolished, Federal Government, yesterday, formally announced the return of history as a stand-alone subject in the country’s basic education curriculum. Also, 3,700 history teachers have been shortlisted for the first round of training for enhanced teaching of the subject. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, speaking at the reintroduction ceremony, lamented […]
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Priscilla Sitienei, a 98-year-old primary school student in grade six, greets her schoolmate at the Leaders Vision Preparatory School in Ndalat village of Nandi County, Kenya, January 25, 2022. (Photo: Monicah Mwangi/Reuters) Priscilla Sitieni, the world’s oldest primary school student, who inspired a French film and received UNESCO recognition, died in Kenya at the age […]
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