Oludamola Adebowale
26 Jul 2020
Ifẹ̀ Oòdáyé, Ilẹ̀ òwúrọ̀. Ibi ojúmọ́ rere gbé ń mọ́ wáyé. (Translation) Ifẹ̀ Oòdáyé. The ancient land Where the breaking of the day began Between 1910 and 1912, Leo Viktor Frobenius (1873 –1938), a renowned ethnologist and archaeologist worked on archaeological sites in Nigeria. Ile-Ife in Osun state was one of the sites that Frobenius…
22 Jun 2020
The WSICE 2020 Programme takes a new bearing this year due to the global COVID- 19pandemic ravaging the world. Not disturbed by this distraction, however, the project is moving its vigour to a virtual space. This also goes for the Program Exhibition which will be held in a Virtual Space this year. Now in its…
31 May 2020
The task of piecing together women's history has been difficult. So acute is the dearth of information, particularly documentary evidence, that some of the outstanding women in history have been mistaken for men and their achievements, attributed to male rulers! -- Prof. Bolanle Awe. Circa: 1992. African women in history have always strived to be…
17 May 2020
For many centuries, historical and cultural narratives around the Benin Kingdom have been a subject of fascination for historians, and the world at large. Before colonial times, the Benin Kingdom was the envy of all other empires in West Africa and beyond. The empire grew and flourished within the boundary of its culture and heritage,…
26 Apr 2020
The reality of the Corona Virus Pandemic is here and like a nightmare, a lot of Nigerians are still trying to keep their sanity during this trying period. The restrictions/ lockdown in most affected states (Lagos, Ogun, and Abuja) is taking a toll on the mental health of Nigerians. Many people currently engage in different…
29 Mar 2020
https://youtu.be/mMKVSkrXJvc “Health is Wealth” goes the popular saying. Over the last few months, the entire world has been thrown into bedlam over the infiltration of the “Corona Virus” code-named COVID-19.The virus which has flu-like symptoms was first detected by scientists in China in December 2019, and in the succeeding months, has spread like wildfire to…
1 Mar 2020
There is a popular saying in Yorùbá land that goes thus: “Iya ni wura, Baba ni jigi” meaning “Mother is gold, the father is a mirror” In pre-colonial Yoruba times, one of the items used by the white man to entice the natives and appease them when they introduced themselves was a Mirror; hence, it…
9 Feb 2020
The trains of thoughts that comes when you see an Egungun is to either run as fast as your leg can carry you, scream and pass out or just hold your ground and become crippled temporarily with fear while the Egungun passes. So, what is the evolution of Egungun in Yorùbá culture? How did they…
26 Jan 2020
“In vain your bangles cast Charmed circles at my feet; I am Àbíkú, calling for the first And the repeated time.” - Wole Soyinka (1965) They have existed from time immemorial, in Yorùbá culture and other major cultures in Nigeria and Africa in general. These are children who are born to die. They are called…
5 Jan 2020
“Brass never rusts, lead never rots" (Eronmwonei-moton, ozeei-keke) - Benin Proverb In February 1897, a punitive expedition was carried out on the Benin Kingdom by the British Colonial forces under the Command of the ambitious and brute Admiral Sir Harry Rawson. A good part of the ancient Kingdom was burnt down, the royal palace and sacred…
25 Aug 2019
Born in Umuduruoha, Amaigbo, Imo state in the year 1821, his actual birth name is unknown, and also the identity of his true parents. The Igbo land in the 1800s was in chaos, as it saw Europeans invade the land for slaves, in exchange for firearms, tobacco, bullets and black slave raiders were invading different…
28 Jul 2019
History will always be kind to Olayinka Herbert Samuel Heelas Badmus Macaulay. Herbert Macaulay forged the core of the History of Lagos and what would later become Nigeria with his own hands and wits. A man, political scientists and historians, describe as a ‘professional politician,’ he was possibly one of the most controversial and iconic…
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If the 1555 book, Les Propheties, by the French Astrologer, Apothecary and Physician, Michel De Nostredame, popularly known as Nostradamus is to be recreated or adopted in the light of the present times, the documentary would probably be titled ‘The Man who saw Today’ instead of the dramatic premiering as a Man who saw Tomorrow.…
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Ambassador of Ireland to Nigeria, Peter Ryan, has said Nigeria and his country will continue to strengthen existing relations. He disclosed this during the Very Reverend Father Dennis Slattery Memorial Lecture, organised by St. Finbarr’s College Old Boys Association, in Victoria Island, Lagos. Ryan said Ireland and Nigeria had cordial relations before he came to…
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Lax PIA implementation bites hard • Mergers of regulators, boards of NNPCL, slack workforce worry stakeholders • Oil sector remains vulnerable as implementation of host community fragment lingers • Operators face tougher environment amidst challenging economic outlook The projected gains expected from Nigeria’s oil and gas sector following the passage of the Petroleum Industry Act…
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Following indications that the Federal Government might have returned subsidy payment on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) due to the fluctuations of foreign exchange and crude oil price, stakeholders in the sector have said the N169.4 billion reported to have been paid for subsidy on PMS as a means to stop the hike in the pump price of petrol is inaccurate.
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•Group tells Aiyedatiwa to respond to allegations Ondo State House of Assembly has vowed to go ahead with the impeachment proceedings against the Deputy Governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, despite the lawsuit he filed to stop the move. Aiyedatiwa had asked an Akure High Court to stop the House of Assembly from proceeding with…