DDG Weekly Column

Falola: History, a therapy for healing Nigeria

If Nigeria would rebuild its nationalism values to keep a tab on its developmental course, there would be a need for more investment in historical research and studying the subject from primary to tertiary education level as a necessity and not an option Toyin Falola, Distinguished Humanities Professor, University of Texas, Austin, at the Second […]

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Mabogunje: The passing of a remarkable scholarly icon

Mabogunje was not just a national hero, his international reputation helped him to make Nigeria and Africa proud in the international community Distinguished Humanities Professor, Toyin Falola, Premium Times, August 5, 2022 The passing on, last Thursday, August 4, of a foremost African geographer and development expert, Professor Akinlawon Mabogunje, at the ripe age of 90 […]

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Insecurity: The opportunity cost of dilly-dallying

As the opening quote drawn from distinguished academic and poet, John R. R. Tolkien, indicates, there is something strategic about the use or misuse of time. Time can be frittered away or hoarded to good and lasting effect. Time can be employed to manipulate or create, deceive, disguise or upgrade individuals and nations. That is […]

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Insecurity: A nation sleepwalking in utter peril

“You can’t imagine what is going on in Abuja. I went through the DSS Report. 44 reports were given (to the authorities) before the attack on Kuje Prison.” Hon Idris Wase, Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives published in Nigerian Tribune, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Shocking as the revelation quoted in the opening paragraph is, it […]