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Press Release  *Chinua Achebe  The Christie and Chinua Achebe Foundation and the Black Studies Department of the City College of New York have announced that on December 12, 2018, at 6:30 pm, in the Aaron Davis Hall of the City College of New York, United States of America, Mr. Kgalema Motlanthe – Former President of South Africa – will deliver the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum Lecture , a statement credited to Dr. Chidi Achebe, Director of the Foundation and President and CEO of African Integrated Development Enterprise Inc, said. The Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum is being organized as a high profile international platform to discuss Africa 's challenges in keeping with Professor Chinua Achebe’s life’s work. This year’s lecture is dedicated to the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Professor Achebe seminal African novel in English, Things Fall Apart . Immediately after the lecture there will be a round table discussion with the President and a distinguished panel of sc...

By  Sunday Saanu From faculty to faculty, drums will rumble and grumble so thunderously as the campus of the University of Ibadan (UI), will be kept agog with all manner of festivities involving dancing, singing, acting – all in celebration of the Nigeria ’s premier university, the University of Ibadan which turns 70 years this November. In marking the milestone, however, the management of the university, headed by Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka has declared a year-long ceremony, beginning from October this year to November 2019 in order to fully commemorate a university that has remarkably imparted the world. Established in 1948, UI which is admirably tagged “the First and Best,” could be described as a relatively young university when compared with some prestigious universities across the globe. For instance, a 70-year old UI can’t be compared with the University of Cambridge in England which is 809 years old this year, neither can UI at 70 match the record of Harvard University...

By   Sam Ohuabunwa Nigeria is an intriguing nation.  A 58- year adult nation that is still crawling like a toddler, while most of its mates are running on sure feet.  Many people including political, traditional and religious leaders have expressed their bewilderment with Nigeria ’s chronic inability to truly rise.    Never mind that a tiny minority including some who earn 12 billion Naira as annual dividend will argue differently that Nigeria is rising.  *Nigerian President Buhari  Many ordinary folks in Nigeria have raised their hands in desperation as they find themselves daily pushed into poverty despite their best efforts.  This is evidenced by the fact that Nigeria the seventh most populous nation with a ‘tiny’ population of about 198 million People has become the global poverty headquarters, beating India (with a population of over 1.2 billion) according to the Brookings Institution.  Nigeria is said to have 87 million of its citize...