April 2025 – Page 39

Tribute Series On A National Figure Accentuate Need To Celebrate Nigerian Heroes Whilst They Are Living

25.04.2025

Millennials and Gen Z’s may not have heard of the name Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo, and may ask why should they have? That’s because in addition to being multitalented – a mathematician, scientist, and cultural custodian, he was a former governor and former Rector at Ibadan Polytechnic, where he deployed his talents and skills towards...

The Polymath Nigeria Never Fully Understood

25.04.2025

What Nigeria Lost in Dr. Victor Omololu (In memory of Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo (1935–2025) It began like any ordinary meeting—a brief farewell exchange outside the Afenifere Oyo gathering. He looked a little frail, recovering from an illness, and mentioned that he had just been robbed. Robbed? My heart sank. In what kind of society...

Retro Africa To Screen Documentary On Nigerian Female Potter, Entrepreneur & Mentor, Ladi Kwali

25.04.2025

Retro Africa, an Abuja-based gallery popular for its rare but quality exhibitions featuring internationally exhibited Nigerian and African artists, is set to screen a documentary on the late female artist, Ladi Kwali.Ladi Kwali is arguably the first northern female artist a potter to achieve commercial success of her work whilst alive, operating a pottery workshop...

Military Needs More Resources To Address Insecurity- Gov Sule

25.04.2025

Amid the growing insecurity in the country, the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, on Thursday said Nigeria’s military requires more resources to address the killings in the north-central part of the country. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Sule explained that the military needs more support in the form of technology and...

“AI Is Here To Stay, But Artists Won’t Be Extinct” – YSMA Director

25.04.2025

Director, Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (YSMA), Dr Jesse Castellote, said Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here to stay. Castellote made the case for the arts & AI during the ‘Dreams And Flourishes: Arts As Change Driver’ virtual session organized by Nextier Founder, Patrick O. Okigbo III. Castellote words is one that has been a source...

WMD: Experts Advocate More Funding, Synergy To Fight Malaria

25.04.2025

Against the background of funding gaps in the fight against malaria which shows that since 2017, the progress has been flat particularly in African countries, experts have called for domestic resource mobilization in order to sustain gains as well as make progress. If this is not done, there are threats that the funding gap will...

“The Man Died” Will Amplify Afro-descendant Narratives Absent In Costa Rica” – ED Costa Rica African & Diasporan Film Festival

25.04.2025

‘The Man Died’ the movie focused on Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka’s period of incarceration in a Nigerian prison on the nation’s civil war, is screened at the Costa Rica African & Diasporan Film Festival on April 23. Founded by the non-profit organization, the Foundation for Art and Culture for Development, the Costa Rica...

Defections Not Setback, PDP’ll Bounce Back Stronger

25.04.2025

Former Senate President and leading figure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has reassured party members following the recent wave of defections from the party’s Delta State chapter, including the State governor, emphasizing that there is no cause for alarm. In a statement released amid growing anxiety within the PDP, Saraki urged loyalists...

Hollywood To Adapt George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ Into Feature Animation

25.04.2025

Hollywood is set to adapt British author George Orwell’s Animal Farm into a feature animation. A fable, ‘Animal Farm’ explores themes of authoritarianism, propaganda, corruption and exploitation in a farm, where various species of animal that rebelled against their human owners and oppressors, only to encounter increased oppression, inequality and social injustice by their own...

Wike Summons Area Council Bosses Over Teachers’ Protest

25.04.2025

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike yesterday summoned FCT Area Council chairman for a meeting following the strike by primary school teachers over unresolved welfare concerns. Wike invited them after inspecting road projects in the city centre. He condemned the failure of the chairmen to pay the teachers and other workers...

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