The first part of this topic, published on Sunday, 15 September 2024, was the debate between the Marxist scholar at the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, Dr. Segun Osoba (as he then was), and another (conservative, foreign) lecturer in the same institution, Prof. Beverley Halstead over Osoba’s acceptance of the request by the university’s Student Union …

Nicki Minaj has broken the record for the highest grossing tour by a female rapper in history. According to American statistic company, Touring Data, the United States-based Trinidadian hip-hop star also broke the highest-grossing concert by a female rapper in history, with $2.858 million at Madison Square Garden in New York on 30th March 2024. Her ‘Pink Friday 2’ tour …

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated a prominent Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University, Prof. Saheed Aderinto, for winning the prestigious Dan David $300,000 prize in History. In a personal statement, Tinubu said: “By this rare achievement, Prof. Aderinto has not only further etched his name in academic excellence but has also made …