Wale Lawal

2 months ago | republic.com.ng | Diana Ejaita |Wale Lawal |Kai Mora |Emmanuel Esomnofu

Demas Nwoko did not coin the term, ‘Natural Synthesis’. That was the illustrator, Uche Okeke. However, Nwoko, along with Okeke and several other artists affiliated with the Art Department of the Nigerian College of Art, Science and Technology, in Zaria—a movement eventually known as the ‘Zaria Art Society’ or the ‘Zaria Rebels’—pioneered the post-colonial art paradigm around the 1960s.

Jan 18, 2025 | republic.com.ng | Wale Lawal

Thanks, Funbi. Something Professor Dike also noted that I found interesting was that for a long time the Niger Delta had been immensely underrated.

Jan 7, 2025 | republic.com.ng | Wale Lawal

In 1957 there was an election to the Eastern House of Assembly. We were playing a football match that afternoon and everyone was on the field cheering the teams. We repaired to the dining hall as dinner time drew near -you had to be there on time or else..- As I drew nearer the hall, all the cooks and stewards who in normal circumstances were quite friendly with me, began to molest me:‘You, Wiwa, you are an Ogoni boy, aren’t you?’ I said I was.

Jan 7, 2025 | republic.com.ng | Wale Lawal

Who was General Sani Abacha? Sani Abacha was born on 20 September 1943, in Kano State, Nigeria, to Kanuri parents. His early education was also in Kano. After independence, Abacha joined the Nigerian Military Training College in Kaduna. In 1963, he was commissioned as Second Lieutenant after he attended Mons Defense Officers’ Cadet Training College in Aldershot, England. He fought in the civil war, where he served as a platoon and battalion commander. By 1969, he had risen in rank to Major.

Nov 26, 2024 | editoria.africa | Wale Lawal |Emmanuel Esomnofu |Kechi Nomu |Yusuf Omotayo

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