What does fake news have to do with the Chibok Girls? What does fake news have to do with Nigeria at all? It’s easy to get swept up in the drama and humour of it all. So easy that it might require a special effort to take a step back and examine the ways in which... Read More

September 15, 2013

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Ishola Alolanle Fatai: The doubt essential to faith (Confessions of a Nigerian Atheist) [WATCH]

by Ishola Alolanle Fatai I came across this compelling video of Lesley Hazelton delivering a TED talk about the importance of doubt to faith, and it just echoes so many thoughts of mine. You know how you just randomly stumble on something that seems to have been extracted right from your head, and articulated in... Read More

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March 12, 2012

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Gbenga Sesan, Tolu Ogunlesi, Tosyn Bucknor and others speak at TEDxIfe

by Chi Ibe From 27 February to 27 April, 2012, TEDxIfe, an independently organised event, operated under license from TED will be held at the Conference centre, ObafemiAwolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state. The event which is themed “Create/Redefine/Change” features 12 of this nation’s leading thinkers, innovators, artists, and entertainers. The audience is made up of young... Read More

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