Academic Freedom

Jason Arday Cambridge appointment controversy and Professor Nicholas Guyatt’s response to “woke” claims

‘Woke-Gone-Mad’? Cambridge Professor Defends Jason Arday Appointment Amid Growing Row

The controversy over Jason Arday’s rise to a professorship at the University of Cambridge has become a proxy battle over

James David-Kings August 12, 2026

Kerri Greenidge: An Award-Winning Historian, a Controversial Book and a Lost Professorship

Kerri Greenidge built a reputation around recovering Black voices from the margins of American history. Her 2022 book The Grimkes:

James David-Kings August 10, 2026

Profile: Pastor Oyinkansola Akinselure, the ‘Mummy Pata Pata’ Raising Nigeria’s Next Generation of Musicians

James David-Kings

Close-up of a smiling African woman with short highlighted natural hair, glasses and braces, resting her chin on her hand in a sunlit office setting with a calm, minimalist background.

Antoinette Edodo, Chief Strategy Officer, Heirs Technologies: Estate Management Graduate Driving Africa’s Tech Growth

Moyin Arowolo

Subomi Plumptre on personal development and asset management

The Lunch Hour: Subomi Plumptre- People with Successful Careers Train Themselves

Oluwatomi Otuyemi

fishing in nigeria

Working Lives: The Fisherman Who Left School for the Sea

Oluwatomi Otuyemi

African development bank president

AfDB: The True Cost of Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina’s Second Term

Kanyisola Olorunnisola

Asian entrepreneurs in Nigeria including Lebanese and Indian business communities

Why Asians Have Built Many of Nigeria’s Most Successful Businesses

Abimbola Agboluaje

Jason Arday Cambridge appointment controversy and Professor Nicholas Guyatt’s response to “woke” claims

‘Woke-Gone-Mad’? Cambridge Professor Defends Jason Arday Appointment Amid Growing Row

August 12, 2026

How Nigeria’s Inflation Fell to 20.12% on Naira Stability

US Inflation Eases to 3.4% in July as Weak Jobs Data Complicate Fed Rate Decision

August 12, 2026

Professor Jason Arday, Cambridge’s youngest-ever Black professor, who resigned amid an academic misconduct controversy.

UK Teaching Union Distances Itself From Letter Defending Jason Arday

August 12, 2026

Africa US relations

Nigeria, Seven Other African Governments Spending Millions on US Lobbyists With Trump Links

August 12, 2026

Zhu Rongji Dies at 97: The Chinese Premier Who Rewired the Economy for Globalisation

August 12, 2026

iPhone 18 pro

iPhone 18 Pro vs 16 Pro: iPhone 18 Pro Predicted to Bring Major Camera and Battery Upgrades at a Much Higher Price

August 12, 2026