deji toye

... a Nation is not an axiom, but an argument.

[deji toye @dejitoye]

Colleagues think this is shaping up to become a high-impact article. Difficult to disagree with this 10-tweet thread on the insights derived from the article by this Crown-commissioned report on UK construction industry and the resilience of its contracts 👇🏾

[The Lodt @TheLodt]

1. Our partner @dejitoye's article for @unibolawreview continues to extend its influence on the landscape of contract law & economics. It is extensively cited/quoted in this signal report on post-pandemic resilience of UK building sector contracts. @PROTECT_NCS @AshtonInstitute

[deji toye @dejitoye]

@SienceTalk You would know: is the nan behind HOD, wearing ankara, J.M. Johnson?

[deji toye @dejitoye]

Wole Soyinka and American novelist, Russell Banks, disagree on the relationships between experience, imagination and empathy. They were visiting the West Bank as guests of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in 2002.

[deji toye @dejitoye]

R-L: Wole Soyinka, Yasser Arafat, film director Oliver Stone, American writer Russell Banks, and Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish in Ramallah, West Bank sometime in 2002.
Source: Middle East Monitor.

[deji toye @dejitoye]

Justice Idun's daughter is the famous Ghanaian writer/broadcaster Frances Ademola. An active participant in the Mbari/Makerere initiatives of the time, she published one of the earliest anthologies of major Nigerian writers. She was also daughter-I-L of the first Nigerian CJN.

[Greg Nwoko @nwoko_greg62705]

Sir Samuel Okai Quarshie-Idun (1902–1966) was a prominent Gold Coast (Ghanaian) jurist who left a lasting legacy on Nigeria's legal system by serving as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Western Nigeria from 1960 to 1964.

1/2.

[deji toye @dejitoye]

@nwoko_greg62705 https://t.co/Bl7fnIpbwt

[deji toye @dejitoye]

"Have you heard the News(News News News)...
I was in Africa
Down in Nigeria
Oh they threw me in jail
I had one hell getting bail"
- Jimmy Cliff #Kizzdaniel

https://t.co/5tuDoByT2M

[deji toye @dejitoye]

"Yall think it was my problem."
Fix your darn*d drain, bro!

[Abdul Vibes @ab_chikaire]

No, yall treated the crisis in the North as “northern problem” and it is finally happening to you down south.

[deji toye @dejitoye]

@Femi_SB Annexed to what?

[deji toye @dejitoye]

How can there be a top 20 without
🇳🇬 Sweet Mother
🇸🇱 My Sweety My Sugar
🇨🇲 Soul Makossa
🇨🇩 Mario
🇬🇭 Yaa Amponsah

[Globe Data @data_globe]

🌍 Top 20 Most Famous African Songs

🇿🇦 Pata Pata
🇳🇬 Water No Get Enemy
🇳🇬 African Queen
🇳🇬 Ye
🇿🇦 Jerusalema
🇳🇬 Ojuelegba
🇨🇲 Zangalewa
🇨🇮 Premier Gaou
🇨🇩 Karolina
🇧🇯 Agolo
🇿🇦 Vulindlela
🇿🇦 Umqombothi
🇲🇱 Africa
🇳🇬 Oliver Twist
🇳🇬 Fall
🇳🇬 Essence
🇳🇬 Love Nwantiti
🇿🇦 Khona
🇿🇦 Asimbonanga
🇳🇬 Zombie

[deji toye @dejitoye]

Dr. Ayodeji "George" Oyejola, one of the modernizers who went on to form Egba United Government--the micro-state that secured its independence from Lagos Colony in 1893 until Lugard forced them to give it up during the 1914 amalgamation. He was Medical Officer of the EUG hospital

[Greg Nwoko @nwoko_greg62705]

The Red Book of West Africa by Allister Macmillan.
Published year: 1920:

It was like a "Who's Who and Business Directory" for colonial West Africa. Profiles of prominent Africans and Europeans, companies, trade stats, etc.

Now You Know

[Bookcraft Africa @bookcraftafrica]

Truth is Trouble by Niyi Osundare.

[deji toye @dejitoye]

@OneSodiqAlabii https://t.co/NCOb2pQ3tO

[deji toye @dejitoye]

@tobiasdupree Awo's post-Prison phase evolved beyond earlier competitive towards more cooperative models of federalism, realising citizens deserve common access to minimum level of social development regardless of regional capacity. He's more wont to be cited today for his competitive model.

[deji toye @dejitoye]

@nwoko_greg62705 @Agy6Antwi @Ga_Spaces The Saro and other coastal people circulated across West Africa at the time. E.g., there's a Jenkins-Harrison family branch in Cape Coast today, from a child of the Nigerian lawyer who settled and raised his family there. Besides Yoruba first names, they're now pretty much Fante.

[deji toye @dejitoye]

@nwoko_greg62705 Na you be the archivist, bro. 👍🏾

[deji toye @dejitoye]

The E.J.L. Harrison in this Macmillan Red Book refers to Wole Soyinka's grandfather, Emmanuel Jenkins Harrison.
WS' mum was born Eniola Jenkins Harrison. The more recognisable Ransome-Kuti name is from her own maternal line.

[Greg Nwoko @nwoko_greg62705]

The Red Book of West Africa by Allister Macmillan.
Published year: 1920:

It was like a "Who's Who and Business Directory" for colonial West Africa. Profiles of prominent Africans and Europeans, companies, trade stats, etc.

Now You Know

[deji toye @dejitoye]

Ẹkùn

[Ologunwa Temitope mercy @abikeade_mii]

What is the Yoruba word for District?

[deji toye @dejitoye]

Indeed! Actually a spitting image of his grandfather in this Kongi's Harvest poster.

[Prudencio Aguilar. @kolatubosun]

@dejitoye Clear where the nose comes from.

PS: EJ Harrison was also a returnee Saro, in the mould of the Thomases and Crowthers -- which probably explains a lot in their future crossed paths.

[deji toye @dejitoye]

Will somebody get Okey Ndibe's name off the DSS watchlist? He's been having this border crossing problem since the Jonathan era. He should be considered a failure now if he's not successfully detonated a bomb for over 15years. Haba!

[Uzor Maxim Uzoatu @boroj]

BREAKING: Professor Okey Ndibe Arrested By SSS

Prof Okey Ndibe, the distinguished novelist, academic and public intellectual, arrived Nigeria this morning from his base in the United States of America, and he is being detained by the State Security Services (SSS).

[mejialabi @mejialabi]

Surviving Biafra: Voices from the Nigerian Civil War - BBC Africa Eye Documentary - Watch Now on @YouTube

https://t.co/TMvSjh4R8y

[deji toye @dejitoye]

@nwoko_greg62705 Michael Okpara actually became a medical doctor in the 70s--he studied in Scotland after the civil war. He was a paramedic before then.

[deji toye @dejitoye]

This is a good development. There's been such an embarassing level of hand-wringing across board recently. Stakeholders should be exercising their agency and civic power more.

[Instablog9ja @instablog9ja]

Oyo NUT declares indefinite strike over abd¥cted Ogbomoso students

The national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers has declared an indefinite strike in Oyo State following the continued captivity of teachers and students k+dnapped in Oriire Local Government Area.

Under the directive, all primary and secondary school teachers across the state are to withdraw their services from Monday, June 1, 2026, until the victims are released unconditionally.

The union also ordered all its state chapters nationwide to stage solidarity rallies on Tuesday, June 2, with protests expected to end at various Government Houses across the country.

In a joint statement signed by NUT National President, Comrade Audu Titus Amba, and Secretary General, Dr. Clinton J. Ikpitibo, the union said it was deeply worried over the worsening condition of the victims who have remained in captivity since May 15.

The NUT lamented that despite repeated appeals to authorities and security agencies, there has been no meaningful progress in rescuing the abd¥ctor educators and students.

Tension reportedly increased after reports emerged that some victims may have d+ed in captivity. The union also referenced emotional videos allegedly released from the k+dnappers’ den, showing an abd¥ted school principal and teacher pleading with the Federal Government, the Oyo State Government, the union, and the public to intervene.

According to the NUT, the tra¥ma faced by the victims, their families, and the education sector made the strike unavoidable.

The union stressed that schools, teachers, and students must never become easy targets for criminals, while demanding urgent action from the Federal Government, the Oyo State Government, and security agencies.

It added that education cannot thrive in an atmosphere of fear and insecurity, vowing to continue lawful pressure until all the k+dnapped victims regain their freedom.

[deji toye @dejitoye]

For the benefit of younger people who'd read the word "hate" in the quoted post and run with it, Soyinka, as Editor of Transition, had in fact published Chinweizu & Co's tirade and responded to them in the selfsame issue. That was in 1975--5yrs before they turned it into a book.

[David *Objection* Ngong @ProfDNgong]

I know Wole Soyinka probably hates many books, but I believe none as virulent as this one. He went to war with what he called the troika, that is, the three authors of the book. My God, African literary studies used to be vile. Where has that spirit gone?