Source: The Sun The President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, Prof Sola Akinrinade, has challenged politicians to provide good governance and stop the distribution of palliative that will not solve the problem of Nigerians. He faulted the palliative and other projects usually carried out by politicians saying that people need to be taught how to solve problems by themselves. […]
NAL Electoral Committee is pleased to announce Prof. Andrew Haruna, FNAL as the winner of the 2023 NAL Vice Presidential Elections which was held today. The election was keenly contested, with Prof. Haruna garnering 82 votes (55.8%) against Prof. Sunny Enessi Ododo’s 65 votes (44.2%). Meanwhile, Prof. Sola Akinrinade, pioneer Vice Chancellor of Osun State University and Vice President, NAL, […]
The President, Nigerian Academy of Letters, Professor Duro Oni, FNAL, on behalf of Fellows and Members of NAL, felicitates Professor Emeritus Ayo Banjo, FNAL, NNOM, on his well-deserved admittance into the Hall of Fame of the contemporary societal role models in Nigeria, Africa and the Black World. This acknowledgement was made on Thursday, June 2, 2022, at a public presentation […]
Today, June 1, 2022, I am delighted to announce that seven leading humanistic scholars have been conferred the award of the Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL). They have been admitted into the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy based on their outstanding contributions to scholarship and extension of frontiers of knowledge in their various subfields of the Humanities. […]
PREAMBLE The Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), an autonomous, non-political body of scholars in the humanities, held its 22nd and 23rd Combined Convocation and Investiture of New Fellows, and Scientific Session on Thursday, 12th August, 2021, at the J.F. Ade. Ajayi Auditorium, University of Lagos. The theme of the Convocation was “What is it to be Human?” In attendance were […]
The President, Nigerian Academy of Letters, Professor Duro Oni, FNAL, on behalf of Fellows and Members of NAL, congratulates Professors Is-Haq Oloyede, FNAL, and Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, FNAL, on their re-appointment as Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) respectively. These re-appointments are indeed a great […]
Fellows and Members of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) have elected new officers who will steer the affairs of the Academy for the next two years (2021-2023). The election was held during its 22nd and 23rd Combined Convocation and Investiture of New Fellows, which took place at the J.F. Ade-Ajayi Auditorium of the University of Lagos. The event was […]
The Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL) has scheduled its Combined 2020/2021 Convocation, Investiture of New Fellows, Induction of New Members (who joined the Academy after the 21st Convocation which held on August 8, 2019) for August 12, 2021, as well as the Annual General Meeting of the Academy for August 13, 2021. CONVOCATION THEME: WHAT IS IT TO BE HUMAN? […]
The NAL Electoral Committee is pleased to announce Prof. Olusola Akinrinade as winner of the 2021 NAL Vice-Presidential Elections, which held earlier today. The election was keenly contested, with Prof. Akinrinade garnering 45 votes (57%) against Prof. Bamidele Rotimi Badejo’s 34 votes (43%). Meanwhile, Prof. Duro Oni, a former deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos and current Vice President, NAL, […]
The 2020 edition of the Annual Lecture Series of NAL, which was postponed due to some unforeseen circumstances, will now hold virtually (Zoom) on Thursday, March 4th, 2021, at 10 am (WAT). The Lecture themed “History and the Mythopoeic Vocation: The Nation as Capricious Grand Guignol” will be presented by Professor Emeritus Femi Osofisan (NNOM, FNAL). Meeting ID: 895 431 […]