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Activists, Friends, Admirers to Memorialise Prof Abu Momoh, Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem June 3rd, 2024

Posted By: adminon: May 28, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: CDD, Civil society, Pan-Africanism, Social movement, ‘Áfrican president’No CommentsViews:

Activists, friends and admirers of the late Prof Abu Momoh as well as Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem have another opportunity to memorialise their departure. The memorial event for this year come... Read more

The Electoral Hub Out With ‘Electoral Management Bodies in Nigeria Since 1958’

Posted By: adminon: May 28, 2024In: BookspaceTags: EMBs, INEC, OSF, The Electoral HubNo CommentsViews:

Central to representative democracy is elections which, in turn, centralises an election management body. But what has been the name, composition and character or performance of the electora... Read more

Updated: Etsu Nupe to Deliver NIIA Distinguished Lecture on National Integration

Posted By: adminon: May 28, 2024In: SpectacleTags: Alhaji Yahya Abubakar, Etsu Nupe, National integration, NIIA, Traditional rulersNo CommentsViews:

Traditional rulers have been canvassing for formal roles in the polity. National integration also remains a burning topic in Nigeria even though Nigerians are more integrated than they think... Read more

Between Civil Society and Social Movements By CDD

Posted By: adminon: May 27, 2024In: SpectacleTags: Abubakar Momoh, Coups, DEMOCRACY, Neoliberalism, Pan-Africanism, Tajudeen Abdulraheem, West Africa, ‘Polycrisis’No CommentsViews:

The Centre for Democracy and Development – West Africa (CDD) is operationalizing a Concept Note for a memorial event in honour of Dr. Tajudeen Abdulraheem and Prof Abubakar Momoh. The event... Read more

E.P. Thompson, Marxist rebel

Posted By: adminon: May 22, 2024In: LifeworldTags: Althusser, French philosophes, Marxism, New Left Review, ‘The Making of the English Working Class’No CommentsViews:

It seems safe to conclude that E P Thompson cannot be exhausted as a study in polemicising, that being what this piece suggests by moving him from heartland academe altogether to popular cul... Read more

Amb Ahmed Mallamadori, A Senate Committee Chairman’s ‘Baptism of Fire’ As Police Pensioners Protest

Posted By: adminon: May 21, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Alhaji Gambo Jimeta, NASS, Police pensioners, Security, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Senator Yunus AkintundeNo CommentsViews:

Signal of ‘fire on the mountain’ came early to Senator Ahmed Abdulhamid Mallamadori on Tuesday morning (May 21st, 2024). A National Assembly top shot was the caller. He was alerting the Sena... Read more

My Favourite Football team, Manchester City, are Champions But I’ll be Supporting Arsenal in the English Premier League Next Season

Posted By: adminon: May 20, 2024In: SpectacleTags: Arsenal, Barcelona, EPL, Manchester City, Pep GuardiolaNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura Manchester City won the English Premier League (EPL) yesterday by defeating West Ham 3-1. A draw or win by West Ham would have handed the title to Arsenal, who trailed City... Read more