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Rebuilding the House of Eve: Reinventing the Feminist Agenda in Nigeria (Part 1)

Posted By: adminon: March 06, 2017In: FlashbackTags: 'Neman abinchi', ActionAid International, Deidire Combs, First Ladyism, Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ministry for Women Affairs, National Council of Women Societies-NCWS, Sharia law, Women in Nigeria - WINNo CommentsViews:

Rebuilding the House of Eve: Reinventing the Feminist Agenda in Nigeria (Part 1) By Chom Bagu Published below is the full text of the paper that some gender warriors believe could be the jum... Read more

Abubakar Rimi’s Graveside and the Travails of a Tendency in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: March 06, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Bala Usman, Chinua Achebe, Jigawa State, NEPU, NPC, NPN, PRP, Sule Lamido, Wole SoyinkaNo CommentsViews:

Abubakar Rimi’s Graveside and the Travails of a Tendency in Nigeria By Adagbo ONOJA A few days ago, someone circulated an existing picture of the graveside of Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi... Read more

Cracking Nigeria’s ‘War Economy’

Posted By: adminon: March 05, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Ahmed Bola Tinubu, APC, Bismarck, Cabals, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Idika Kalu, Economic Growth and Recovery Plan, Garibaldi, intellectual care-givers, Intellectual paparazzi, Mokwugo Okoye, PDP, President Muhammadu Buhari, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Stalin, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:

Cracking Nigeria’s ‘War Economy’ Grappling with and getting out of the current phase of the Nigerian crisis remains a key concern in the country. Among members of the Nigerian el... Read more

Tivland Amends Plato’s ‘Philosopher-king’ To ‘Professor-king’ in a New Tor Tiv

Posted By: adminon: March 04, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Alfred Akawe Torkula, Benue State, PhD, The Bible, Tiv nationality, Tor Tiv, Traditional rulers, University of SurreyNo CommentsViews:

Tivland Amends Plato’s ‘Philosopher-king’ To ‘Professor-king’ in a New Tor Tiv By the end of today, a major cultural event would have taken place in Benue State of Nigeria. Orchivirigh... Read more

Organising Women is Complicated in Nigeria– Madam Ene Ede, Veteran Activist and Gender Advisor, SCG

Posted By: adminon: March 03, 2017In: FlashbackTags: 'Rebuilding the House of Eve', Alfred Diete-Spiff, Barrister Sharon Ikeazor, Bishop Mathew Kukah, Catholic Church, Chom Bagu, CSW, Josephine Anennih, National Broadcasting Commission, National Council for Women Societies, Nigerian Television Authority, Search for Common Ground, UN Women, United Nations Population FundNo CommentsViews:

Organising Women is Complicated in Nigeria– Madam Ene Ede, Veteran Activist and Gender Advisor, SCG Ahead of this year’s International Women’s Day coming up next week, (March 8th, 2017) Inte... Read more

Amnesty International Versus the Nigerian Military

Posted By: adminon: March 01, 2017In: FlashbackTags: Amnesty International, Global security, International Criminal Court, International Non-Governmental Organisation - INGOs, National Rifle Association, Nigeria Police, NIGERIAN MILITARY, Peace PractitionersNo CommentsViews:

Amnesty International Versus the Nigerian Military For the umpteenth time, Amnesty International and the Nigerian military are crossing words in very antagonistic terms. Is this a case of a... Read more

Is the Beaten Track Beaten?

Posted By: adminon: February 28, 2017In: GovernanceTags: All Nigeria People's Party - ANPP, Cabals, Government of National Unity, IPOB, Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, Umaru Yar’Adua, Wole SoyinkaNo CommentsViews:

Is the Beaten Track Beaten? In 1999, General Olusegun Obasanjo became the president of Nigeria against the background of a highly fragmented or a deeply divided country. June 12 politics mad... Read more

Calm and Reconcile Nigeria Instead

Posted By: adminon: February 27, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Do or die politics', 2019, Goodluck Jonathan, Government of National Unity, Muhammaadu Buhari, Niger Delta, olusegun Obasanjo, South East, Umaru Yar’Adua, Yemi OsinbajoNo CommentsViews:

Calm and Reconcile Nigeria Instead For the third time in four months, (See “Buhari’s Only Way Out, October 21st, 2016; “OBJ Vs Buhari: One Way Out of a Historical Conflict, November 28th, 20... Read more

Nigeria Needs to be Rediscovered, says Barrister Onyeisi Chiemeke, radical Lagos lawyer and author In this short but evocative interview, radical Lagos lawyer and an author reveals the minds... Read more

Agatu Peace Process Risks a Violent Turn

Posted By: adminon: February 25, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Adapati Island, Agatu Peace Process, Benue State, Federal University of Agriculture, Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority, Mr Mike Inalegwu, Nasarawa StateNo CommentsViews:

Agatu Peace Process Risks a Violent Turn Agatu, the communal site of herdsmen violence in Benue State of Nigeria in February 2016 is not boiling now but witnessing a flurry of activities wit... Read more