Published below is Prof Omotoye Olorode’s tribute to Prof BJ. Written from the Odoje Biodiversity Centre. Ogbómọṣọ in Oyo State of Nigeria’ where he currently is, this is not just a tr... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja Let me begin this piece by refreshing the memories of readers of Intervention about this story of the fate of the old Oyo Empire told by the late US based Nigerian theorist,... Read more
The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) might be plumbing into raising the stakes in think tanking the international. For its impending Lecture Series, it is not only aggregat... Read more
How and Why Magistrate Court Sent Citizen Mahmud Abdul, Former NANS President, to Prison On A Friday
More details have emerged on how a notable Nigerian lawyer and activist, Barr Abdul Mahmud, ended being remanded in Keffi Prison by a Magistrate on a Friday (Feb 27th, 2026). The sketchy inf... Read more
For what reasons or charges has well known lawyer, activist and writer, Comrade Abdul Mahmud, been sent to the Keffi Prison in Nasarawa State in central Nigeria? This is the question activis... Read more
Is the Nigeria Police anti-kidnapping operation code-named ‘Tiger Base’ and run by the Imo State Command a torture chamber more than a crime combating operation? This is the question Imo Sta... Read more
Old stories fill our lives with dignity Myth has staged a big comeback as a theme in both radical/critical as well as status quo social science. This piece speaks to that although the... Read more
Scientists thought it didn’t matter – but now we’re learning more By Prof Jenny Graves Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes other... Read more
The Guardian (UK) calls this “a landmark appraisal of the great novelist’s work”. That cannot be far from the truth as Toni Morrison sets the literary world on fire again. Serpel... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja I am sure there will still be more of it, but since the charge is the same each time and since my response is also the same, it might be time to put this out, partly in defer... Read more
