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The World Mourns Jurgen Habermas

Posted By: adminon: March 15, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Africa, CIA, Deliberative democracy, Fascism, Frankfurt scholars, Gramsci, Hegel, Jacques Derrida, Kant, Marx, Nazism, OSS, Post-Marxism, ThatcherNo CommentsViews:

The Habermasian imaginary has come to an end with the death of German philosopher and theorist, Jurgen Habermas Saturday, March 14th, 2026. He was 96 years old. At 96, he has so much to be g... Read more

Bingham University Holds International Conference on Climate Change and Insecurity April 2026

Posted By: adminon: March 15, 2026In: BookspaceTags: Africa, Climate Change, Conflict, Crisis of Governance, Development, Diplomacy, insecurity, NAM, PEACE, Plural Studies, Political instability, South- South, TerrorismNo CommentsViews:

Bingham University in Karu, near Abuja, Nigeria is keeping its promise of being a debating space. Its Ambassador Bulus Lolo Centre for Diplomacy, Conflict, Peace and Plural Studies is up wit... Read more

Time for Daniel Bwala to De-escalate!

Posted By: adminon: March 11, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Aljazeera, Arthur Mbanefo, Atiku Abubakar, BBC Hardtalk, Black world, Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, John Howard, Nigerian Presidency, Obafemi Awolowo, olusegun Obasanjo, Sunday Times, Thabo MbekiNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Barrister Daniel Bwala, Presidential adviser on policy communications, is still angrily reacting to the over-lexicalisation of his March 6th, 2026 appearance on Aljazeera. As... Read more

Shorten UK Undergraduate Degrees to Just Two Years, Says VC

Posted By: adminon: March 11, 2026In: BookspaceTags: Anthony Finkelstein, City St George’s University of London, Europe, Scotland, UK undergraduate degrees, USNo CommentsViews:

Crisis can be provocative of new ideas, models and practices. Below is one such idea of restructuring the duration of the university degree duration that a UK university Vice-Chancellor is p... Read more

69 Hearty Cheers to Ghana!

Posted By: adminon: March 11, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Independence, President John Mahama, Queen Elizabeth 11No CommentsViews:

Friday, March 6th, 2026 was the 69th anniversary of Ghana’s independence. The number 69 has no mystique around it but every anniversary of Ghana’s independence sends a message to the entire... Read more

Prof Toye Olorode Pays Tribute to Comrade Prof Biodun Jeyifo

Posted By: adminon: March 04, 2026In: FlashbackTags: 'Ali Must Go', 'Great Ife mystique', ASUU, Dr. Mahmud Moddibo Tukur, Ife Dialogue Committee, NLC, NUNS, Segun Okeowo, University of IbadanNo CommentsViews:

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

Nigerians, Beware of a 21st Century Edition of ‘It is the Bale himself’!

Posted By: adminon: March 03, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Christians, FRONTEX, Imperialism, Iran, Israel, Kofi Annan, Muslims, Old Oyo Empire, R2P, Sovereignty, Trump, ‘Mistake of 1914’1 CommentViews:

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

NIIA Plumbs Deeper, Simulates Global Geopolitical Shifts

Posted By: adminon: March 03, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, AU, BRICS, Great power, Iran, Israel, Medium powers, NIIA, NPSA, Political Science, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, Ukraine, USANo CommentsViews:

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

Posted By: adminon: February 28, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Bail, Civil society, Keffi Prison, Lawyers, Magistrate Court, NANSNo CommentsViews:

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

Magistrate Sends Barr Mahmud Abdul, Former NANS President, to Keffi Prison

Posted By: adminon: February 27, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Civil society, Keffi Prison, Lawyers, Magistrate Court, NANSNo CommentsViews:

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