admin, Author at Intervention

admin Articles 3,458

Memories of HRH Nuhu Muhammadu Sunusi, the Late Emir of Dutse

Posted By: adminon: February 03, 2023In: LifeworldTags: Alhaji Sule Lamido, Dutse Emirate, General Yakubu Gowon, Golf, Scotland, Sultan of Sokoto, Talakawa SummitNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja It is fit and proper that I pay a tribute to Nuhu Muhammadu Sunusi, the Emir of Dutse who passed on earlier this week. He was, indeed, very friendly, accessible and sarcastic... Read more

Is Buhari Necessary for Jagaban’s ‘Forward to the Past’ in 2023?

Posted By: adminon: February 03, 2023In: Policy & GovernanceTags: 'Forward to the past', Abiola scenario, Atiku Abubakar, Lion of BourdillionNo CommentsViews:

Intervention first published this piece on June 28th, 2020, two and half years ago. It is being republished without any editing, believing that its inference that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu could b... Read more

Akinterinwa, Jega, Osaghae to Discuss Nigeria @ a NIIA-University of London Forum

Posted By: adminon: February 01, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Crisis, NIGERIA, NIIA, OECD, University of LondonNo CommentsViews:

Three Nigerian scholars are set to offer a situated reading of crisis in Nigeria on an online event Tuesday, February 7th, 2023. The online event jointly by the School of Advanced Study of t... Read more

From Lancaster House to Chatham House: When Shall Nigeria be Truly Independent?

Posted By: adminon: January 31, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Apartheid, British Empire, Capitalism, Chatham House, Colonialism, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Imperialism, Lancaster House, Nazism, Neo-colonialism, Slavery, ‘Wind of change’No CommentsViews:

Nigerian nationalism is on warpath against those seeking to rule the country trooping to a UK platform with ties to the Empire imagination. The argument against such trend can be powerful wh... Read more

At 79, Angela Davis is Still Fighting for a Better World

Posted By: adminon: January 30, 2023In: FlashbackTags: Angela Davies, Herbert Marcuse, Philosopher Alberto Toscano, United States, “preventive counter-revolution”No CommentsViews:

Angela Davies was 79 last Friday and Boston Review did not forget to mark the birthday but by intellectualizing her, a package to which the piece below served as a kind of preface. Of course... Read more

Memories of the Old Academia As Plateau State University Awards Prof Elaigwu Honorary Degree

Posted By: adminon: January 28, 2023In: LifeworldTags: Honorary Degree, Nasarawa State University, Plateau State University, Stanford University, Veritas University - Abuja, Vice-Chancellors, ‘Christmas professors’No CommentsViews:

The news would have been everywhere by now if he were in that category of players in national life good in staging a big media show of such events. Fortunately and unfortunately, Prof Isawa... Read more

University of Mkar Interrogates IMF, World Bank and the Value of the Naira

Posted By: adminon: January 27, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: IMF, Politics of Money, University of Mkar, Value of Naira, World BankNo CommentsViews:

Although it is run by an academically established Vice-Chancellor, (Prof Zacharys Gundu, ex-ABU, Zaria Archeologist), the University of Mkar, near Gboko in Benue State in central Nigeria is... Read more

Won’t Methodological Review Boards Threaten Scientific Creativity?

Posted By: adminon: January 26, 2023In: BookspaceTags: 'Letters to a Young Scientist', Biases, Peer review, Unethical practicesNo CommentsViews:

A writer draws attention to the dangers of newer superintendence of scientific research in addition to many sources of scrutiny already existing. Andrew Barnas, the author of the piece think... Read more

My Benin Republic ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) Experience, Lessons for Nigeria’s 2023 Elections

Posted By: adminon: January 24, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies, Bayero University - Kano, Benin Republic, Bimodal Voter Accreditation Systems, Commission Electorale Nationale Autonome, ECOWAS Election Observation Mission, Nigeria’s 2023 General Elections, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, ‘Cotonou’ or “Tokunbo” carsNo CommentsViews:

By Habu Mohammed The Context Until January 5th, 2023, all I knew about Cotonou was that it is the capital city of Benin Republic from where ‘Cotonou’ or “Tokunbo” cars and limousines are imp... Read more

Presidential Candidates in Nigeria’s February 2023 Election to Appear on NIIA Platform

Posted By: adminon: January 22, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Chatham House, Critical International Relations, Domestic priorities, Foreign policy, NIIANo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA) is opening its own platform for presidential aspirants to upload the foreign policy lenses. It is not clear if the theme of “The world... Read more