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For the Attention of Nigerian Foreign Policy Mandarins

Posted By: adminon: June 11, 2023In: BookspaceTags: Academia, Achebe, Canada, Coloniality of modernity, Intelligence, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Neorealism, SADF, SIIA, Summitry, The military, The Presidency, Things Fall Apart, Traditional diplomacy, UmofiaNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja These two books have not been written for Nigerian foreign policy but it would be surprising if they do not form the training manuals for the assemblage associated with formu... Read more

Official Sleaze and the Politics of Petroleum Subsidy

Posted By: adminon: June 10, 2023In: GovernanceTags: America, Asian Tigers, Europe, Fuel subsidy, NNPC, President Bola Ahmed TinubuNo CommentsViews:

By Mike Kebonkwu Esq Nigeria has four refineries. They are managed by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) which is a government subsidiary. All four refineries are moribund. Nobod... Read more

On Sierra Leone’s Election into the UN Security Council

Posted By: adminon: June 07, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Britain, France, Kurt Waldheim, Republic of China, Russia, Salim Ahmed Salim, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, UNSC, USNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura Sierra Leone was elected into the UN Security Council June 6th, 2023. That is as a non-permanent member. The UN Security Council is composed of 15 members—five (US, Russia,... Read more

Can the Military and the Profit Calculus Go Together in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: June 07, 2023In: BookspaceTags: Civil society, CORRUPTION, MIC, Oversight function, Profit calculus, TransparencyNo CommentsViews:

It will be very interesting to know what the military establishment thinks about the conclusion of this policy brief on the topic. It is not so much about whether the military establishment... Read more

Did Buhari Shift the Centrepiece of Nigerian Foreign Policy from Africa to Niger Republic?

Posted By: adminon: June 04, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Benin Republic, BOKO HARAM, Democratisation of foreign policy, Eastern Security Network, ECOWAS, Niger Republic, President Bola Tinubu's foreign policy, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, SIRANo CommentsViews:

By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu YUSUF On October 20th, 2022, the Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA) invited me to review a book, Continuity and Change in Nigeria’s Foreign Poli... Read more

The MetaTinubu Game and the Fuel Subsidy Decision

Posted By: adminon: June 04, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Awoism, Claude Ake, Dangote, elite fragmentation, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, Fuel subsidy, Simulation, Stalinism, UPNNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja There are Nigerians who must go beyond whether President Tinubu is a good or a bad phenomenon, Nigerians who must be more concerned with managing the phenomenon in such a way... Read more

ESSU Old Students on the Legacy of Rev Fr Timothy Njoku Ahead of His Burial

Posted By: adminon: June 03, 2023In: People in ActionTags: Bigard Memorial Seminary - Enugu, Congregation of Missions, Messrs Ekwueme, Rev Father Vincent O’Brien, St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary - Makurdi, Vincentian Family, YCS, ‘Altar Boy’No CommentsViews:

There is no debate about it that without the Catholic Church or the missionaries, broadly speaking, the story of education and elite production from areas such as Idomaland in the old Benue... Read more