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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

What Has This Thoroughfare Got to Do With February 2023 in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: January 22, 2023In: SpectacleTags: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, CHINA, Peter Obi, Radical development idiom, Zoning1 CommentViews:

The cover picture and subject matter of this piece comes from China. It was used by even a non-Nigerian newspaper to illustrate the coming emptiness of streets in China in the wake of its de... Read more

Reflections on the legacy of the Frankfurt School, 100 Years After

Posted By: adminon: January 22, 2023In: FlashbackTags: Alternative modernities, Critical race theory, Derridean deconstruction, Eurocentrism, Foucaultian genealogy, Frankfurt School, Jacques Derrida, Marx, Postcolonial theoryNo CommentsViews:

It is 100 years of Frankfurt School which gave the world what is known in social theory today as ‘Critical Theory’ (different from critical theory which is much more plural). The world of sc... Read more

Could Prof Armstrong Matiu Adejo Have Died of Heart Attack?

Posted By: adminon: January 20, 2023In: People in ActionTags: Benue State University, Emmanuel Secondary School – Ugbokolo, History, Och'Idoma of Idoma, Prof Robert Armstrong, University of Maiduguri, ‘Lamb Tales from Shakespeare’, ‘OdejoNo CommentsViews:

It is possible that Prof Armstrong Matiu Adejo died of heart attack, Intervention has been told. Death did not oblige him much room for preparations. This is not a medical opinion but fits i... Read more