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Academics and the Government Square Up in Nigeria Again, Endangers ASUU’s World Ranking Aspirational Claims

Posted By: adminon: August 15, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: ASUU, IMF/World Bank, PSI, SAPNo CommentsViews:

Academics in Nigeria have gone on indefinite strike again, signposting breakdown of negotiation between its union and the Nigerian government over improved funding that could create what the... Read more

Reinventing Leadership in Nigeria: Assessing the Top Contenders from the 2019 Battleground

Posted By: adminon: August 05, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, ICSA, Prof Nur AlkaliNo CommentsViews:

Enhanced by working closely with Liman Ciroma in a research programme to which his seniors in academia dragged him and where he listened to the old man’s rich repertoire of the dynamism of t... Read more

Caught Between Angry Elite and Hungry Masses, What Are President Buhari’s Options on Arrival?

Posted By: adminon: July 31, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Boko Haram War, Herdsmen violence, Nationalism, President Muhammadu BuhariNo CommentsViews:

The situation on the ground in Nigeria today makes the question of what returning President Buhari should do immediately on arrival an issue beyond the party or cabinet. Nigeria is so divide... Read more

Editorial: Something Has Gone Very Wrong With Boko Haram War

Posted By: adminon: July 29, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: BOKO HARAM, Civilian JTF, Giwa BarracksNo CommentsViews:

Nigerians have been absorbing the shock of the attack on a national mission encompassing academics, oil experts, members of the Civilian JTF and military personnel last Tuesday by Boko Haram... Read more

‘This Bill Deserves to Die’

Posted By: adminon: July 25, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Hon Umar Buba Jubril, NASS, NGO Regulation Bill, Senator Bala Ibn Na'AllahNo CommentsViews:

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Odinkalu, the author, chairs the Council of the Section on Public Interest and Development Law (SPIDEL) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). He argues in this piec... Read more

Where is the Language Game in Containing Hate Speech in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: July 23, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Revolution in Military Affairs', Abubakar Shekau, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, Dr Musa Aliyu, General Tukur Buratai, PSYCHOP, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:

Trying to exemplify hate speeches in Nigeria today would simply amount to adding petrol to a raging inferno but there is hardly any disagreement that the incidence of hate speech has climbed... Read more

Professor Attahiru Jega Puts Youths @ the Centre of Nigerian Politics

Posted By: adminon: July 16, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: AU, Bayero University - Kano, INEC, Nile University - Abuja, UN1 CommentViews:

Professor Attahiru Jega, immediate past Chairperson of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) bounced back into the Nigerian public sphere at the weekend insisting on pla... Read more

What Do the National Christian Elders Remind Nigerians Of?

Posted By: adminon: July 15, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Africa, CIA, NASS, NICNo CommentsViews:

Alerts against the possibility of war in yesterday’s national security assessment by the National Christian Elders Forum composed of crack former military commanders must still be the talk o... Read more

Governing Council Moves for Drastic Intervention in Benue State University Crisis

Posted By: adminon: July 11, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: ASUU-BSU, Governor Samuel Ortom, Makurdi, Moses Adasu, NAAT, NASU, SSANUNo CommentsViews:

Protracted industrial conflict at the Benue State University, Makurdi has compelled the Governing Council to invite intervention from those it calls stakeholders. In a 5-page appeal which sp... Read more

Digital Summer School for 30 Young Women Opens in Abuja

Posted By: adminon: July 10, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: CITAD, Digital Summer School, Everett Programme, PCNI, SAIS, WRAPANo CommentsViews:

This story has been updated with a picture The gender gap in Nigeria narrowed significantly today when a Digital Summer School for 30 young Nigerian women opened in Abuja. The global coaliti... Read more