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Editorial: Dancing for Chibok Girls and Ugbokolo But How Could Ugbokolo Been Possible?

Posted By: adminon: May 07, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Africa Rising', 'Agolo', Angelique Kidjo, Benue State Government, Chibok girls, DSSS, EDEMA, Father Adeyi, Newsdiaryonline, Okpoga, Sambisa ForestNo CommentsViews:

The day another set of Chibok girls regain life and the Nigeria Police return to Ugbokolo in Benue State to confront rampaging gangsters is certainly the sort of day that one should listen a... Read more

Emir of Kano and the Echoes of a Future Foretold

Posted By: adminon: May 07, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Ahmadu Bello University - Zaria, Audu Ogbeh, Igbo, Kano, Mahmud Jega, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, T. Y Danjuma, University of WarwickNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja* This piece was first published in The Cable as well as in Newsdiaryonline on June 18th, 2014. It is being re-published without any addition or subtraction save the change of... Read more

EFCC Interrogates DSSS Intelligence

Posted By: adminon: May 03, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: CIA, DSSS, EFCC, NIA, NSA, Professor Bolaji AkinyemiNo CommentsViews:

The obvious estrangement between intelligence agencies in Nigeria expanded yesterday with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) calling to question the quality of intelligence... Read more

2011 as Blowback?

Posted By: adminon: April 28, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 2011, Blowback, David Mark, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, Femi Adesina, President Olusegun Obasanjo, Segun AdeniyiNo CommentsViews:

“I saw the emergence of Jonathan as an opportunity to solve the problem of minority agitation. The three majority ethnic groups in Nigeria can always sort themselves out but not so for the m... Read more

Connecting Toure Kazah Toure to Mary Kaldor for Gov el-Rufai on Southern Kaduna Violence

Southern Kaduna is a problem for everyone. It has assumed a problem which must be fixed before it mutates. It is problematic because it has thrown up complicated narratives embodying subject... Read more

Ngugu Wa Thiongo Still Burning With the Fire of Post-colonialism

Posted By: adminon: April 21, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Aime Cesaire, Capitalism, Chinua Achebe, Colonialism in Africa, Decolonisation of education, Edward Said, Frantz Fanon, Globalectics, Home, Literature, Mau Mau, neocolonialism, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Writing in EnglishNo CommentsViews:

Interveiw By Mahdi Ganjavi, Ngugi Wa Thiongo needs no introduction in the world of Letters. Except the dosage of post modernist lexicons observable in his language, the critical postcolonia... Read more

North Risking Unstrategic Reading of the Emir of Kano?

Posted By: adminon: April 15, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Civilised Conversation', 1976 Local Government Reform, BOKO HARAM, Distressing Modernisation, Sultan Dasuki, TalakawaNo CommentsViews:

It must have been evident that a voice raising a banner suggestive of a radical moment, warts and all, was bound to arise over northern Nigeria in the context of events of the past two decad... Read more

Controversy: Is the Northern Elite Different from Other Regional Elite in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: April 10, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Marx and Africa Conference ', Ahmadu Bello University, Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, Emir of Kano, Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, Kaduna Mafia, Northern oligarchy, Prof Abdulraufu Mustapha, Prof Jibrin Ibrahim, Sultan of Sokoto, Tanko YakassaiNo CommentsViews:

Is it the case that the higher incidence of poverty in the north of Nigeria is a function of the nature of the northern elite, since the elite drive reality in every society and its class ch... Read more

Where is Seriake Dickson’s ‘Dubai’ Strategy in Bayelsa Coming From and What is it Good For?

Posted By: adminon: April 06, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Dubai', Akinwumi Ambode, Atiku Bagudu, Bayelsa Diagnostic Centre, Boro Town, Ibrahim Dankwambo, Prof Ben Ayade, Projectisation, Seriake DicksonNo CommentsViews:

Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos State is permanently in the news, either in coming up with one development agenda or another. His is enhanced by the locational advantage of Lagos as the co... Read more

Newsdiary Online Converts Adversity to Advantage in a Post-Cyber Attack Repositioning

Posted By: adminon: April 03, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: cyber attack, Danlami Nmodu, Newsdiary Online, Online-print media convergenceNo CommentsViews:

In a classic of converting adversity to advantage, Newsdiary Online which pioneered online newspaper in its current generation has announced repositioning plans after surviving a cyber attac... Read more