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NPSA Communique of the Meeting on Reforming the Electoral Process in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: September 11, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: 2023 General Elections, Ad-hoc staff, CISLAC, First-Past-the-Post System, Foreign interests in Nigerian elections, INEC, MacArthur Foundation, Modified FPTP, National Commissioners, NPSA, Political parties, Resident Electoral Commissioners, Uwais CommitteeNo CommentsViews:

On-going electoral experience in Nigeria makes some of the recommendations here crucial inputs and the communique publishable in its entirety. Or so does Intervention think, even if only for... Read more

UDU Steps Out With a Major Symposium on Niger Coup

Posted By: adminon: August 26, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: African integration, Niger coup, NIPSS, PEACE, UDUNo CommentsViews:

For a country such as Nigeria where “Nigeriens are not aliens in Nigeria” was the title of the memorable pan-regional essay by the late Dr Mahmud Modibbo Tukur, Historian and former ASUU Pre... Read more

Ruminating on the Use of Force as Foreign Policy Tool Against the Coup in Niger Republic

Posted By: adminon: August 12, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: African Union, Dialogue, Diplomacy, ECOWAS, France, MNJTF, Niger Republic, UEMOANo CommentsViews:

By Murtala Muhammad PhD As is already well known, the Presidential Guards in Niger Republic launched a coup and detained President Mohamed Bazoum and his family on the On July 26th, 2023,. S... Read more

What Threatens Democracy and Trigger Coups in Africa?

Posted By: adminon: August 07, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Coup de’tat, DEMOCRACY, Elite, Military, Post-colonial, westNo CommentsViews:

Coup and coup-making is back on the agenda in Africa. Scholars of coups must track the phenomena as Lagos State University’s Prof Sylvester Odion Akhaine, a Professor of Political Science, h... Read more

NIPSS Alumni Cautions Against Military Action Over Coup in Niger Republic

Posted By: adminon: August 06, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: AAIN, ECOWAS, France, Germany, Italy, Niger Republic, Russia, USNo CommentsViews:

The Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI) is out with those cautioning the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against a military option in resolving the militar... Read more

Fuel Fuels Massive Protests Across Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 02, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: 'Let the poor breathe', ASCAB, CORE, Fuel subsidy, JAF, NLC, NSA Nuhu Ribadu, President Bola TinubuNo CommentsViews:

It has been a full day of protests across Nigeria contrary to the perception that the Government of the day, particularly President Bola Tinubu, will use native intelligence to negotiate a l... Read more

FG Dares Falana, NLC and Civil Society on August 3rd, 2023 Protest in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: July 31, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: ASCAB, CORE, Coup, ECOWAS, EIU, JAF, Niger Republic, NLC, RussiaNo CommentsViews:

There is now a very sharp disagreement between the Federal Government and the labour/civil society coalition planning a popular protest from August 2nd, 2023 across Nigeria. While the labour... Read more

ASCAB, CORE, JAF Join NLC for August 3rd, 2023 Protest in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: July 31, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: ASCAB, CORE, Coup, ECOWAS, EIU, JAF, Niger Republic, NLC, RussiaNo CommentsViews:

Unless the planned nationwide address of President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria later today (July 31st, 2023 undercuts them, the indications is that radical groups are determined to press ahead wi... Read more

Nigerian Radicals Set to Tame Tinubu on Fuel Subsidy

Posted By: adminon: July 23, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: 2nd International, General Shehu Yar’Adua, JAF, Left, Marxism, NANS, NGOs, Peter Obi, ‘Comrade Bola TinubuNo CommentsViews:

It could be the calm before the storm as one of the more consistent radical platforms in Nigeria is busy organising. In contrast to majority of the hegemonic neoliberal oriented civil societ... Read more

Isn’t Mandela Calling On Akume in Benue State?

Posted By: adminon: July 23, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Aper Aku, Benue Oneness, Cardinal Onaiyekan, elite fragmentation, Kantin Kwari, NELSON MANDELA, Oshodi, SGF, WAPANo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Over the weekend, (22/07/2023), Senator George Akume, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, issued a statement that offers insight into the mind of the Governmen... Read more