Governance | Intervention

Language and Power @ Xmas in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: December 25, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Discourse, DPR, Governmentality, Human trafficking, Intervention, NNPC, PDP, PEF, PPRANo CommentsViews:

It is Xmas again and messages from leaders is a major part of it. So, what are the leaders in Nigeria saying and by how do we know what they actually mean? Of course, this has to start from... Read more

How Atiku Abubakar Want Nigerians to Read Christmas

Posted By: adminon: December 23, 2017In: GovernanceTags: APC, Libya, Mediterranean, PDPNo CommentsViews:

Atiku Abubakar, presidential aspirant of Nigeria’s People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), says Nigerians should read the Christmas in terms of its essence and emulate same. He defined the essence... Read more

ANC’s Earliest ‘No Winner, No Loser’ Siren

Posted By: adminon: December 19, 2017In: GovernanceTags: ANC, UK GuardianNo CommentsViews:

Nigerian Military Chiefs Get Tenure Extension

Posted By: adminon: December 18, 2017In: GovernanceTags: AQIM, BOKO HARAM, C-in-C, ISIS, Minister of DefenceNo CommentsViews:

A few days after declaring that the West African sub-region might be under siege from transnational jihadi groups such as Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, (AQIM), ISIS, etc, the... Read more

Gidado Idris, GCON, the Passage of a Man of Power

Posted By: adminon: December 17, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Commander-in-Chief, Daily Trust, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, Gen Sani Abacha, SAPNo CommentsViews:

Access is power. The messenger with access to the king has powers far beyond his or her designation. Whether he or she is aware of that much of power is a different thing. In Nigeria, people... Read more

Thanks Immensely to You All

Posted By: adminon: December 13, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Google, Hacking, Intervention Online2 CommentsViews:

This is an interim acknowledgment of and gratitude to all those who have expressed solidarity with Intervention Online over the hacking of the online Sunday night and to assure everyone that... Read more

That True Federalism Fallacy

Posted By: adminon: December 12, 2017In: GovernanceTags: 'Geographical Expression', AU, Count Klemens von Metternich, ECOWAS, EU, Hausa, Igbo, Thomas Sankara, YorubaNo CommentsViews:

Barrister Manni Ochugboju, an Attorney at Ochugboju & Co, Abuja returns to the debate on ‘True Federalism’ in Nigeria in this piece. He is reachable via manni@ochugboju.com In Nigeria, p... Read more

Agents of Darkness Vandalise Intervention Online

Posted By: adminon: December 11, 2017In: GovernanceTags: God, Intervention, Management, PDPNo CommentsViews:

Unknown persons have carried out an overnight operation in which they forcefully removed the last two postings on Intervention Online, A Management statement has announced. The statement nam... Read more

Death Snatches Community Development Activist, Dr Titi Ogiri

Posted By: adminon: December 05, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Dr Hamza Zayyad, NNDC, Och'Idoma of Idoma, Sickle Cell Anaemia, University of Pittsburgh, USANo CommentsViews:

The story of one person most determined to overcome adversities in life ended this morning at an Abuja hospital. Dr Titi Ogiri died this morning shortly before she could undergo a surgical o... Read more

West African First Ladies Rise to Be Counted Against Child Trafficking

Posted By: adminon: December 05, 2017In: GovernanceTags: ECOWAS, ILO, OTUWA, UNICEFNo CommentsViews:

Wives of leaders of West Africa and the Sahel states are rising up to be counted as a force in their own right in the fight against child trafficking, exploitation, child labour and other fo... Read more