Lifeworld Archives - Intervention

Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari CFR, the Emir of Ilorin, is 85!

Posted By: adminon: April 30, 2025In: LifeworldTags: ACF, Chairman of Kwara State Traditional Council, Ilorin Emirate, Kwara StateNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan Saliu This occasion marks a significant development in the Ilorin Emirate and Kwara State. To properly understand this tribute, it is necessary to go historically by virtue of... Read more

Witnessing Gabriel Ella and Cynthia Mmaduekwe Tie the Marital Knot in Abuja

Posted By: adminon: April 20, 2025In: LifeworldTags: Anambra State, Benue State, Diversity, Ejembi C. EllaNo CommentsViews:

For both the society and the individual involved, the solemnisation of marital relationship is always a welcome event at all times. This was demonstrated April 19th, 2025 when Gabriel Ella a... Read more

A Family’s Evening With Cde Dipo Fashina

Posted By: adminon: April 15, 2025In: LifeworldTags: Ageing gracefully, Friendship, Love enduring, OAU Ile-Ife, “Jingo”No CommentsViews:

Dr (Mrs) Bisi Anyadike This evening, Chima and I had the privilege of spending quality time with our dear friend, Dipo “Jingo” Fashina and his loving wife, Christy. Watching them... Read more

It is Nigerian PS, Amb Nick Ella’s Reflective 60th Birthday

Posted By: adminon: April 12, 2025In: LifeworldTags: CHINA, India, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Nigerian foreign service, Permanent Secretary, USNo CommentsViews:

Bureaucrats, technocrats, diplomats, other colleagues, friends and relations will gather in Abuja, Nigeria later today (April 12th, 2025) to mark the 60th birthday of Ambassador Nick Ella.... Read more

Malam Bikai Gwozah, the Exit of a NEPU/PRP Titan

Posted By: adminon: March 31, 2025In: LifeworldTags: Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, Dr. Bala Usman, Kaura LGA, NEPU-PRP, Social justice, ‘Mai Rago Movement’No CommentsViews:

By Comrade Sanusi A. Maikudi As family, friends and associates of Late Malam Bikai Gwozah of blessed memory converge in Fadan Attakar last Saturday (March 28th, 2025) to pay their last respe... Read more

A Hand That Gives, A Heart That Heals: Lessons from an Orphanage and Handicapped Home

Posted By: adminon: March 23, 2025In: LifeworldTags: Corporate bodies, Handicapped Children' Home, Humanity, Nasarawa Children' Home, NGOsNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Musa Visiting an orphanage and a handicapped children’s home is an experience that leaves a lasting impact on both the visitors and the children visited. Recently, I had the opportu... Read more

Tribute to Dr. John Kayode Fayemi CON, the Former Governor of Ekiti State, at 60

Posted By: adminon: March 23, 2025In: LifeworldTags: Amandla Institute, CDD, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Ekiti State, Gov Biodun Oyebanji, King's College London, Mallam Aminu Kano, NADECO, Nigerian Governors ForumNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan Saliu There are many individuals in the arena of politics. Some are driven by higher ideals, while others participate solely for personal gain. The latter group is not concern... Read more

Critically Celebrating Professor Okwudiba Nnoli, A Former President of the NPSA, at 86

Posted By: adminon: March 22, 2025In: LifeworldTags: Catholicism, CODESRIA, Dares Salam, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, ethnicity, Footballer, Hans Morgenthau, IRs, Nigerian Civil War, Nwalimu Nyerere, PACREP, Poverty, Stanford University, UNN, Walter RodneyNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan Saliu Established in 1955 by the former Eastern Regional Government, the University of Nigeria (UNN) started operation in 1960. Like every other university of its age, it has... Read more

From ‘Who Elected Oxfam’ to ‘Who Elected Kole Shettima?”

Posted By: adminon: February 11, 2025In: LifeworldTags: Africa, Dr Kole Shettima, Global justice, INGOs, MacArthur, Oxfam, Philanthropy, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:

Come February 12th, 2025, a symposium will take place in Abuja, Nigeria. The symposium whose topic is “Role of Philanthropy in Strengthening Democracy in Africa” is to mark the 6... Read more

Adieu! Professor Humphrey Nwobu Nwosu: Chief Promoter of the Option A4 Open Voting System

Posted By: adminon: February 05, 2025In: LifeworldTags: Abacha, Abiola, ABN, buhari, IBB, June 12, NECNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu Professor Humphrey Nwobu Nwosu, who died at 83 on October 20th, 2024, was a man who made several marks in the field of Political Science both at home and abroad. He w... Read more