Lifeworld Archives - Page 51 of 52

Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma and the Paradox of Power (1)

Posted By: adminon: March 11, 2018In: LifeworldTags: EFCC, Emancipation, Frankfort School, Idoma Nokwu, Jigawa State, Kwararafa Empire, Nasarawa State, NPN, NPP, Power, PRP, Solomon Lar regimeNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma, governor of Nasarawa State from 2007 to 2011 is dead and has been quietly buried in his place, Doma in Nasarawa State of Nigeria. At stake in this pie... Read more

Wedding Bell Tolls for Zahra, Y.Z. Y’au’s First Daughter

Posted By: adminon: March 06, 2018In: LifeworldTags: NANS, Radical nationalismNo CommentsViews:

For family members, there is a self-evident reason for joy about this lady getting married: she is not just a graduate, she is an activist in her own right. In a vainglorious society such as... Read more

Hon Abba Moro Loses First Wife

Posted By: adminon: February 20, 2018In: LifeworldTags: Okpokwu LGA, Zone C Senatorial District - Benue StateNo CommentsViews:

There has been no family statement yet but Intervention has learnt authoritatively of the death of Mrs Vero Moro, the first wife of a former Minister for Interior, Hon Abba Moro. Mrs Moro is... Read more

Gen John Shagaya for Burial March 16th, 2018

Posted By: adminon: February 19, 2018In: LifeworldTags: Danburam Langtang 11, OFRNo CommentsViews:

Brig-Gen John Shagaya (rtd) who died on February 11th, 2018 is scheduled to be buried on March 16th, 2018. The burial space would be in Langtang in Plateau State from where he hails. The no... Read more

Okpani Ochiga, Unusual Statesman, Submits to Death

Posted By: adminon: February 12, 2018In: LifeworldTags: Catholic Church, KTL Ltd, Marxism, NLC, Okpokwu LGCNo CommentsViews:

Death has occurred of Comrade Patrick Ameh Ochiga, a unionist, politician and community leader in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State. He gave up the ghost earlier this morning on t... Read more

Brigadier-Gen John Shagaya is Dead

Posted By: adminon: February 11, 2018In: LifeworldTags: ARDP, ECOMOG, NIPSSNo CommentsViews:

Pictures from the scene of the accident that killed Gen John Shagaya earlier today showed he could hardly have survived it. Again, a clear idea of what exactly happened is still difficult to... Read more

Here Comes NANS’ Wedding as First President, Chris Abashi, Marries Off Daughter

Posted By: adminon: February 11, 2018In: LifeworldTags: Fourth Republic Nigeria, NANS, Nasarawa EggonNo CommentsViews:

The witticism of the erstwhile Radio Kaduna Tiv soloist that the dead does not weep his own funeral cannot be over quoted. There is no superior text than it to apply in this case. For, if Ch... Read more

Tajudeen Abdulraheem: Epitaph for a Monument to the Struggle for Democracy in Africa

Posted By: adminon: February 08, 2018In: LifeworldTags: ARIB, IAA, Imperialism, JAM, Neo-colonialism, NGOs, NLC, Oxford, Pan-AfricanismNo CommentsViews:

Published originally as “The Taju Challenge” in May 2009 as a tribute to the departed, this piece serves as an appetizer to tomorrow’s inviting surgery on democracy that the Centre for Democ... Read more

What Ghanaian President Said at Hugh Masekela’s Burial in South Africa

Posted By: adminon: January 31, 2018In: LifeworldTags: Addis Ababa, AU Summit, Keteke, NELSON MANDELANo CommentsViews:

Tribute by The President of the Republic Of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, At The Funeral Of Hugh Masakela, On Tuesday, 30th January, 2018, In Johannesburg, South Africa I had to come,... Read more

An Insight into Hugh Masekela, Fela’s Inspirer

Posted By: adminon: January 26, 2018In: LifeworldTags: Afrobeat, ANC, British Anti-Apartheid Movement, Dizzy Gillespie, Sharpeville Massacre, Soweto uprisingNo CommentsViews:

Written by Robin Denselow and published in The Guardian in the UK (Jan 23rd, 2018) as “Hugh Masekela Obituary” with a rider “Trumpeter and singer-songwriter who was a pioneer of jazz in Sout... Read more