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Biodun Jeyifo: A Personal Remembrance

Posted By: adminon: February 17, 2026In: People in ActionTags: AFRC, BJ, Chinua Achebe, Cornel University, PKU, Prof Oyin Ogunba, Umuahia, WNBC/TV, “Ying‑yang philosophy”No CommentsViews:

By Prof Chima Anyadike A few hours after news broke of the death of Professor Biodun Jeyifo on the morning of 11 February 2026, a friend who is a former vice‑chancellor of Federal University... Read more

As Biodun Jeyifo Passes On

Posted By: adminon: February 12, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Generational transition, Harvard, Knowledge production, Literature, Marxism and Literature, Political Science, Survival, The 'African condition'No CommentsViews:

The big news in town this week would surely be Prof Biodun Jeyifo joining his ancestors. It is comparable to the fall of an Iroko in the forest. He was a particularly productive farmer in cr... Read more

Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Loses Mrs Jedida Kalat Shamang to Death

Posted By: adminon: February 02, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Geneva, Kaura LGA, MFA, The HagueNo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is mourning the loss of Mrs. Jedida Kalat Shamang. Although the burial arrangement indicates she died January 18th, 2026, it seems her ex-colleagues... Read more

Exceptional Ovation for Jane Ehi Okoli, retiring NYSC Director

Posted By: adminon: February 02, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Decency, Diversity, God, Ogun State NYSCNo CommentsViews:

There is nothing spectacular about her. Yet, there is something elusive about her, requiring more than breezy journalistic textuality. For now, however, nothing more than the breezy is possi... Read more

Ene Ede Sets Aside February 1st for Triumphant Reckoning

Posted By: adminon: January 31, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Civil society, God, TriumphalismNo CommentsViews:

Notable gender activist, Ene Ede is setting February 1st, 2026 aside to look back so as to look forward with greater vigour. Perhaps, the sense of triumph is inescapable after surviving a no... Read more

Ogene-Amejo Loses Community Leader, Okpani Abah Onah, to Death

Posted By: adminon: January 22, 2026In: People in ActionTags: catholic, CMO, National Record, Ogene AmejoNo CommentsViews:

The death has been announced of Okpani Abah Lazarus Onah, a community leader in Ogene Village of Amejo Ward in Edumoga District, Okpokwu LGA of Benue State in Nigeria. Okpani Onah died early... Read more

When It Comes to Ajene Ukpabi Foundation, It Must Be ONE, United Idomaland

Posted By: adminon: December 31, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Adoka, Agabaidu Ogiri Oko, District Officer, Idoma Native Authority, IdomalandNo CommentsViews:

By Stephen Lawani It is absolutely a privilege to serve as the chairperson of this event. It is not obedience to protocol for me to say so but a statement borne by history. The history is t... Read more

End of An Era As Prof Adamu Baike Succumbs to Death @ 92

Posted By: adminon: December 13, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Benue Plateau State, Death, Gen Sani Abacha, Identity, Kano, Nasarawa State University, National University of Lesotho, Otukpo, Prof Ishaya Audu, Sabon Gari - Kano, University of BeninNo CommentsViews:

When Intervention had to post a quick story on Comrade Abubakar Sokoto Mohammed on December 12th, 2025, it was assumed that it would be the last story on death for 2025. Actually, the idea o... Read more

The Passage of Comrade Abubakar Sokoto Mohammed

Posted By: adminon: December 12, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Ethno-religious essentialism, NIPSS, Proletarian internationalism, Sokoto State, Violent capitalism, YUSSANNo CommentsViews:

He underwent a surgical operation about three weeks ago but he himself described it as a minor surgery. In any case, it was after the surgery that he addressed the Fanon Centenary held at th... Read more

Life is Much Better When Others Are Happy Because of You

Posted By: adminon: December 03, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Benue State Government, Benue State House of Assembly, DONALD TRUMP, God, National AssemblyNo CommentsViews:

By Fabian Enenche Owoicho It is with deep humility, utmost sobriety and profound appreciation that I accept this award for my avowed “excellent services to the House and to humanity in gener... Read more