People in Action | Intervention

ABU, Zaria Plans Huge Memorial for Prof Okello Oculi

Posted By: adminon: August 23, 2026In: People in ActionTags: No CommentsViews:

The unnamed female undergraduate announcing the impending event starts with the delightful assertion: “One man spent his life imagining a greater Africa”. The second sentence is swallowed by... Read more

Hailing Chief John Agbaji Attah Ochoga, Life Bencher, at 73

Posted By: adminon: August 09, 2026In: People in ActionTags: 'Akpa-Olofu', Apa State, Chief Morgan Ogbole, Justice Acheme Paul Anyebe, Obafemi Awolowo University-Ile-IfeNo CommentsViews:

As the sun rises on Friday, August 7th, 2026, it illuminates a truly monumental occasion, the 73rd birthday of one of Nigeria’s most distinguished legal minds and a revered pillar of t... Read more

A Tribute to Prof Paul Izah at 76

Posted By: adminon: August 09, 2026In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, International Relations, Methodology, NSIA, Political ScienceNo CommentsViews:

By Hassan A. Saliu Professor Paul Izah was born on the 4th of August 1950. He had his early education in Nigeria and proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria, where he obtained his f... Read more

In the Shadow of Nigeria’s Journey to a $1 Trillion Economy: Prof Nentawe Goshue Yilwatda at 58

Posted By: adminon: August 09, 2026In: People in ActionTags: $1 trillion economy, Analogue governance, APC, Education, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture - Makurdi, Plateau StateNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Chris Kwaja Introduction Every generation produces men and women whose stories remind us that greatness is not an accident, but the reward of vision, discipline, resilience, and unwa... Read more

A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday

Posted By: adminon: August 03, 2026In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Babangida administration, Comparative Politics, Delta State University – Abraka, NPSA, NSIA, University of London, ‘Being in power/government’No CommentsViews:

By Hassan A. Saliu Events and personalities are mutually constitutive in historical narratives. While some individuals attain national prominence gradually, others are catapulted into publi... Read more

Senator Jonah David Jang, an Extraordinary Statesman, is 80

Posted By: adminon: July 31, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Benue State, Gongola State, Nigerian Air Force, Plateau State, Senator of the Federal RepublicNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Chris Kwaja Eighty years is more than the passage of time; it is the accumulation of purpose, sacrifice, wisdom, and enduring impact. As Senator Jonah David Jang marks this remarkabl... Read more

Tribute to Prof Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi, Just Honoured in NSIA

Posted By: adminon: July 28, 2026In: People in ActionTags: African Petroleum Producers Association, AIA, Concert of Medium Powers, NADECO, NIIA, NIPSS, NPSA, NSIA, Technical Aid CorpsNo CommentsViews:

By Hassan Saliu Professor Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi, the son of a priest and politician, is an academic colossus whose impact on various aspects of Nigerian life cannot be captured in a sing... Read more

‘A Day Like This’

Posted By: adminon: July 08, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Call to Bar, Jabi Lake, Ochiga family, Okpani Benedict OchigaNo CommentsViews:

I do not remember who uttered the words serving as headline for this story but it aggregated all the elements the event brought into view: the reality of Fortune Ochiga’s call to the B... Read more

Dr. Segun Osoba: History Behind the History

Posted By: adminon: July 01, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Border Studies, Class analysis, Dr. Segun Osoba, European historiography, General Tunde Idiagbon, Ibadan School of History, NSO, Prof Ade Ajayi, Prof Alfa Konare, Prof Emmanuel Ayandele, Prof JC Anene, Prof Kenneth Dike, Prof Sabiu Biobaku, UNILAGNo CommentsViews:

Dr. Segun Osoba, the extraordinarily farsighted Historian of ruling class make-up and ex-don at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife is due for burial July 2nd, 2026. He is one of the very fe... Read more

IOLDCs Appoints Prof Kwaja As Senior Advisor for Africa

Posted By: adminon: June 28, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Africa, IOLDCs, Peacebuilding, Sustainable DevelopmentNo CommentsViews:

The International Organisation for the Least Developed Countries (IOLDCs) has appointed Modibbo Adama University, Yola academic, Prof Chris Kwaja as its Senior Advisor for Africa. “Thi... Read more