People in Action | Intervention

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

Intervention Completely Goofed on Prof Dandatti Abdulkadir

Posted By: adminon: June 14, 2026In: People in ActionTags: BUK, Libya, Mass Communications, Muammar Gaddafi, Political ScienceNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja The tribute has been withdrawn but the damage must be acknowledged and apologies tendered to all those who have suffered consequences due to the incorrect information. Interv... Read more

When Samir Salihu-Lukman and Aisha Beida Became One

Posted By: adminon: June 13, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Generational transition, Kano, Marital praxis, MarriageNo CommentsViews:

This story has a cover picture which features Mallam Samir Salihu-Lukman and Mallama Aisha Beida obviously listening with rapt attention to inferences on marital praxis from Prof Jibrin Ibra... Read more

General Abdulsalami Abubakar: A Birthday Tribute to a Patriot, Peacemaker, Statesman

Posted By: adminon: June 11, 2026In: People in ActionTags: AU, Compromise, Election observation, Peaceful coexistence, Statesmanship, UnderstandingNo CommentsViews:

By Chris Kwaja (PhD) In every nation’s history, there are individuals whose greatest contribution is not the power they wield, but the restraint, wisdom, and sense of duty they demonstrate w... Read more

CODESRIA Mourns Prof Fanta Cheru, a Leading African Intellectual

Posted By: adminon: June 04, 2026In: People in ActionTags: African Renaissance, American University in Washington DC, China and India in Africa, CODESRIA, Ethiopia, SIPRINo CommentsViews:

The Dakar based Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is in sackcloth over Prof Fantu Cheru, the multiply involved Ethiopian political economist who pas... Read more