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South Africa Prepares for Winnie Mandela’s Burial April 14th, 2018

Posted By: adminon: April 03, 2018In: People in ActionTags: ANC, State MemorialNo CommentsViews:

Indications from Pretoria are that the remains of Winnie Mandela will be committed to mother earth April 14th, 2011. So says Cyril Ramaphosa, South African president for whom this is describ... Read more

Buhari, Naomi Campbell, Kukah and Mantu’s Siezure of Easter

Posted By: adminon: April 01, 2018In: People in ActionTags: 'Convergence of Civilisation', Chibok girls, Clash of Civilisation, Leah, New NigerianNo CommentsViews:

It is an odd combination in identity terms but they share a collective identity in doing something out of the rather routine, predictable, boring ways which has characterised every major fes... Read more

Chief Sab Okwara Okoye and Burial as Re-enactment

Posted By: adminon: March 12, 2018In: People in ActionTags: African Studies, NANS, Orlu, University of Nigeria - NsukkaNo CommentsViews:

By the 1980s, Chief Sab Okwara Okoye was already too established in property terms to be a student activist himself but his son, Festus Okoye, was. The younger Okoye was literally abducted f... Read more

Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma and the Paradox of Power (2)

Posted By: adminon: March 11, 2018In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, EFCC, IBB, Kwaghir Theatre, Kwararafa University, Nollywood, Theatre Arts, UI, UMBCNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA By what stretch of imagination would anyone call someone who was before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) a great man? Or, how could a governor who could n... Read more

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

Posted By: adminon: March 11, 2018In: People in ActionTags: 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: People in ActionTags: 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: People in ActionTags: 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: People in ActionTags: 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: People in ActionTags: 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: People in ActionTags: 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