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Comrade Amah T Amah – A Salute to Gallantry and the Struggle for Social Justice

Posted By: adminon: January 08, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Bassey Ekpo Bassey, Bene Madunagu, Chima Ubani, Ebony Okpa, Edwin Madunagu, Louis Edet, MPN, NANS, Prof Eskor Toyo, Prof Okon Uya, PYMN, UNICAL, UNNNo CommentsViews:

By Chris Antigha On August 6, 2024, one of the icons of the struggle for social justice passed away and was buried on December 28, 2024. The life and times of Comrade Amah Thomas Amah, in a... Read more

Professor Nuhu Omeiza Yaqub, the Marxist Scholar and Mentor, at 73

Posted By: adminon: January 04, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ASUU, Marxist scholar, NIIA, NSIA, OFRNo CommentsViews:

Prof Hassan A. Saliu In October 1951, a baby was born in the hilly town of Okene, Kogi State. One week after, he was given a name that was to be significant in Nigeria. The baby was Prof. Nu... Read more

NPSA, Marxist Conference Group Mourn Prof Nuhu Yaqub

Posted By: adminon: January 04, 2025In: People in ActionTags: BUK, Canada, Ebira, Marxist Conference, NPSA, Okene, Political Science, Toyin Falola, UDUS, UKNo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) has announced the death of Prof Nuhu Yaqub. Yaqub was a former ASUU Branch Chairman, former Deputy-Vice Chancellor (DVC) at Usmanu Danfodiyo... Read more

Imagining Dr. Segun Osoba’s 90th Birthday on January 9th, 2025

Posted By: adminon: January 03, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Atiku Abubakar, Bala Usman, Bola Tinubu, Chapter Two, Constitution Drafting Committee, Gen Shehu Yar'Adua, IBB, IMF Conditionalities, Minority Report, Muhammadu Buhari, Ruling class, Segun Osoba, Super Permanent Secretaries, ThatcherismNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Although it won several battles, it lost the war. As the losing party in the grand struggle for which perspective should ground Nigeria, it is at the receiving end of the con... Read more

The Paradox of the Axe in Prof Hassan Saliu @ 62

Posted By: adminon: December 24, 2024In: People in ActionTags: BUK, David Easton, Methodology, NPSA, OAU Ile-Ife, Political ScienceNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja There’s a sense in which NPSA President, Prof Hassan Saliu’s 62nd birthday on December 22nd, 2024 shared so much with the remarkable paradox of the axe iterated i... Read more

Madam Julie Sanda, the Iron Lady, Celebrates Another Year

Posted By: adminon: December 16, 2024In: People in ActionTags: International Relations, National Defense College, NPSA, Prof A. T Gana, Prof Bjorn Beckman, Prof Istifanus Zabadi, Prof Jonah Elaigwu, Prof W O Alli, Prof. Rauf Mustapha, WINNo CommentsViews:

Prof Hassan Saliu Madam Julie Sanda, a distinguished member of our Executive Committee (EXCO) and a renowned scholar, marks another year of life. For years, we have acknowledged the under-re... Read more

Prof. Jibrin (Jibo) Ibrahim, the Scholar-Activist and a Marxist, Turns 70

Posted By: adminon: December 09, 2024In: People in ActionTags: Ahmadu Bello University - Zaria, Billy Dudley Annual Memorial Lecturer, CDD, CRD, Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Patrick Wilmot, Dr. Yusuf Bangura, General Mamman Kontagora, Marxism, Prof Bjorn Beckman, Prof Okey Ibeanu, University of Bordeaux1 CommentViews:

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim marked his 70th birthday on December 2, 2024. He was born in 1954. I was indeed in Abuja that day, but my role as the President made it difficult... Read more