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Requiem for the Very Impeccable Prof Ochapa Onazi Ahead of Burial

Posted By: adminon: August 25, 2024In: People in ActionTags: BENSU, BUK, COCIN, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gindiri Compound, IDOMA, Igumale, Imperial College London, Justice Mustapha Akanbi Panel, Karl Kumm University, Kwararafa University, Marxism, Ten Commandments, UCL, UI, UNIJOSNo CommentsViews:

There is a way that writing about someone as Prof Ochapa Onazi (ahead of his burial on September 26/27, 2024) forces up the theory of the everyday which says that the socialisation of Idoma... Read more

Prof Saint Gbileka is Dead

Posted By: adminon: August 21, 2024In: People in ActionTags: ASUU, Government House - Makurdi, Theatre Arts, UI, University of AbujaNo CommentsViews:

Barely a day after the passage of a notable academic in the person of Prof Ayo Dunmoye, another titan is gone. He is Prof Saint Gbileka who died yesterday. A staff of the University of Abuja... Read more

As Prof Ayo Dunmoye Takes His Final Bow

Posted By: adminon: August 20, 2024In: People in ActionTags: 'Marx and Africa Conference ', ABU Zaria, ASUU, NUC, Political Science, Republic of China, Senate, University of TorontoNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja The dirges and mourning rites must be going on in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he rose to the position of Professor of Political Science, within the Nigerian Politica... Read more

Adieu! Prof. Atare Otite, the Committed Scholar

Posted By: adminon: August 09, 2024In: People in ActionTags: DELSU, Igbinedion University, NPSA, Robert Dode, UNIDELTANo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu On the August 3rd, 2024 when my phone vibrated, indicating that I had a message, I hesitated before picking it up. This was because I thought that it could be from on... Read more

On the 6th Anniversary of Prof Ochinya Ojiji’s Passage

Posted By: adminon: August 03, 2024In: People in ActionTags: ASUU, Ichahoho, Methodologist, Soccer, Social Psychology, UNNNo CommentsViews:

By evening of August 3rd, 2024, it would have been six years since Nasarawa State University, Keffi’s Professor Ochinya Ojiji, died without manifesting any ailments. That night in 2018, he l... Read more

In Onyeka Onwenu, Nigeria, Africa and the World Lost an Artist

Posted By: adminon: August 02, 2024In: People in ActionTags: Achebe, Africa, Descartes, Fanon, Hegel, Individuality, Joyce, Marx, NIGERIA, Onyeka Onwenu, Shakespeare, The worldNo CommentsViews:

Artists and philosophers do not die. The world is still quoting Descartes, Hegel, Marx, Shakespeare, Joyce, Achebe, Fanon and so on because they have set the terms of the conversation throug... Read more

Professor Idowu Bamitale Omole, Our Teacher and Mentor, is 70 Years Old

Posted By: adminon: July 30, 2024In: People in ActionTags: Babalawo VC, Department of International Relations, Ifa deity, Obafemi Awolowo University-Ile-Ife, Prof. Adeniyi Osuntogun, Prof. Anthony Elujoba, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, Prof. Rogers Makanjuola, Prof. Tale Omole, Prof. Wale Omole, Prof. Wande Abimbola, Professor Michael Faborode1 CommentViews:

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu Again, on destiny. As I remarked in an earlier tribute, destiny is a kind of gatekeeper that determines a lot of things, especially from the angle of those who believ... Read more