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So, Why Has the ‘Segun Osoba/Bala Usman-Chapter Two’ Moment Eluded Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: May 19, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Chapter Two, Marxism, NANS, SAP, Segun Osoba/Bala Usman momentNo CommentsViews:
So, Why Has the 'Segun Osoba/Bala Usman-Chapter Two' Moment Eluded Nigeria?

A Segun Osoba/Bala Usman moment is, indeed, unfolding in Nigeria. It flows from their authorship of the text which has survived as epitaph to the monument called Left struggle for democracy... Read more

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Ambassador Eineje Onobu, Ex-Top Nigerian Diplomat, Out With Memoirs

Posted By: adminon: April 30, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Foreign Policy Analysis, Hitchens, Kaplan, Memoirs, Ministry of Foreign AffairsNo CommentsViews:
Ambassador Eineje Onobu, Ex-Top Nigerian Diplomat, Out With Memoirs

Come May 5th, 2026, Amb Eineje Onobu is presenting his memoirs. His memoirs may turn out to be inviting. He wasn’t just a diplomat but one of their best between the 1970s and the mid-2000s.... Read more

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If the Nigerian Elite Do Not Moderate Collective Behaviour, the Rains Will Beat All of Us – Comrade Reuben Ziri

Posted By: adminon: April 19, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: 'Inevitability of Instability', 'Nupe About Turn', ABU, Alhaji Turi Mohammed, Community Action for Popular Participation - CAPP, James O'Connel, New Nigerian, Northern establishment, Prof Jerry Gana, Prof Okwudiba Nnoli, Zaria School of HistoryNo CommentsViews:
If the Nigerian Elite Do Not Moderate Collective Behaviour, the Rains Will Beat All of Us – Comrade Reuben Ziri

American artist, Orson Scott Card, must be right to submit that “…there are times when the world is in flux and the right voice in the right place can move the world.” Alth... Read more

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Formation or Nation Building: Nigeria’s Troubled Quest for a Modern Federal Republic

Posted By: adminon: April 13, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: "Access Capitalism", doma, Federation of Aspirations, Federation of Memories, Fiscal Paternalism, Hausa, Igbo, Ijaw, Kanuri, National conversation, Southern Bauchi, Southern Borno. the Kwararafa family, Southern Kaduna, The Desertification of the Forest, the Middle Belt's Kwararafa-legacy struggle for distinct identity, the North's fear of educational and economic marginalisation, the South's fear of political domination, YorubaNo CommentsViews:
Formation or Nation Building: Nigeria’s Troubled Quest for a Modern Federal Republic

Keynote Speaker’s Lecture in Honour of Dr. Chido Onumah at 60 delivered by Yakubu Aboki Ochefu, Ph.D., FHSN, FNAL, Professor of Economic History and Development Studies, Fr. Moses Orshio Ada... Read more

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OAU, Ile-Ife’s Prof Chijioke Uwasomba Speaks on Recent Award, Power of Literature, ASUU-FG and His Abia State

Posted By: adminon: April 12, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Abia State, Adeleke University, ASUU – FG, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Gov. Alex Otti, Literature, Obafemi Awolowo University, StorytellingNo CommentsViews:
OAU, Ile-Ife's Prof Chijioke Uwasomba Speaks on Recent Award, Power of Literature, ASUU-FG and His Abia State

The Nation newspaperwhich originally published this interview introduced the stuff as follows:: “Chijioke Uwasomba is a Professor of English Literature at the Obafemi Awolowo University, (OA... Read more

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Situating the Coming CDD War on Democracy and Development Deficits in (West) Africa

Posted By: adminon: April 07, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: CDD-West Africa, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Democratic order, Development deficits, Marxism, Opposition, Radical feminists, Tajudeen Abdulraheem, West AfricaNo CommentsViews:
Situating the Coming CDD War on Democracy and Development Deficits in (West) Africa

On March 31st, 2026, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) launched its Strategic Plan for 2026 – 2030 in Abuja, Nigeria. This is the second and concluding part of Inter... Read more

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Nigerians, Beware of a 21st Century Edition of ‘It is the Bale himself’!

Posted By: adminon: March 03, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Christians, FRONTEX, Imperialism, Iran, Israel, Kofi Annan, Muslims, Old Oyo Empire, R2P, Sovereignty, Trump, ‘Mistake of 1914’1 CommentViews:
Nigerians, Beware of a 21st Century Edition of ‘It is the Bale himself'!

By Adagbo Onoja Let me begin this piece by refreshing the memories of readers of Intervention about this story of the fate of the old Oyo Empire told by the late US based Nigerian theorist,... Read more

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Why Myths Can Save Humanity

Posted By: adminon: February 25, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Culture, Faith, Humanity, Psychology, Religious storiesNo CommentsViews:
Why Myths Can Save Humanity

  Old stories fill our lives with dignity Myth has staged a big comeback as a theme in both radical/critical as well as status quo social science. This piece speaks to that although the... Read more

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Marxism and Literature After Biodun Jeyifo

Posted By: adminon: February 14, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Apartheid, Critical security studies, Deliberative democracy, Discourse, Emancipation, Frankfurt School critical theory, Gramscian Marxism, Kant, Literature, Marxism, Plato, Prof Ken BoothNo CommentsViews:
Marxism and Literature After Biodun Jeyifo

By Adagbo Onoja Decades before his death January 11th, 2026, Prof Biodun Jeyifo had ceased to teach in Nigeria. But a knowledge producer is inherently a global supplier, irrespective of loca... Read more

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Whole Idea of Development Studies Under Question – Prof Anuradha Joshi, New IDS chief

Posted By: adminon: January 31, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Research, Trump, UK, University of Sussex, USAIDNo CommentsViews:
Whole Idea of Development Studies Under Question – Prof Anuradha Joshi, New IDS chief

The Institute of Development Studies attached to the University of Sussex in the UK is not just another research centre. It is the leader, with a significance for Africa. In fact, gist merch... Read more

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