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My Nine Days of Lessons on Democracy and Development in India

Posted By: adminon: March 25, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Indian Council for Cultural Relations, INEC, Love, Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal, Taj Mahal, The Electoral Commission of India, The Gen-Next Democracy Network Programme, Winston ChurchillNo CommentsViews:
My Nine Days of Lessons on Democracy and Development in India

By Ibrahim Lawal Ahmed It was a privilege and honour for me to be among the Nigerian delegation to the 8th Batch of Gen-Next Democracy Network Programme from March 6th to 15th, 2023. The Gen... Read more

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Peter Obi and the Ideological Crisis of the Nigerian Left

Posted By: adminon: March 23, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Algerian independence, Articulatory politics, Classical Marxism, Frankfurt scholars, Gramsci, SCON, ‘Marxism in Africa’No CommentsViews:
Peter Obi and the Ideological Crisis of the Nigerian Left

If the Nigerian Left or what remains of it has not publicly acknowledged Peter Obi for forcing an ontological moment in there, it might only be because the recovery from the Obi shocker for... Read more

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University of Cape Town Still the African Star in the 2023 QS Subject Ranking

Posted By: adminon: March 22, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: 'Colonialism of a special type', Africa, Ranking criteria, SOUTH AFRICA, University of Cape TownNo CommentsViews:
University of Cape Town Still the African Star in the 2023 QS Subject Ranking

When one looks at some of the criteria used in most of the ranking exercises, one could say it is not for African universities. A criterion such as the international character of a faculty o... Read more

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So, Why Do Emerging Third Force Political Parties Flounder and Gets Absorbed by Incumbent Parties?

Posted By: adminon: February 10, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: AFRC, Charles Margai, Ernest Koroma, Mada Bio, NGC, PMDC, SLPP, Tejan-Kabbah, UNPPNo CommentsViews:
So, Why Do Emerging Third Force Political Parties Flounder and Gets Absorbed by Incumbent Parties?

This piece has a Sierra Leonean background but applicable to much of Africa – Intervention By Yusuf Bangura PhD “Thaimu Bangura’s PDP lost steam when it entered into an alliance with T... Read more

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From Lancaster House to Chatham House: When Shall Nigeria be Truly Independent?

Posted By: adminon: January 31, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Apartheid, British Empire, Capitalism, Chatham House, Colonialism, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Imperialism, Lancaster House, Nazism, Neo-colonialism, Slavery, ‘Wind of change’No CommentsViews:
From Lancaster House to Chatham House: When Shall Nigeria be Truly Independent?

Nigerian nationalism is on warpath against those seeking to rule the country trooping to a UK platform with ties to the Empire imagination. The argument against such trend can be powerful wh... Read more

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My Benin Republic ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) Experience, Lessons for Nigeria’s 2023 Elections

Posted By: adminon: January 24, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies, Bayero University - Kano, Benin Republic, Bimodal Voter Accreditation Systems, Commission Electorale Nationale Autonome, ECOWAS Election Observation Mission, Nigeria’s 2023 General Elections, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, ‘Cotonou’ or “Tokunbo” carsNo CommentsViews:
My Benin Republic ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) Experience, Lessons for Nigeria’s 2023 Elections

By Habu Mohammed The Context Until January 5th, 2023, all I knew about Cotonou was that it is the capital city of Benin Republic from where ‘Cotonou’ or “Tokunbo” cars and limousines are imp... Read more

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The World’s 5 Definitive Names in 2022

Posted By: adminon: January 01, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Buckingham Palace, Harvard University, King Charles 111, Lady Hussey, Michael Jackson, Sistas Space, Vladimir PutinNo CommentsViews:
The World's 5 Definitive Names in 2022

If it were to be put to vote, millions of lists would be sure to come up, reflecting each list maker’s soul of person. Democracy can be chaotic in such matters. Mercifully, there is no such... Read more

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Readers Challenge Intervention on L/American Ownership of Dependency Theory

Posted By: adminon: December 29, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: 'Perestroika Movement', Afropolitanism, Andre Gander Frank, Asia, Dependency Theory, Ibadan School of History, Latin America, Postcolonial theory, Samir Amin, Walter RodneyNo CommentsViews:
Readers Challenge Intervention on L/American Ownership of Dependency Theory

Two different sentences in Intervention’s reporting of the passage of Prof Abdullahi Mahdi, ex-Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, have come under attack from critical rea... Read more

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African Players to a Rescue That Sadly Didn’t Happen

Posted By: adminon: December 19, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Black players, Didier Deschamps, French team, Japan, NIGERIA, Sierra LeoneNo CommentsViews:
African Players to a Rescue That Sadly Didn’t Happen

The French coach Didier Deschamps did something amazing and historic in his substitutions against Argentina: He took out all the white players (apart from Lloris, the goalkeeper) and fielded... Read more

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NIIA Moves to Second Wave of Nigeria’s Conversation on Sports Geopolitics

Posted By: adminon: December 10, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: NIIA, Sports diplomacy, Sunny OjeagbeseNo CommentsViews:
NIIA Moves to Second Wave of Nigeria's Conversation on Sports Geopolitics

The Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA) appears to be moving to the second phase of its exertion on inserting the geopolitics of performance into Nigerian foreign policy. What... Read more

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