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The Unique BUK Teacher Called Mallam Ibrahim Muazzam

Posted By: adminon: October 22, 2026In: BookspaceTags: ABU Zaria, BUK, Mambayya House, Philosophy, Saraki phenomenonNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu Mallam Ibrahim Muazzam, who is alive and well, is a popular name at Bayero University, Kano. For many years, he remained a household name, particularly in the Departm... Read more

A Belated Tribute to Prof. Istifanus Zabadi @ 70

Posted By: adminon: October 16, 2026In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Bingham University Karu, Defence College Abuja, International Relations, LSE, NPSA, NSIA, Prof Jonah Isawa Elaigwu, University of JosNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan Saliu As I was about to commence writing this tribute a few weeks ago, tragedy struck: the wife of the celebrant succumbed to the cold hands of death. This inevitably pushed e... Read more

A Tribute to Prof Paul Izah at 76

Posted By: adminon: August 09, 2026In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, International Relations, Methodology, NSIA, Political ScienceNo CommentsViews:

By Hassan A. Saliu Professor Paul Izah was born on the 4th of August 1950. He had his early education in Nigeria and proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria, where he obtained his f... Read more

A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday

Posted By: adminon: August 03, 2026In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Babangida administration, Comparative Politics, Delta State University – Abraka, NPSA, NSIA, University of London, ‘Being in power/government’No CommentsViews:

By Hassan A. Saliu Events and personalities are mutually constitutive in historical narratives. While some individuals attain national prominence gradually, others are catapulted into publi... Read more

Introducing Prof Ibrahim A. Gambari As Board Chairman of the NSIA

Posted By: adminon: July 26, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: ABU Zaria, International Studies, LSE, NIIA, NSIA, UNNo CommentsViews:

By Hassan A. Saliu This piece is aimed at formally introducing Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as the Board Chairman of the reborn Nigerian Society of International Affairs (NSIA). It is also t... Read more

End of An Era As Prof Adamu Baike Succumbs to Death @ 92

Posted By: adminon: December 13, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Benue Plateau State, Death, Gen Sani Abacha, Identity, Kano, Nasarawa State University, National University of Lesotho, Otukpo, Prof Ishaya Audu, Sabon Gari - Kano, University of BeninNo CommentsViews:

When Intervention had to post a quick story on Comrade Abubakar Sokoto Mohammed on December 12th, 2025, it was assumed that it would be the last story on death for 2025. Actually, the idea o... Read more

An Evening Encountering History @ Wole Olaoye’s Birthday

Posted By: adminon: August 24, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, BUK, DRUM, Journalism, NANS, NUNS, Political economy of Mass Communication, UNIJOS, University of Ife, ‘Junk journalism’, ‘Peeping Tom journalism’No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Although he carries a swagger stick, a signifying practice communicating authority or mystique in much of Africa, he doesn’t accept that he is an elder statesman yet. But he... Read more

African Academic Excellence: Implications for Politics and Development in Africa

Published below is the full text of the Lecture at the maiden edition of a symposium to honour the former Deans of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), Ahmadu Bello University, Za... Read more

ABU, Zaria Honours Past Deans of FASS, Hits Nostalgic Button

Posted By: adminon: August 21, 2025In: GovernanceTags: ABU Zaria, FASS, Historiography, Identity politics, MacArthur, Nation building, NUC, State buildingNo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian university system came under a reflexive scrutiny today at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where deans of the old Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) were called to be... Read more

Okello Oculi (1942-2025): The Scholar Who Lived and Breathed Africa

Posted By: adminon: July 27, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Africa, Diallo Telli, Europe, FASS, Music, OAU Mock-Summits, Pan-Africanism, Sembene, ‘Banana Man’No CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura I received the shocking news of the passing of Okello Oculi, the Ugandan scholar who lived 48 years of his life in Nigeria, while I was on the train to Ottawa from Kingston... Read more