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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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The Onoge Shock

Posted By: adminon: January 16, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: ABU, African Literature, Chinua Achebe, Harvard, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Prof Abiola Irele, Prof Omafume Onoge, Prof Victor Adetula, UI, UNIBEN, UNIFE, UNIJOS, UNILAG, UNNNo CommentsViews:
The Onoge Shock

I have heard a huge share of the stuff he was made of, including his articulation of the Aiyetoro community as a socialist entity in a thesis to Harvard University, at a time positivism was... Read more

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Encountering BUK Mass Communication Students @ the 2019 Kano Social Influencers Summit

Posted By: adminon: August 03, 2019In: BookspaceTags: ABU, BUK, FAIS, IBK, MMY, SAIS, SMS, UCLNo CommentsViews:
Encountering BUK Mass Communication Students @ the 2019 Kano Social Influencers Summit

At a recent conference at the University of Ibadan, a female undergraduate shot through the thicket to make her point. When asked later in an interview with Intervention, she gave a good acc... Read more

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ABU, Zaria Discusses Insecurity in the North @ Prof Mike Kwanashie Annual Lecture

Posted By: adminon: May 15, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: ABU, BBUs, NESA, Samaru, Veritas UniversityNo CommentsViews:
ABU, Zaria Discusses Insecurity in the North @ Prof Mike Kwanashie Annual Lecture

The search for a more nuanced understanding of the insecurity crisis enveloping Nigeria is moving to the premises of the Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU), Zaria Monday when the topic “From Far... Read more

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The Teacher Makes All the Difference in UI’s Dr. Afusat Jagun Jubril

Posted By: adminon: April 02, 2019In: BookspaceTags: ABU, ACU, UI, UNICAL, UNIJOS, UNIPORTH, ZariaNo CommentsViews:
The Teacher Makes All the Difference in UI’s Dr. Afusat Jagun Jubril

No subjective disposition to her would make any journalist deny her recognition for standing out in the crowd. She has such a ringing, piercing, authoritative and  scholarly voice that would... Read more

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ASUU and the Future of University Education in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: November 23, 2018In: BookspaceTags: ABU, ASUU, MDGs, NEEDS, NEPAD, NERGP, SAP, UI, UNILAGNo CommentsViews:
ASUU and the Future of University Education in Nigeria

By Professor Idowu Awopetu* The first reported reaction of the Federal Government, through the Minister for Education, to the current ASUU strike was a declaration that the government “can’t... Read more

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The Secret of the 1914 Amalgamation – Comrade Reuben Ziri

Posted By: adminon: January 25, 2017In: GovernanceTags: 'Inevitability of Instability', 'Nupe About Turn', ABU, Alhaji Turi Mohammed, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre - CISLAC, Community Action for Popular Participation - CAPP, James O'Connel, New Nigerian, Northern establishment, Prof Jerry Gana, Prof Okwudiba Nnoli, Zaria School of HistoryNo CommentsViews:
The Secret of the 1914 Amalgamation – Comrade Reuben Ziri

The Secret of the 1914 Amalgamation – Comrade Reuben Ziri By Adagbo ONOJA There is a sense in which Reuben Ziri is a study in contradictions. When he entered the Department of History at Ahm... Read more

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Radical Activists Have Abandoned Nigerians At the Political Sea, Says ‘Maradona’ (Part 1)

Posted By: adminon: January 08, 2017In: GovernanceTags: ABU, Al Mustapha, CLO, Deradicalise, Kwara Poly, NANS, Radical Activists, State security, ZariaNo CommentsViews:
Radical Activists Have Abandoned Nigerians At the Political Sea, Says ‘Maradona’ (Part 1)

Radical Activists Have Abandoned Nigerians At the Political Sea, Says ‘Maradona’ (Part 1) His name sent jitters into the mind of vice-chancellors and the security establishment in those days... Read more

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