Africa | Intervention

CORRECTED: The Nyerere Imperative and Dr Ganduje’s APC Party School Gambit

Posted By: adminon: January 15, 2024In: GovernanceTags: 'Rise of the Rest', Africa, APC, Asia, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, DEMOCRACY, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, Dr. Julius Nyerere, Fair system, Keke- NAPEP, Lee Kuan Yew, Party School, PDP, PPI/IPSNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja The frightening powerlessness of all the centres of power in Nigeria in facing down equally frightening indicators of the catastrophic compels us to be interested in any and... Read more

ABU, Zaria Probes Into Challenges of Quality Higher Education in Africa @ Its 60th Anniversary

Posted By: adminon: January 08, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: ABU Zaria, Africa, FGN, MacArthur Foundation, media, World BankNo CommentsViews:

Nearly everyone says university education in Nigeria is all about production and circulation of illiterates. The World Bank says so, the Nigerian Government is comfortable with that and most... Read more

NPSA Holds Session on Liberal Democracy in Africa, Invites the Public

Posted By: adminon: December 18, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Africa, Coups, Liberal democracy, Nigeria's democracy, NPSANo CommentsViews:

“Liberal Democracy: Limitations and Its Pitfalls in Africa” is the topic of the rescheduled Panel 3 of the First Seminar Series on Nigeria’s Democracy under the theme... Read more

Jega Echoes Restructuring Ahead of 2027

Posted By: adminon: December 17, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Africa, Archimedean coalition, INEC, Nigerian economy, Nigerian federation, RestructuringNo CommentsViews:

The articulatory practice that will shape the contest for power in 2027 is obviously unfolding with the return of restructuring of Nigeria back on the agenda. It is coming from Bayero Univer... Read more

Amb Nicholas Ella, Nura Rimi As a Window on 8 New Perm Secs in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: November 25, 2023In: GovernanceTags: Africa, CHINA, Egypt, Gen Joe Garba, Gen. Murtala Mohammed, Henry Kissinger, India, London, Nigerian foreign service, Nigeria’s neighbours, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, US1 CommentViews:

Correction It has become necessary to correct two impressions created by this story, based on calls from readers. (1) This story did not imply that Ambassadors Nicholas Ella and Nura Rimi ar... Read more

From Non-linear Tracking of Empire With a Question

Posted By: adminon: November 21, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, Critic, Critical, Critique, Empire, Entanglement, International Relations, Non-linearity, Opposition, Quantum social theory, ‘Officially Permitted Madness’No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja It is incredible how International Relations (IRs) is busy breaking down all the ‘China Walls’ and expanding into diverse realms of knowledge production, from the ‘linguistic... Read more

Hold It! Nyerere, Former Tanzanian President and Politician, To Be Canonised

Posted By: adminon: November 18, 2023In: People in ActionTags: 'Ujaama', Africa, Diocese of Dar Es Salam, Politician, Power, President, TanzaniaNo CommentsViews:

Former president of Tanzania, Dr. Julius Nyerere is to be canonised. He is raising the stakes in politics and exercise of power in Africa. Although he has been a politician and a president,... Read more

The Tinubu Overflow of Afro-optimism

Posted By: adminon: November 16, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Africa, Afro-optimism, Languaging, RhetoricNo CommentsViews:

There is no debate about it that President Bola Tinubu has unleashed so much domestically and he is being fought on all sides. But in the statement quoted below, he has entered a different t... Read more

NPSA Cuts Into the Democracy Conundrum in Nigeria With Supercharged Sessions

Posted By: adminon: November 15, 2023In: BookspaceTags: Africa, Coups, Development, Liberal democracy, NIGERIA, NPSANo CommentsViews:

The knowledge industry in Nigeria may be limping, just like other sectors but the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) appears determined to take the mandate of knowledge seriously.... Read more

Amb Okafor, AANI President, Insists on Continent-wide Collaboration Against Organised Crime

Posted By: adminon: October 25, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: AANI, Africa, Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch, Organised crimeNo CommentsViews:

A continent wide collaboration among institutions to combat organised crime is possible and needed in Africa, says Ambassador Emmanuel Obi Okafor, President of the Alumni Association of the... Read more