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ABU, Zaria Literary Philosopher, Muazu Maiwada, Speaks on State of Writing in Nigeria Today

Posted By: adminon: September 11, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: Abubakar Imam, Achebe, Acholonu, Ahmadu Bello University, ANA, Chike Obi, Clark, Creative writing, Gimba, Kasimu Yero, Nelly Uchendu, Ojaide, Osundare, Poetry, Soyinka, TutuolaNo CommentsViews:
ABU, Zaria Literary Philosopher, Muazu Maiwada, Speaks on State of Writing in Nigeria Today

LiteratureVoice conducted this interview which Intervention finds re-publishable mainly because of one question: the state of writing in Nigeria today. Why are there no Achebes, Soyinkas, JP... Read more

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Mourners @ ‘Evening of Tributes’ Pray for Prof Okello Oculi to Enjoy the Full Embrace of His Ancestors

Posted By: adminon: August 20, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Ahmadu Bello University, APSA, CODESRIA, Diallo Telli, FASS/FARCE, Kisumu County, Minister of Agriculture, Mock-OAU/AU, Pan-Africanism, Prof Crawford Young, University of Wisconsin, ‘Banana Man’No CommentsViews:
Mourners @ 'Evening of Tributes' Pray for Prof Okello Oculi to Enjoy the Full Embrace of His Ancestors

It was called an ‘Evening of Tributes’ and sobering tributes poured in from Washington DC, Nairobi, Switzerland, Kampala in Uganda, Dakar in Senegal and, of course, those who were on the gro... Read more

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As Prof. Jonah Isawa Elaigwu, Our Teacher and Mentor, Adds Another Year to His Age

Posted By: adminon: March 21, 2024In: People in ActionTags: Ahmadu Bello University, Federalism, Legislative Agenda, Military rule, Prof. Tekena Tamuna, Stanford University1 CommentViews:
As Prof. Jonah Isawa Elaigwu, Our Teacher and Mentor, Adds Another Year to His Age

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu Prof. Jonah Elaigwu, 76, is one of our elders in the field of Political Science. He obtained his B.Sc in Political Science in 1971 from the Ahmadu Bello University, Z... Read more

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Time for ASUU to Re-invent Itself, Says retiring Longest Serving Chairman, Cde M.M.Yusif

Posted By: adminon: November 03, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Ahmadu Bello University, ASUU, BUK, Political Science, Sir Ahmadu Bello, ZariaNo CommentsViews:
Time for ASUU to Re-invent Itself, Says retiring Longest Serving Chairman, Cde M.M.Yusif

By Ibrahim Lawal Ahmed On September 9th, 2023, friends, colleagues and students of Malam Mu’azu Muhammad Yusif, more popularly called M.M. Yusif, gathered to honour and celebrate his long ac... Read more

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Bill Freund: Historian, Africanist, Intellectual

Posted By: adminon: September 13, 2020In: People in ActionTags: Ahmadu Bello University, ANC, Dar es Salam, The Making of Contemporary Africa, University of KwaZuluNatal, WiSERNo CommentsViews:
Bill Freund: Historian, Africanist, Intellectual

By Shireen Hassim Bill Freund was a Marxist historian in method, attentive to political economy and to the material underpinnings of power, while retaining a critical distance to Marxism Bil... Read more

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Controversy: Is the Northern Elite Different from Other Regional Elite in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: April 10, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Marx and Africa Conference ', Ahmadu Bello University, Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, Emir of Kano, Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, Kaduna Mafia, Northern oligarchy, Prof Abdulraufu Mustapha, Prof Jibrin Ibrahim, Sultan of Sokoto, Tanko YakassaiNo CommentsViews:
Controversy: Is the Northern Elite Different from Other Regional Elite in Nigeria?

Is it the case that the higher incidence of poverty in the north of Nigeria is a function of the nature of the northern elite, since the elite drive reality in every society and its class ch... Read more

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Update on Nigerian Activists Lose, Mourn Hassana Garba

Posted By: adminon: January 03, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Abubakar Siddique Mohammed, Ahmadu Bello University, BBU, BMMC, Citizen, ethnicity, Hilkia Bubajoda, Jonas Awodi, Manipulation of Religion in Nigeria, NANS, New Nigerian, People's Daily, Sanusi Abubakar, Secularist, Talakawa Summit, Triumph Publishing CompanyNo CommentsViews:
Update on Nigerian Activists Lose, Mourn Hassana Garba

Update on Nigerian Activists Lose, Mourn Hassana Garba The sudden death of the distinguished activist, Hassana Garba in Minna December 28th, 2016 brought about an attempt to compile a list o... Read more

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Ranka dade! Kole Shettima for Turbanning as 'Zanna Yuroma' of Machina Emirate
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