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

Posted By: adminon: January 18, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: America, Europe, Kano, MacArthur, Machina, Middle East, Mohammed Abubakar Rimi, South East AsiaNo CommentsViews:
Ranka dade! Kole Shettima for Turbanning as 'Zanna Yuroma' of Machina Emirate

Come January 31st, 2026, Dr Kole Ahmed Shettima, Africa Director of MacArthur Foundation will add another feather to his cap. In addition to philanthropy administration, he will be turbaned... Read more

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A Mourning Note on Arthur Mbanefo, the Just Departing Odu of Onitsha

Posted By: adminon: December 25, 2025In: FlashbackTags: Africa, Amb Tanko Suleiman, America, Apa State, Asia, Dr. Edwin Ogbu, French, G-8, Obama, OBASANJO, PR, Protocol, Queen Elizabeth 11, Russia, Thabo MbekiNo CommentsViews:
A Mourning Note on Arthur Mbanefo, the Just Departing Odu of Onitsha

By Adagbo Onoja Nigeria is not a merit-based system. The meritorious fellow is whoever the government of the day defines as such, irrespective of how distinguished the other guy is. Arthur M... Read more

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Kwam 1 And His New Wife:  Aviation Banditry in A Lawless Country

Posted By: adminon: August 19, 2025In: GovernanceTags: America, Aviation industry, Europe, FAAN, Kemi Badenoch, Kwam 1, Kwam 2, Security ambassador, ‘Agbero’, ‘Moolue’No CommentsViews:
Kwam 1 And His New Wife:  Aviation Banditry in A Lawless Country

Though not exclusive to Intervention, this piece is republished for the reason of the author’s elevated framing of events from the spaces of the everyday . By Toyin Falola When people,... Read more

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NPSA Examines Role of Scholars in Democracy Across the World

Posted By: adminon: January 23, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, America, DEMOCRACY, Europe, NPSA, ScholarsNo CommentsViews:
NPSA Examines Role of Scholars in Democracy Across the World

What exactly do scholars as a social category do to, for and/or against democracy? How do they do so in South Africa and in Europe as well as in the Americas?   These are the posers the... Read more

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Official Sleaze and the Politics of Petroleum Subsidy

Posted By: adminon: June 10, 2023In: GovernanceTags: America, Asian Tigers, Europe, Fuel subsidy, NNPC, President Bola Ahmed TinubuNo CommentsViews:
Official Sleaze and the Politics of Petroleum Subsidy

By Mike Kebonkwu Esq Nigeria has four refineries. They are managed by the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) which is a government subsidiary.  All four refineries are moribund. Nobod... Read more

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Recalling Bala Usman and the Misrepresentation of Nigeria (Part 1)

Posted By: adminon: June 01, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Africa, Alkassum Abba, America, Asia, Bala Usman, Europe, Latin America, ‘Contraption’No CommentsViews:
Recalling Bala Usman and the Misrepresentation of Nigeria (Part 1)

“All these clamours aim at redress. But a clamour made merely at rendering the people discontented with their situation, without an endeavour to give them a practical remedy, is indeed one o... Read more

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What Might Nigeria Learn From Covid-19: The Securitisation of Institutions of Learning?

Posted By: adminon: January 03, 2021In: FlashbackTags: America, Europe, Hybrid teaching, One-way system, Remote learning, Securitisation, Social distancing, Synchronous sessionNo CommentsViews:
What Might Nigeria Learn From Covid-19: The Securitisation of Institutions of Learning?

By Joyce Elemson The Nigerian Union of Teachers, (NUT) along with two other bodies, have drawn attention to the dangers of opening schools on January 18th, 2021 unless the rising cases of Co... Read more

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Obasanjo and Donald Trump Hold 2017 Version of US-Africa Leaders Summit

Posted By: adminon: July 24, 2017In: SpectacleTags: African leaders, America, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, DONALD TRUMP, ICCNo CommentsViews:
Obasanjo and Donald Trump Hold 2017 Version of US-Africa Leaders Summit

In the year 2014, it was a dialogue between about 50 African leaders with the United States. In 2017, it was a dialogue of put down by US-African leaders. How are the times and the actors ch... Read more

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Reloading Nigeria’s Risk Baggage in 2017

Posted By: adminon: December 26, 2016In: GovernanceTags: Aisha Buhari, America, Bell the cat, Buhari promise, Bukola Saraki, cabalistic entrappment, Daily Trust, elite fragmentation, Founding fathers, Iron Law of Oligarchy, Mice eldersNo CommentsViews:
Reloading Nigeria’s Risk Baggage in 2017

Reloading Nigeria’s Risk Baggage in 2017, (Part 1) 2017 is here and there is no way the country defined by the highest concentration of blacks under one government wouldn’t be a factor in 20... Read more

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In Death, the World Speaks the Truth About Fidel Castro

Posted By: adminon: November 26, 2016In: De-EscalationTags: America, Asia, Ayatollah Seyed Ali, Boris Johnson, British, DONALD TRUMP, El Salvador, Enrique Pena Nieto, Fidel Castro, Hage Geingob, Imran Khan, India, JACOB ZUMA, Ken Livingstone, Lord Peter Hain, Mexico, Michael Higgins, Namibia, Narendra Modi, Nicolas Maduro, Obama, Pakistan, Russian, South Afric, Venezuela, Xi JinpingNo CommentsViews:
In Death, the World Speaks the Truth About Fidel Castro

The global image of late Fidel Castro is now emerging in tributes to him by world leaders, spanning political, regional and sports chieftains. The tributes are pouring from all corners of th... Read more

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Magistrate Sends Barr Mahmud Abdul, Former NANS President, to Keffi Prison
Magistrate Sends Barr Mahmud Abdul, Former NANS President, to Keffi Prison

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