Ancestors Archives - Intervention

Uganda’s Poetic Tribute to Prof Okello Oculi

Posted By: adminon: August 27, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: Ancestors, Complex images, Jojok Amalo, Lango, Makerere University, Metaphors, Naijaland, Polemicist, Post-independence hyenas, River Moroto, Weight of historyNo CommentsViews:

Prof Okaka Opio Dokotum who read this poetic tribute to Prof Oculi at The Cathedral of the Church of Advent, Abuja on August 21st, 2025 is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Lira University in Ug... Read more

Swem Must Be Preferred Over the Cross By the Tiv

Posted By: adminon: January 31, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Ancestors, Benue State, Biblical teachings, Gboko, God, Swem, Tiv, Tor TivNo CommentsViews:

By Terngu Sylvanus Nomishan Three key themes: Tiv identity, Swem, and the Cross, form the foundation of this discourse. This discussion aims to highlight why the Tiv people must recognize th... Read more

Colleagues, Students, Beneficiaries and Others Pour Encomiums on Late Prof Peter Obekpa in Abuja

Posted By: adminon: January 09, 2025In: LifeworldTags: ABUTH, Ancestors, BSUTH, Hon Abutu Obekpa, JUTH, Lady Hanka Okpeh, Ogbadibo LGANo CommentsViews:

It was to be expected that each stage of Prof Peter Obekpa’s rites of passage was bound to be emotionally involving. He has bonded across too many frontiers, from the inter-personal to... Read more

OTUWA Condoles Guinean Labour Movement On Death of Foremost Woman Labour Leader, Comrade Rabiatou Serah Diallo

Posted By: adminon: July 04, 2023In: LifeworldTags: Ancestors, CNTG, Comrade Sekou Toure, Guinea, ITUC, OTUWA1 CommentViews:

The Organization of Trade Unions of West Africa (OTUWA) is mourning Comrade Rabiatou Serah Diallo, the Guinean labour leader it says has broken many glass ceilings in her country and interna... Read more

Obasanjo’s Geo-cultural Lens on Ike Ekweremadu’s UK Case

Posted By: adminon: April 10, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Ancestors, Geo-cultural lens, Intentions, Judgment Day, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, ShylockNo CommentsViews:

The chasm between the typical Nigerian elite and the masses is such that the masses clap for joy whenever any of the members of the elite encounter adversity. Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s situat... Read more

Abuja Welcomes High Profile McRay Supermarket Employing Array of Workers

Posted By: adminon: November 14, 2020In: Policy & GovernanceTags: Abuja, Ancestors, OTUWA, Wuse 2No CommentsViews:

By Victoria Abakpa The commercial landscape of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city is richer by an additional high profile Supermarket. McRay Supermarket quietly sold off its first item – Alicafe... Read more

What’s Behind Western Embassies Evacuating Staff and Citizens From Some African Countries?

Posted By: adminon: March 30, 2020In: SpectacleTags: Ancestors, COVID-Catastrophe, Cuba, India, NIGERIA, Sierra LeoneNo CommentsViews:

Is it in anyway a foretelling of the future that some mainly Western embassies and High Commissions are evacuating their citizens and reducing diplomatic staff in some African countries? Is... Read more