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COVID-19 As a Space of Corrosive Humour in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: April 02, 2020In: SpectacleTags: ASUU, Pythagoras Theorem, ‘Suffering and Smiling’No CommentsViews:
COVID-19 As a Space of Corrosive Humour in Nigeria

By Aminu Ali Nigerians are creatively humorous and they use every moment (whether of joy or grief) to demonstrate this. The way they crack jokes to laugh off their pains is quite amazing. Th... Read more

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Prof Kyari Mohammed Rekindles Attahiru Jega’s Story As He Resumes as VC, Army University, Biu

Posted By: adminon: March 30, 2020In: BookspaceTags: ASUU, BUK, IMF/World Bank, MAUTECHY, VCsNo CommentsViews:
Prof Kyari Mohammed Rekindles Attahiru Jega’s Story As He Resumes as VC, Army University, Biu

When Intervention wondered whether it is congratulations or commiseration that Prof Kyari Mohammed deserved upon his recent appointment as Vice-Chancellor of the Nigerian Army University, Bi... Read more

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Congratulating Or Commiserating With Prof Kyari Mohammed?

Posted By: adminon: March 25, 2020In: BookspaceTags: ASUU, Humanities, Nigerian Army University - Biu, Prof Asisi Asobie, Sciences, Social sciences, VCNo CommentsViews:
Congratulating Or Commiserating With Prof Kyari Mohammed?

An academic around Prof Kyari Mohammed whose appointment as the pioneer Vice-Chancellor of the Nigerian Army University, Biu has just been announced says he, (the VC) represents a breed of s... Read more

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Addressing the Widening Rich-Poor Gap in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: February 11, 2020In: SpectacleTags: 'Time to Care', ASUU, Barrack Obama, MNCs, NLC, Oxfam, TUC, WEFNo CommentsViews:
Addressing the Widening Rich-Poor Gap in Nigeria

By Ibrahim Lawal Ahmed From January 21st-24th, the World Economic Forum (WEF) met in Davos, marking and celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the meeting. Over 3000 big shots in international... Read more

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Is the ASUU-FG Moment Here at Last?

Posted By: adminon: January 24, 2020In: SpectacleTags: ASUU, FGNo CommentsViews:
Is the ASUU-FG Moment Here at Last?

It is possible that this bureaucratese does not amount to stoppage of the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union Universities, (ASUU) who have not enrolled in the Federal Government... Read more

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The Journal of Communication and Media Research as Nigeria’s Saving Grace in the Global Politics of Journals

Posted By: adminon: January 19, 2020In: SpectacleTags: ASUU, Black China, Newsweek, Prof Nico Carpentier, Professor Mojaye EserinuneNo CommentsViews:
The Journal of Communication and Media Research as Nigeria's Saving Grace in the Global Politics of Journals

It is one of the many paradoxes defining the crisis in Nigerian university system. Academics are expected to publish in high impact journals. It is only by doing so that each of them acquire... Read more

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Meeting With Buhari Not Just Over IPPIS – ASUU

Posted By: adminon: January 14, 2020In: BookspaceTags: 2019 FG-ASUU Memorandum of Action, ASUU, IPPIS, UTASNo CommentsViews:
Meeting With Buhari Not Just Over IPPIS – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) says it did not meet with President Muhammadu Buhari last week just to discuss the stalemate between the Federal Government and the union ove... Read more

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FG Gives Vice-Chancellors a Friday Deadline on IPPIS

Posted By: adminon: December 04, 2019In: GovernanceTags: AG, ASUU, FG, IPPISNo CommentsViews:
FG Gives Vice-Chancellors a Friday Deadline on IPPIS

The Federal Government says it has come to its notice that Vice-Chancellors of some of its universities are indirectly demonstrating unwillingness to key into the policy of Integrated Person... Read more

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The Postcolonial Scripting of Prof. Michael Umale Adikwu As a Destiny Child

Posted By: adminon: November 23, 2019In: People in ActionTags: Ada Atama, ASUU, Federal Government College – Jos, Imperial College London, UNN, WAECNo CommentsViews:
The Postcolonial Scripting of Prof. Michael Umale Adikwu As a Destiny Child

The glossy packaging of the book tends to trigger an element of intellectual contempt for it on the surface but the content or the message inside invites reflections on the political economy... Read more

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Is ASUU Enacting A Hidden Agenda in Its Resistance to IPPIS?

Posted By: adminon: November 11, 2019In: GovernanceTags: AGF, Anti-corruption, ASUU, FG, NUCNo CommentsViews:
Is ASUU Enacting A Hidden Agenda in Its Resistance to IPPIS?

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) is, once again, at the centre of a controversy. As usual, the subject matter is attracting different responses from different audiences. Here... Read more

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