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  • A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday
  • Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Partners University of Abuja Grounding the Youth for Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections
  • Nigerian Left Commences Writing the Struggle 
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An Urgent Call For The Reinstatement Of The Study Of History In All Nigerian Schools

Posted By: adminon: August 09, 2020In: SpectacleTags: Abdullahi Smith, Bala Usman, Hewlett Edward Carr, Ibn Khaldun, Kenneth Onwuka Dike, The Ibadan School of History, What is History?, Zaria School of HistoryNo CommentsViews:
An Urgent Call For The Reinstatement Of The Study Of History In All Nigerian Schools

Although it remains a big puzzle where Nigerians got this idea that reading History in school, irrespective of the Historiographical narrative, will make the products to have historical awar... Read more

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Prof Ibrahim Gambari and a Risk Society

Posted By: adminon: May 17, 2020In: SpectacleTags: 'Risk Society', Bala Usman, IBB, Neoliberalism, Prof Sam Aluko, Sanusi Lamido SanusiNo CommentsViews:
Prof Ibrahim Gambari and a Risk Society

Nigeria is, today, a perfect example of the Risk Society. The Risk Society is not a theory of Nigerian politics but its main argument applies very well to Nigeria. Nigeria had no experience... Read more

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New VC Vows Making ABU, Zaria Regain Lost Glory

Posted By: adminon: April 30, 2020In: BookspaceTags: Bala Usman, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, Northern establishment, SAPNo CommentsViews:
New VC Vows Making ABU, Zaria Regain Lost Glory

Might Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria aka ABU be walking towards own moment in terms of regaining lost glory through a culture of debates and critical analysis? That is what its brand new Vic... Read more

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Radical 2nd Republic Governor of Borno State, Mohammed Goni, is Dead

Posted By: adminon: April 30, 2020In: People in ActionTags: Bala Usman, General Peter Adomokhai, Justice Kalu Anya, NPN, Prof Kyrari TijaniNo CommentsViews:
Radical 2nd Republic Governor of Borno State, Mohammed Goni, is Dead

Barring unforeseen circumstances, the radical Second Republic governor of Nigeria’s Northeast Borno State is scheduled to be buried tomorrow, April 30th, 2020. He died between 8.30 – 9 pm on... Read more

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Epic Battles in Radical Development Theory, Field Research and Praxis: A Celebration of Björn Beckman (1938-2019)

Posted By: adminon: December 01, 2019In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Bala Usman, Claude Ake, FASS, PODSU, Underdevelopment and Dependency TheoryNo CommentsViews:
Epic Battles in Radical Development Theory, Field Research and Praxis: A Celebration of Björn Beckman (1938-2019)

It is a lenghty stuff but an interesting enough read to hold the reader from the beginning to the end. It is our yesterday with implications for our tomorrow. It is, therefore, published her... Read more

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BNSG Conducts On-the-Spot Assessment of Renewed Attack in Agatu as 17 Now Confirmed Dead

Posted By: adminon: February 21, 2019In: GovernanceTags: 'Defender of the Benue Valley', 'Operation Whirl Stroke', AK 47, Bala Usman, Islamisation, National Question, RestructuringNo CommentsViews:
BNSG Conducts On-the-Spot Assessment of Renewed Attack in Agatu as 17 Now Confirmed Dead

A high-powered delegation of the Benue State Government is heading for Ebete and Adeka, the two Agatu communities devastated by herdsmen violence on Wednesday, February 20th, 2019. 17 person... Read more

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The Economist Enters Nigeria’s February 16th, 2019 Race

Posted By: adminon: February 02, 2019In: SpectacleTags: Babagana Kingibe, Bala Usman, EIU/Africa, Festus Iyayi, Prof Eghosa Osaghae, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:
The Economist Enters Nigeria’s February 16th, 2019 Race

It is no mystification to say that The Economist is no ordinary weekly, more so it’s Intelligence Unit which is nevertheless involved in selling mediated information. With its fortune tellin... Read more

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What Will 2018 Really Be Like?

Posted By: adminon: January 02, 2018In: SpectacleTags: APC, Bala Usman, CHANGE, GDP, InterregnumNo CommentsViews:
What Will 2018 Really Be Like?

2017 played a joke on Nigerians. But for the ominous violence in Bwari Local Government Area of the Federal Capital Territory and the fuel supply crease, 2017 managed to end fairly peacefull... Read more

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Where Next After Mambilla?: Northern Nigeria at Risk

Posted By: adminon: June 29, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Bala Usman, General Yakubu Gowon, Late Nelson Mandela, Mambilla Plateau, President Paul Kagame, Professor Ogoh AluboNo CommentsViews:
Where Next After Mambilla?: Northern Nigeria at Risk

By Adagbo ONOJA Apart from the military and police authorities, the state governor and his media squad and the Minister for Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, who hails from the state, it is sti... Read more

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Northern Intellectuals Emerge, Sets Three Urgent Tasks for President Buhari

Posted By: adminon: March 29, 2017In: GovernanceTags: 'Silences', Aminu Kano, Bala Usman, BMMC, Gen Shehu Yar'Adua, Northern intellectuals, Orosanye ReportNo CommentsViews:
Northern Intellectuals Emerge, Sets Three Urgent Tasks for President Buhari

Northern Intellectuals Emerge, Sets Three Urgent Tasks for President Buhari The circle of concerned groups and coalitions over the state of affairs under the President Buhari administration... Read more

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A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday
A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday

A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday

August 03, 2026
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Partners University of Abuja Grounding the Youth for Nigeria's 2027 General Elections
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Partners University of Abuja Grounding the Youth for Nigeria's 2027 General Elections

Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Partners University of Abuja Grounding the Youth for Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections

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Nigerian Left Commences Writing the Struggle 
Nigerian Left Commences Writing the Struggle 

Nigerian Left Commences Writing the Struggle 

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Strategically Reading Beijing's Mindset in China's Blue Book Series
Strategically Reading Beijing's Mindset in China's Blue Book Series

Strategically Reading Beijing’s Mindset in China’s Blue Book Series

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Senator Jonah David Jang, an Extraordinary Statesman, is 80
Senator Jonah David Jang, an Extraordinary Statesman, is 80

Senator Jonah David Jang, an Extraordinary Statesman, is 80

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