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Can Asiwaju Break the Unwritten Rule About Becoming the President of Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: February 12, 2023In: GovernanceTags: Aminu Kano, Asiwaju, Atiku Abubakar, Awo, Azikiwe, Balewa, British, MKO Abiola, OBASANJO, President Muhammadu Buhari, Shagari, Umaru Yar’Adua, ‘Emi lokan’1 CommentViews:

By Aminu Habibu Jahun Apart from the British supervised transition which installed its own preferred candidate – late Sir Tafawa Balewa – into office and the military supervised tran... Read more

A Review of Prof Anthony Asiwaju’s New Book, ‘Bridging African Boundaries’

Posted By: adminon: July 05, 2022In: BookspaceTags: African integration, British, Colonialism, Father of African Border Studies, FrenchNo CommentsViews:

Ahead of Thursday, July 7th, 2022 public presentation, Dr Chris M A Kwaja attempts to capture the soul of Prof Anthony Asiwaju’s newest book, Bridging African Boundaries: Cross-Border... Read more

So, What Might a Great, Successful Nigeria Look Like?

Posted By: adminon: February 27, 2020In: SpectacleTags: Americans, British, Hummer jeeps, Private jets, RussiansNo CommentsViews:

The spectre haunting Nigeria today appears to have successfully pushed out of everyone’s minds the question of what Nigeria should have been looking like if the current situation were not so... Read more

A Nigerian Challenges Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: January 10, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Arabs, British, CHINA, India, Malaysia, Political desperadoes, ritual killers, Singapore, South Korea, violenceNo CommentsViews:

A Nigerian Challenges Nigeria This opinion piece by Hamza A Danliman is circulating freely on social media networks from where Intervention reproduced it. It might have been published elsewh... Read more

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:

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

Mugabe Leaves the World Still Guessing

Posted By: adminon: November 23, 2016In: SpectacleTags: Africa, American, British, Grace Mugabe, Robert Mugabe, ZimbabweNo CommentsViews:

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has left the world still guessing about when he plans to relinquish power after monopolising presidential power since the country’s independence in April... Read more

Underdeveloped American Democracy

Posted By: adminon: November 11, 2016In: SpectacleTags: America, Angola, Arkansas State, Brazil, British, Canada, CHINA, DONALD TRUMP, HILLARY CLINTON, ISIS, JACOB ZUMA, Mexico, Namibia, Robert Mugabe, SOUTH AFRICA, United Nations, Venezuela, Washington, ZimbabweNo CommentsViews:

By Okello Oculi, The notion of the United States of America as an ‘’underdeveloped country’’ was irreverently presented by Ira Sharkansky to the197... Read more

Posted By: adminon: September 09, 2016In: SpectacleTags: African, Ambassador Ngovi Kitau, ANC, AU, British, COMESA, Dr Dlamini Zuma, ECOWAS, European Union, General Yakubu Gowon, Iraq, Kofi Annan, Libya, Moammar Gadhafi, MOROCCO, NATO, NELSON MANDELA, OAU, Prof George B.N. Ayittey, Tendai Ruben Mbofana, UNECANo CommentsViews:

African Union deserves visionary, dynamic leadership

By Paul Ejime As an example of leadership for Africa, the AU is seriously wanting. Yet this is not just an intergovernmental organization. It is a rallying point for the actualization... Read more