Chief Olusegun Obasanjo Archives

Dr. Kole Shettima’s ‘Zanna Yuroma’ Moment and the Modernity - Tradition Cord in Africa

By Adagbo Onoja In any other clime, the induction of a leading civil society actor into traditional authority would be a high-profile event and a big media story. It is no surprise that the... Read more

NPSA Set to Interrogate Democracy

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Liberal democracy, NPSA, Right-wing populismNo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) is set to re-examine the concept of democracy in the context of on-going worldwide interrogation of the concept. The re-engagement is planne... Read more

NPSA Set to Interrogate Democracy

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Liberal democracy, NPSA, Right-wing populismNo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) is set to re-examine the concept of democracy in the context of on-going worldwide interrogation of the concept. The re-engagement is planne... Read more

Prof Tunde Adeniran, Our Teacher, Scholar, Politician and Foreign Policy Expert, is 80 Years Old

Posted By: adminon: September 30, 2025In: People in ActionTags: AD, Afe Babalola University, Africa betrayed, Angola, AU, BUK, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Colonialism, Ibrahim Babangida military administration, MAMSER, NPSA, PDP, Political Science, SDP, UI, Western powersNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan Saliu Introduction This tribute is a unique one, and it departs from my usual tributes. It is done in the context of a new book written on the celebrant, who has requested tha... Read more

Prof Tunde Adeniran, Our Teacher, Scholar, Politician and Foreign Policy Expert, is 80 Years Old

Posted By: adminon: September 30, 2025In: People in ActionTags: AD, Afe Babalola University, Africa betrayed, Angola, AU, BUK, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Colonialism, Ibrahim Babangida military administration, MAMSER, NPSA, PDP, Political Science, SDP, UI, Western powersNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan Saliu Introduction This tribute is a unique one, and it departs from my usual tributes. It is done in the context of a new book written on the celebrant, who has requested tha... Read more

Suspense As ASUU Goes Into A Closed Session in Sokoto

Posted By: adminon: August 17, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: ASUU, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Egypt, IMF/World Bank, NUC, Private universities, Public universities, SOUTH AFRICA, TETFundNo CommentsViews:

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nigeria is lost in a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Sokoto, Sokoto State. There are no hints about what the outcome of the mee... Read more

Locating General Muhammadu Buhari in History

Posted By: adminon: July 19, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ADC, Ataturk, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, Industrialisation, NEPA, Prof Sam Aluko, Transformation Agenda, ‘Guided deregulation’, ‘Renewed Hope’ agendaNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja In spite of everything, General Muhammadu Buhari managed to commandeer so much national attention to himself since his death in London on July 13th, 2025. He must be a strong... Read more

This Is My Story – Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais

Posted By: adminon: June 11, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Barewa College Zaria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Hajia Hajara, Hon. Justice Augustine Nnamani, Justice Atanda-Fatayi Williams, Justice Ayo Irikefe, Justice George Sodeinde Sowemimo, Justice Mamman Nasir, Justice Mohammed Bello, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Sir Danley AlexanderNo CommentsViews:

The biographical is, in itself, a problematic approach to history but, here, a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Lawal Uwais, unleashes the tiny fragments that constitute big history... Read more

What Makes 2027 Potentially Dangerous!

Posted By: adminon: May 25, 2025In: GovernanceTags: 2027, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, Atiku Abubakar, Chief Awolowo, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dele Farotimi, Dr. Umaru Dikko, Informationalised capitalism, Peter Obi, Radical contingency, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Social CharterNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja In a country such as Nigeria where politics, authority and leadership are not moderated by any set of elders; a Left establishment; a media with mystique; a judicial aristocr... Read more

The Collapse of Power in Nigeria: Bring Back ECN

Posted By: adminon: May 05, 2025In: GovernanceTags: ACE-SOAS study of the Nigerian power sector, Chief Bola Ige, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, DISCOs, Egypt, Electricity Corporation of Nigeria, Mallam Muhammadu Buhari, Mode of privatisation of the Nigerian electricity sector, National Integrated Power Project, NEPA, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Vladimir LeninNo CommentsViews:

By Jibrin Ibrahim Earlier today, our neighbourhood, estates around Sun City, organised a protest at the AECD office that serves our area. It was good being on the stomp again. Due to advanci... Read more