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Abubakar Momoh and the Paradox of Democratization

Posted By: adminon: May 29, 2022In: LifeworldTags: 'Big Man Rule', Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, CODESRIA, De-democratisation, Democratisation, Development, General Muhammadu Buhari, LASU, Thomas Sankara Movement, YUSSANNo CommentsViews:
Abubakar Momoh and the Paradox of Democratization

It is five years today that he died. He remains a subject of engagement by academic colleagues, activists and think tankers as in this Keynote Presentation at the 5th Memorial of Professor A... Read more

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Is Mohammed Hayutu-Deen, Indeed, the Contender to Beat in 2023?

Posted By: adminon: May 08, 2022In: LifeworldTags: AfDB, APC, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, CBN, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, Gov Babagana Zulum, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, NNDC, PDP, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Uba SirajoNo CommentsViews:
Is Mohammed Hayutu-Deen, Indeed, the Contender to Beat in 2023?

The struggle for the Office of the President of Nigeria has become so crowded an affair that this series which started with Alhaji Ahmed Bola Tinubu December 16h, 2021 has barely progressed... Read more

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Unlike 1999 and 2015, No Presidential Aspirant Seems Interested in Wearing the Toga of a Messiah in 2023

Posted By: adminon: April 24, 2022In: SpectacleTags: Alison Ayida, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Messiahs, President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof Eghosa OsaghaeNo CommentsViews:
Unlike 1999 and 2015, No Presidential Aspirant Seems Interested in Wearing the Toga of a Messiah in 2023

We do not know what their discourse experts might still come up with before 2023 but, unlike 1999 and 2015, the struggle for power in Nigeria against 2023 would seem to lack one element: non... Read more

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Anglican Girls Grammar School, Abuja Students Stage Mock OAU

Posted By: adminon: October 19, 2021In: BookspaceTags: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Akin Adesina, Girl child, Pan-Africanism, Prof Okello OculiNo CommentsViews:
Anglican Girls Grammar School, Abuja Students Stage Mock OAU

Several decades after the famous Mock OAU Summit series at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, students of the Anglican Girls Grammar School, Abuja are enacting a session again. The simulati... Read more

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Memories of That Day 61 Years Ago

Posted By: adminon: September 30, 2021In: FlashbackTags: 'Ruga', Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Femi Fani-Kayode, Fulani, Hausa, Igbo, Minorities, VAT War, YorubaNo CommentsViews:
Memories of That Day 61 Years Ago

By Mike Kebonkwu Esq I saw a sarcastic post on my wall, one of those mischievous posts, that ‘Nigeria is 61 years old and has reached the age of retirement’.  Even though I am not exactly a... Read more

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Prof Tanure Ojaide in a High Profile Literary Visit to Veritas University, Abuja

Posted By: adminon: June 18, 2021In: SpectacleTags: ANA, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Veritas UniversityNo CommentsViews:
Prof Tanure Ojaide in a High Profile Literary Visit to Veritas University, Abuja

Literary enthusiasts in and around Abuja based Veritas University are in ecstatic mood ahead of the visit  of a torchbearer of the poetic imagination, Professor Tanure Ojaide to the universi... Read more

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The Challenge of Comrade Salihu Lukman’s Newest Book

Posted By: adminon: June 14, 2021In: Policy & GovernanceTags: APC, BOT, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, PDP, President BuhariNo CommentsViews:
The Challenge of Comrade Salihu Lukman’s Newest Book

In time of crisis of the magnitude Nigeria is experiencing, party ideologues and publicists ought to be the frontier heroes. Comrade Salihu Lukman’s attempt to subject position the All Progr... Read more

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The Story Behind the Story of One Nigerian Diplomatic Career

Posted By: adminon: September 29, 2020In: LifeworldTags: Billey Dudley, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, First Class Degree, Mandela, NIIA, University of London, University of Portharcourt, Veritas UniversityNo CommentsViews:
The Story Behind the Story of One Nigerian Diplomatic Career

This book presents a problem for any reviewer: focus on the subject matter of the book or first draw out the equally compelling features that gives the book its multidimensional character? O... Read more

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The Idoma Governorship Drumbeat in Nigeria’s Benue State, Come 2023

Posted By: adminon: May 09, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: Alago nationality, Apa State, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Paul Unongo, Chief Solomon Lar, Igede, J. S Tarka, President Muhammadu Buhari, Tiv nationalityNo CommentsViews:
The Idoma Governorship Drumbeat in Nigeria’s Benue State, Come 2023

The drumbeat for a Benue State governor of Idoma identity is getting louder and louder, three full years before the 2023 General Elections. Three years is still a long time in politics but f... Read more

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So, How Do We Make Sense of the Unmaking and Remaking of Kano Emirship?

Posted By: adminon: March 09, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: APC, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Junaid Mihammed, Embedded journalism, Emir of Kano, Kwankwaso, Muhammadu Buhari, Northern establishmentNo CommentsViews:
So, How Do We Make Sense of the Unmaking and Remaking of Kano Emirship?

The Emir of Kano stool is, unarguably, the most entrenched one in the space of traditional authority in Northern Nigeria. It oozes Kano itself in terms of flamboyance and wealth that defines... Read more

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NALS Unpacks “The Changing Nature of Academic and Intellectual Freedom in Africa”
NALS Unpacks “The Changing Nature of Academic and Intellectual Freedom in Africa”

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