Civil society Archives - Intervention

It Is, Indeed, Time to Constitutionally Compensate Women for Their Immense Contributions

Posted By: adminon: August 04, 2025In: GovernanceTags: African Union, Civil society, Community leaders, Dr Tajudden Abbas, National Assembly, Political parties, The mediaNo CommentsViews:

The 2025 African Women’s Day may have passed but not its celebration, what with an impending gender legislation that could send a very civilised message on a global scale from Nigeria as ag... Read more

The Image Crisis of the Tinubu Presidency

Posted By: adminon: July 09, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: APC, Civil society, Democratic glasshouse, History, Legitimacy, Sycophancy, The Renewed Hope’ agenda, Tinubu administrationNo CommentsViews:

The epistemic poverty of image making in Nigeria in general and of the Presidency in particular attracts the attention of an interested observer and activist of the Kaduna based Network for... Read more

Dr. Kole Shettima’s Honorary DSc Moment @ Federal University, Kashere

Posted By: adminon: July 07, 2025In: FlashbackTags: (OON, Ahmadu Bello University - Zaria, Alhaji (Dr.) Bashir Albishir Bukar Machinama, Civil society, DSc, L’ONN), MacArthur Foundation, Rashidi dattijo, University of Maiduguri, University of Toronto, Zanna Yuroma of Machina EmirateNo CommentsViews:

Philanthropic capitalism got another symbolic endorsement in Nigeria at the weekend when Dr Kole Shettima of MacArthur Foundation was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree by the Fede... Read more

The Police Week in Akwa Ibom and the Akpabio Paradox

Posted By: adminon: May 01, 2025In: SpectacleTags: 2nd Republic, Akwa Ibom, Bala Usman, Civil society, Claude Ake, Eskor Toyo, Left, Nigeria Police Force, NPN, Obong Victor Attah, Okonkwo, PRP, PSC, Senator Ahmed Mallamadori, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Tennyson, UPNNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja There would be nothing wrong in calling the week (April 27 – May 2nd, 2025) the Nigeria Police week in Akwa Ibom State, the week having started with a dinner night organised... Read more

Kenyans Discipline Democracy Against Wild Taxes

Posted By: adminon: June 28, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Civil society, DEMOCRACY, Kenya, President Ruto, TaxationNo CommentsViews:

Kenyans are disciplining democracy, protesting taxation under the Williams Ruto administration. At some point during the week, the country has been basically shut down, right up to the legis... Read more

Activists, Friends, Admirers to Memorialise Prof Abu Momoh, Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem June 3rd, 2024

Posted By: adminon: May 28, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: CDD, Civil society, Pan-Africanism, Social movement, ‘Áfrican president’No CommentsViews:

Activists, friends and admirers of the late Prof Abu Momoh as well as Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem have another opportunity to memorialise their departure. The memorial event for this year come... Read more

ARDP Fires an Open Memo to 19 Northern Governors, Calls for Re-invention of Governance

Posted By: adminon: May 07, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Civil society, Community involvement, Education, Infrastructure, Job creation initiatives, Joint Security Initiatives, Regional cooperation, Security reforms, UnemploymentNo CommentsViews:

Barely a week after a set of activists fired a warning note to President Tinubu and NASS leaders against Nigeria playing host to American and French military bases, a similar letter is landi... Read more

NPSA Cracks Parliamentary or Presidential System of Government Question in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: March 02, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Civil society, Left, National Assembly, NPSA, Opposition. Substantive democracy, Parliamentary system, Presidential systemNo CommentsViews:

It is debating time again in Nigeria regarding the most appropriate system of government for the country. The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) in whose intellectual sphere of in... Read more

As NLC Steps Into Hardship Protests in Nigeria, Exposing President Tinubu’s Paradoxes

Posted By: adminon: February 26, 2024In: SpectacleTags: Adams Smith, Bono, CD, Civil society, DA, Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s subsidy regime, Empire, Gramsci, NANS, NLC, Oxfam, SCON, The Economist, ‘Who Elected Oxfam?’No CommentsViews:

Barring last minute cancellation or postponement or similar surprises, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) is rolling out its affiliates at last for a test of strength against the Tinubu admi... Read more

Can the Military and the Profit Calculus Go Together in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: June 07, 2023In: BookspaceTags: Civil society, CORRUPTION, MIC, Oversight function, Profit calculus, TransparencyNo CommentsViews:

It will be very interesting to know what the military establishment thinks about the conclusion of this policy brief on the topic. It is not so much about whether the military establishment... Read more