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NPSA Scores Democracy in Nigeria Below Pass mark

Posted By: adminon: June 03, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: DEMOCRACY, Developmental politics, Elections, National independence, NPSA, Political parties, Public fundsNo CommentsViews:
NPSA Scores Democracy in Nigeria Below Pass mark

The verdicts are turning in Ahead of the 26th anniversary of democracy in Nigeria since 1999. The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), for instance, has withheld a pass mark for de... Read more

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Dismissing the Social Sciences: How Not to Talk as Education Minister!

Posted By: adminon: May 05, 2025In: GovernanceTags: Anthropology, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, DEMOCRACY, Development, leaders, Mallam Muhammadu Buhari, Nation building, Philosophy, Political Science, Social sciences, SociologyNo CommentsViews:
Dismissing the Social Sciences: How Not to Talk as Education Minister!

Ordinarily, Intervention does not publish what is not original to it. That is how this place was set up and the unwritten law is not about to be changed but to be followed even more rigidly.... Read more

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Communique of HUMINT, WRAPA, NAWOJ, PLAC and PAAC Sokoto Workshop

Posted By: adminon: April 30, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: ANWE, DEMOCRACY, Gender, HUMINT, Journalism, MacArthur Foundation, NAWOJ, PAAC, PLAC, Sokoto, WRAPANo CommentsViews:
Communique of HUMINT, WRAPA, NAWOJ, PLAC and PAAC Sokoto Workshop

Reproduced below for the interest of researchers on gender and democratisation is the communique from a 2-day capacity building workshop for women journalists. It was organised by HUMINT in... Read more

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The Weight of Leadership: Beyond Election Victories

Posted By: adminon: April 15, 2025In: GovernanceTags: Accountability, ACLED, DEMOCRACY, Election victory, Leadership, WinnersNo CommentsViews:
The Weight of Leadership: Beyond Election Victories

By Saleh Bature One major problem of our leaders is their inability to take difficult decision at the right time, balance the diverse needs of the people, and accept criticism and pressure f... Read more

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Locating Prof Sylvester Odion Akhaine’s Impending Inaugural Lecture

Posted By: adminon: February 02, 2025In: BookspaceTags: Africa, DEMOCRACY, Disorder, Empiricism, Inaugural Lecture, LASU, NANS, Political ScienceNo CommentsViews:
Locating Prof Sylvester Odion Akhaine’s Impending Inaugural Lecture

It is no longer news that Lagos State University (LASU)’s Prof Sylvester Odion Akhaine is to deliver the university’s 103rd Inaugural Lecture February 25th, 2025. The media – soc... Read more

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Bingham University Set to Crack Instability Under Democratic Setting in Africa

Posted By: adminon: December 24, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, Australia, Bingham University, Cultural pluralism, DEMOCRACY, Ghana, Instability, SOUTH AFRICA, The HagueNo CommentsViews:
Bingham University Set to Crack Instability Under Democratic Setting in Africa

Bingham University on the outskirt of Abuja in Nigeria has set aside March 5th to 8th, 2025 for an international conference on “political instability and the crisis of development in Africa.... Read more

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A Few Hours to the 70th Anniversary of ‘History As Iconoclast’, Prof Jibrin Ibrahim

Posted By: adminon: December 01, 2024In: People in ActionTags: 'Jibogram', 70th anniversary, Carl Schmitt, DEMOCRACY, Ibrahim Tahir, Left, Marxism, Modernism, ‘Polycrisis’No CommentsViews:
A Few Hours to the 70th Anniversary of ‘History As Iconoclast’, Prof Jibrin Ibrahim

It is an event with all the potentials of exploding into a carnival and, in a totally unplanned manner, transform from politics into something political in the Carl Schmitt sense of the poli... Read more

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NPSA Lists 16 Areas of Concern, 19 Recommendations on Aftermath of August Mass Protests in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 19, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: DEMOCRACY, hunger, NPSA, President Bola TinubuNo CommentsViews:
NPSA Lists 16 Areas of Concern, 19 Recommendations on Aftermath of August Mass Protests in Nigeria

The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) is worried by 16 clear areas regarding the August mass protests and is putting 19 recommendations on how these worries might be best dealt w... Read more

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Kenyans Discipline Democracy Against Wild Taxes

Posted By: adminon: June 28, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Civil society, DEMOCRACY, Kenya, President Ruto, TaxationNo CommentsViews:
Kenyans Discipline Democracy Against Wild Taxes

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

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The Defeat of Democracy in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: June 28, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: DEMOCRACY, Governors, I-Debate, National Assembly, OBASANJONo CommentsViews:
The Defeat of Democracy in Nigeria?

By Saleh Bature  There is currently a debate going on about the 25 long years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria. As is usual with all debates, the subject of this debate is also divided... Read more

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Nigeria's Gift of Popular Struggle: Omoyele Sowore and Quest for the Public Good
Nigeria's Gift of Popular Struggle: Omoyele Sowore and Quest for the Public Good

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