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Malam Bikai Gwozah, the Exit of a NEPU/PRP Titan 

Posted By: adminon: March 31, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, Dr. Bala Usman, Kaura LGA, NEPU-PRP, Social justice, ‘Mai Rago Movement’No CommentsViews:
Malam Bikai Gwozah, the Exit of a NEPU/PRP Titan 

By Comrade Sanusi A. Maikudi As family, friends and associates of Late Malam Bikai Gwozah of blessed memory converge in Fadan Attakar last Saturday (March 28th, 2025) to pay their last respe... Read more

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Prof Rauf Ayoade Dunmoye: Tribute to a Scholar and Mentor

Posted By: adminon: January 12, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, CODESRIA, CPS – Yola, Dares Salam School, Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Patrick Wilmot, ECOMOG, Emman Udoka, FASS, Fellowship of Christians Students, Hajiya Najaatu Mohammed, Hon Rima Shawulu, Ibadan School of History, IGP Etim Inyang, Marxism, MPN, Ms Julie Sanda, NDA, PhD, Prof Paul Izah, Prof Peter Ekeh, Prof Sonni Tyoden, YUSSANNo CommentsViews:
Prof Rauf Ayoade Dunmoye: Tribute to a Scholar and Mentor

By Prof Gani Yoroms It has taken me a long time to write this tribute but it is still with a heavy heart that I do so. The moment I heard of the death of Professor Dunmoye, a friendly and be... Read more

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Prof. Jibrin (Jibo) Ibrahim, the Scholar-Activist and a Marxist, Turns 70

Posted By: adminon: December 09, 2024In: People in ActionTags: Ahmadu Bello University - Zaria, Billy Dudley Annual Memorial Lecturer, CDD, CRD, Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Patrick Wilmot, Dr. Yusuf Bangura, General Mamman Kontagora, Marxism, Prof Bjorn Beckman, Prof Okey Ibeanu, University of Bordeaux1 CommentViews:
Prof. Jibrin (Jibo) Ibrahim, the Scholar-Activist and a Marxist, Turns 70

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim marked his 70th birthday on December 2, 2024. He was born in 1954. I was indeed in Abuja that day, but my role as the President made it difficult... Read more

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Professor ‘Rauf Ayoade Dunmoye: Human Capacity Developer and Political Economist: My Reminiscences (1)

Posted By: adminon: August 24, 2024In: GovernanceTags: Baba Zaria, Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Patrick Wilmot, Marxism, North, Offa, UNILORIN1 CommentViews:
Professor 'Rauf Ayoade Dunmoye: Human Capacity Developer and Political Economist: My Reminiscences (1)

By Prof Hassan Saliu Since the news of his demise hit the airwaves, there has been an outpouring of grief from his family members, friends, students, colleagues and acquaintances. Reading th... Read more

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Prof. Cornelius Alaba Ogunsanwo, the Calmer Marxist, Marks His 82nd Birthday

Posted By: adminon: February 09, 2024In: People in ActionTags: Ahmadu Bello University - Zaria, ASUU, Calmer Marxist, Chief Tom Ikimi, Consultant to the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Bala Usman, Ford Foundation, Gen Sani Abacha, International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, NISER, NPSA, Prof Asisi Asobie, Prof Attahiru Jega, Prof Festus Iyayi, Prof. Adebayo Adedeji Committee on Nigeria's foreign policy, SMEDAN, University of Benin, University of Lagos, World BankNo CommentsViews:
Prof. Cornelius Alaba Ogunsanwo, the Calmer Marxist, Marks His 82nd Birthday

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu I first met Professor Alaba Abiodun Adeboyejo Ogunsanwo initially through his publications on International Relations that cover various aspects of the field, especia... Read more

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The Bull Plateau Killings Compel Nigeria to Take By the Horns

Posted By: adminon: January 07, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Segun Osoba, Eastern Europe, Elite escapism, Emir of Katsina, Governor Muftwang, Industrialisation, Jassawa versus Jankassa, Land in itself, Lenin, Mercenaries, Middle – Belt, Regulatory agencies, Sabon-GariNo CommentsViews:
The Bull Plateau Killings Compel Nigeria to Take By the Horns

By Adagbo Onoja There is an angle to resolving the phenomenon characterised by violence on the Plateau that has, however, not featured in the discursive formation around the latest round of... Read more

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Is Buhari Delivering Another Murtalaseque ‘Africa Has Come of Age’ Speech in Addis?

Posted By: adminon: February 03, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: 'Africa Has Come of Age', 9/11, Ambassador Muhammadu Sanusi, Ambassador Olu Adeniji, Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Patrick Wilmot, President Cyril Ramaphosa, President Paul Kagame, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, ResilienceNo CommentsViews:
Is Buhari Delivering Another Murtalaseque ‘Africa Has Come of Age’ Speech in Addis?

President Muhammadu Buhari is heading to Ethiopia where, among other engagements, he will be speaking at the 35th Ordinary Session of Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Governm... Read more

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Dr. Yusuf Bala Usman and the ‘National Question’ in Nigeria: Reflections on Some Lingering Problems

Posted By: adminon: August 14, 2021In: De-EscalationTags: Dr. Bala Usman, Elite, masses, National Question, National unity, RestructuringNo CommentsViews:
Dr. Yusuf Bala Usman and the ‘National Question’ in Nigeria: Reflections on Some Lingering Problems

Intervention is the happier for it. Beyond the rising readership is the joy with the clash of narratives of Nigeria. Two days ago, Mike Kebonkwu, a radical in his own right, fired the piece,... Read more

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The Performative ‘Silences’ in Buhari’s Sallah Interview on Nigeria’s Insecurity Crisis

Posted By: adminon: August 01, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: Clash of Civilisation, Constitution Drafting Committee, Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Segun Osoba, Kano, LAGOS, Portharcourt, Southern KadunaNo CommentsViews:
The Performative ‘Silences’ in Buhari’s Sallah Interview on Nigeria’s Insecurity Crisis

All students of security start from or acknowledge the premise that security is not an objective thing but a question of power, a question of who is seeing a threat, from where and how. So,... Read more

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Controversy: Is the Northern Elite Different from Other Regional Elite in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: April 10, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Marx and Africa Conference ', Ahmadu Bello University, Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, Emir of Kano, Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, Kaduna Mafia, Northern oligarchy, Prof Abdulraufu Mustapha, Prof Jibrin Ibrahim, Sultan of Sokoto, Tanko YakassaiNo CommentsViews:
Controversy: Is the Northern Elite Different from Other Regional Elite in Nigeria?

Is it the case that the higher incidence of poverty in the north of Nigeria is a function of the nature of the northern elite, since the elite drive reality in every society and its class ch... Read more

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