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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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Defusing the Almajiri Time Bomb

Posted By: adminon: March 08, 2020In: SpectacleTags: Dangote, Dantata, Emir of Kano, Madrasahs, Ulama, “Tsangaya”No CommentsViews:
Defusing the Almajiri Time Bomb

By Saleh Bature The Almajiri is a demographic time bomb about to explode in (Northern) Nigeria. The earlier we address the problem the better. Some Prominent northern elders had foreseen the... Read more

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Nigeria’s Attempt to Build a Nation Has Become Like the Agony of Sisyphus –  Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah

Posted By: adminon: February 11, 2020In: GovernanceTags: Chatham House, Emir of Kano, Good Shephard Seminary - Kaduna, Leah Sharibu, Northern Elders, Sultan of SokotoNo CommentsViews:
Nigeria’s Attempt to Build a Nation Has Become Like the Agony of Sisyphus -  Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah

An attempt to edit this text towards a shorter version failed. The entire 4000 words plus homily by His Lordship, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese at the Fu... Read more

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How Gen Abdulsalami Mediation Team Barged on President Buhari Over Emir/Governor Tussle in Kano

Posted By: adminon: December 23, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: Emir of Kano, Light rail, Northern Elders Forum, Northern technocrats, Police AcademyNo CommentsViews:
How Gen Abdulsalami Mediation Team Barged on President Buhari Over Emir/Governor Tussle in Kano

No contact could confirm when exactly it happened but Intervention can report authoritatively that Northern technocrats concerned about the security and cultural implications of the long run... Read more

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No, Dr. Patrick Wilmot is Not Dead

Posted By: adminon: November 08, 2019In: SpectacleTags: Biopower, Cde John Odah, Emir of Kano, Preemption, Prof Bjorn Beckman, WilmotismNo CommentsViews:
No, Dr. Patrick Wilmot is Not Dead

It must be great to know that residual Wilmotism is still a factor in radical politics in Nigeria. For, that must be the springboard from which comrades such as John Odah raised the alarm th... Read more

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Activists Set Wednesday Aside for Dr Sanusi Abubakar: The ‘Rebel for All Seasons’

Posted By: adminon: January 28, 2018In: BookspaceTags: ABU Zaria, ASUU, BUK, Emir of Kano, Media Trust, UINo CommentsViews:
Activists Set Wednesday Aside for Dr Sanusi Abubakar: The 'Rebel for All Seasons'

For a few hours on January 31st, 2018, the controversy in the public sphere would shift from any of killer herdsmen, President Buhari’s political future, 2019 and the likes to the political... Read more

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Division, Stalemate Dodge De-escalation of Benue Killings

Posted By: adminon: January 17, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: Emir of Kano, NPC, NPN, Sultan of Sokoto, Sunday PunchNo CommentsViews:
Division, Stalemate Dodge De-escalation of Benue Killings

Visible actions of the federal authority to douse the anger and corrosive criticism that followed the latest round of herdsmen violence in Nigeria’s Benue State are producing noticeable divi... Read more

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Emir of Kano Survives Probe At Last

Posted By: adminon: May 23, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Emir of Kano, Gov Abdullahi Ganduje, Julius NyerereNo CommentsViews:
Emir of Kano Survives Probe At Last

It is assumed that all conflict parties in the emergency probing of Muhammad Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano, would let the tiff pass and peace reign with the abrupt suspension of the probe by t... 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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Where is Dr Mahmud Tukur?

Posted By: adminon: September 16, 2016In: GovernanceTags: Dr Mahmud Tukur, Dr Tukur, Emir of Kano, Goodluck Jonathan, Mohammadu Buhari, NEPA, RMAFC1 CommentViews:
Where is Dr Mahmud Tukur?

Muhammadu Sanusi 11, the Emir of Kano’s inference about the Buhari regime ending up in the same unflattering and messy manner the Goodluck Jonathan regime ended has set tongues wagging about... Read more

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