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End of An Era As Prof Adamu Baike Succumbs to Death @ 92

Posted By: adminon: December 13, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Benue Plateau State, Death, Gen Sani Abacha, Identity, Kano, Nasarawa State University, National University of Lesotho, Otukpo, Prof Ishaya Audu, Sabon Gari - Kano, University of BeninNo CommentsViews:

When Intervention had to post a quick story on Comrade Abubakar Sokoto Mohammed on December 12th, 2025, it was assumed that it would be the last story on death for 2025. Actually, the idea o... Read more

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

Why is APC Shutting Down Otukpo for Lady Blessing Onyeche Onuh?

Posted By: adminon: December 17, 2020In: People in ActionTags: APC, Eyum Foundation, Gen Sani Abacha, PDPNo CommentsViews:

Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) is set to shut down Otukpo town in Benue State again Friday this week when it hands over its flag to a decampee into the party. T... Read more

Nigeria’s DSS Draws Zero Rating Over Sowore

Posted By: adminon: December 06, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: #RevolutionNow, DSS, Gen Sani Abacha, Omoyele SoworeNo CommentsViews:

Nigeria’s Directorate of State Security, (DSS) remains the all time subject of analysis in the public sphere for turning security into a stage performance in trying to re-arrest Omoyele Sowo... Read more

Nats Onoja Agbo is Dead

Posted By: adminon: June 20, 2019In: People in ActionTags: Chief Ogiri Oko, Gen Sani Abacha, Newswatch, The VoiceNo CommentsViews:

Benue born, barrier-breaking journalist, Nats Onoja Agbo, is dead. Intervention can confirm that he died after midday in Lagos, Nigeria Thursday, June 20th, 2019. He was 62 years old. He has... Read more

End of an Era as Chief Obande Obeya Travels Out of Idomaland

Posted By: adminon: March 12, 2019In: People in ActionTags: 1995 Constitutional Conference, Chief David Attah, Chief Edwin Ogbu, Gen Sani Abacha, Idomaland, NPN, Obeya Memorial Secondary School, Och'Idoma of Idoma1 CommentViews:

Other than the minority status of the Idoma nationality in a nation of mega nationalities, he occupied the same status as the Adedibus, the Shehu Musa Yar’Aduas and the late Sola Saraki. The... Read more

Gidado Idris, GCON, the Passage of a Man of Power

Posted By: adminon: December 17, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Commander-in-Chief, Daily Trust, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, Gen Sani Abacha, SAPNo CommentsViews:

Access is power. The messenger with access to the king has powers far beyond his or her designation. Whether he or she is aware of that much of power is a different thing. In Nigeria, people... Read more

Can Bukola Saraki Swim to Safety?

Posted By: adminon: November 26, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: anti-corruption war, APC, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Abubaka Sola Saraki, Gen Sani Abacha, Gen Shehu Yar'Adua, IMF/World Bank, Imperialism, NUC, PDP, President Buhari, Prof Sam Aluko, Senator George Akume, The Presidency, Umaru Musa Yar’AduaNo CommentsViews:

All things being equal, the 5th Memorial Lecture on the legacy of the late Dr Abubakar Sola Saraki holds tomorrow in Abuja. For many, it would be no more than one more manifestation of Niger... Read more

Reliving David Attah in a Month of Deaths and Thanksgiving in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: July 04, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Alekwu, Daily Times, Gen Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen Sani Abacha, Gen Shehu Yar'Adua, James O'Connell, Ken Saro-wiwa, MKO Abiola, Newsdiaryonline, Sule LamidoNo CommentsViews:

Yesterday, it was elder statesman, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule that answered the call of his Maker; today it is high flier Chief David Attah that has answered the call of his Maker. On July 8t... Read more

The ‘Diverted Mandate’ and the Essential Buhari Conundrum

Posted By: adminon: February 05, 2017In: GovernanceTags: 'Diverted Mandate', Financial Times of London, Gen Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen Sani Abacha, Gen TY Danjuma, IBB, Kaduna Mafia, Mazi S G Ikoku, Prof Sam Aluko, Prof Tam David West, Prof Yemi OsinbajoNo CommentsViews:

The ‘Diverted Mandate’ and the Essential Buhari Conundrum President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to end his nearly two week vacation in the United Kingdom and return to Nigeria today. While... Read more