General Yakubu Gowon Archives

Memories of HRH Nuhu Muhammadu Sunusi, the Late Emir of Dutse

Posted By: adminon: February 03, 2023In: LifeworldTags: Alhaji Sule Lamido, Dutse Emirate, General Yakubu Gowon, Golf, Scotland, Sultan of Sokoto, Talakawa SummitNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja It is fit and proper that I pay a tribute to Nuhu Muhammadu Sunusi, the Emir of Dutse who passed on earlier this week. He was, indeed, very friendly, accessible and sarcastic... Read more

The Break Up of Nigeria: Myths, Realities and Implications

Posted By: adminon: April 21, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: Afenifere, Amalgamation, Anthony Enahoro, Arewa, Awo, Balewa, BOKO HARAM, Chief Gani Fawehinmim, General Yakubu Gowon, MASSOB, Northern oligarchy, Sardauna of Sokoto, ‘No Victor No Vanquished’1 CommentViews:

It is not clear why this analysis delivered on November 5th, 2014 as a Convocation Lecture at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria is being re-circulated now. As a more edu... Read more

What Would The Future Hold If Nigeria Broke Up?

Posted By: adminon: December 15, 2021In: De-EscalationTags: 'True Federalism', APC, Eastern Region, General Yakubu Gowon, Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, National Conference, PDP, President BuhariNo CommentsViews:

Somewhere in Abuja, Nigeria, later this morning, Lindsay Barret, the one man encyclopedia on Nigerian affairs will be reflecting on the scenario which has been so common place of late: Niger... Read more

No Answer in Sight as Social Stalemate Stresses Nigeria Further

Posted By: adminon: February 18, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: Association for Good Governance, BOKO HARAM, General Yakubu Gowon, Goodluck Jonathan, IBB, Lord Lugard, Muhammadu BuhariNo CommentsViews:

Social stalemate in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is far from abating. Not only do media reports suggest discord at the highest level of government, there is also no consensus at t... Read more

Last Minute Burst of Peaceworks Ahead of Nigeria’s February 16th, 2019 Election

Posted By: adminon: February 14, 2019In: SpectacleTags: 'Nuclear Taboo', Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar, General Yakubu Gowon, NPC, PeaceworksNo CommentsViews:

With the burning of the house of a governorship contestant in the strategic city of Kano; the ambush of a governor on electioneering rounds in insurgency wracked Borno State; the arrest of a... Read more

Where Next After Mambilla?: Northern Nigeria at Risk

Posted By: adminon: June 29, 2017In: Policy & GovernanceTags: Bala Usman, General Yakubu Gowon, Late Nelson Mandela, Mambilla Plateau, President Paul Kagame, Professor Ogoh AluboNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA Apart from the military and police authorities, the state governor and his media squad and the Minister for Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, who hails from the state, it is sti... Read more

At Stake in President Buhari’s Return

Posted By: adminon: March 10, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Economic Recovery and Growth Plan - 2017/2020, General Yakubu Gowon, Harold Lasswell, Parliamentary system, Presidential systemNo CommentsViews:

At Stake in President Buhari’s Return President Muhammadu Buhari is now confirmed back in Nigeria today from his medical vacation in the United Kingdom since January 19th, 2017. As a platfor... Read more

Boko Haram in the Context of Nigeria’s Gen Murtala Mohammed

Posted By: adminon: February 14, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Africa Has Come of Age', Aisha Mohammed-Oyebode, Ali Modu Sherrif, BOKO HARAM, Conspiracy theories and the Praxis of Inaction, Gamel Abdel Nasser, General Olusegun Obasanjo, General Yakubu Gowon, Murtala Mohammed, President Goodluck JonathanNo CommentsViews:

Boko Haram in the Context of Nigeria’s Gen Murtala Mohammed By Kashim Shettima The Borno State governor in north eastern Nigeria delivered an over 5000 words keynote address at the 2017 Mur... Read more

African Union deserves visionary, dynamic leadership

Posted By: adminon: September 09, 2016In: SpectacleTags: African, Ambassador Ngovi Kitau, ANC, AU, British, COMESA, Dr Dlamini Zuma, ECOWAS, European Union, General Yakubu Gowon, Iraq, Kofi Annan, Libya, Moammar Gadhafi, MOROCCO, NATO, NELSON MANDELA, OAU, Prof George B.N. Ayittey, Tendai Ruben Mbofana, UNECANo CommentsViews:

By Paul Ejime As an example of leadership for Africa, the AU is seriously wanting. Yet this is not just an intergovernmental organization. It is a rallying point for the actualization... Read more