Igbo Archives - Intervention

‘Reading’ Chief Obasanjo’s Latest Letter Endorsing Peter Obi’s Presidential Bid in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: January 02, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Atiku Abubakar, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, IBB, Igbo, Nasir el-Rufai, Peter Obi1 CommentViews:

Ahead of the February 2023 presidential poll in Nigeria, former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has released a letter endorsing one of the three leading candidates, Peter Obi of the Labo... Read more

Must Obasanjo and Atiku Fight to Finish?

Posted By: adminon: December 24, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: Alhaji Abubakar Rimi, Chief Audu Ogbeh, Chief Oluseun Obasanjo, Dr Alex Ekwueme, Gen Shehu Yar'Adua, Gen TY Danjuma, Governor Charles Soludo, Igbo, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, PDP, Peter Obi, President Muhammadu Buhari, Super 5No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA The founding moment of the Obasanjo/Atiku love-hate relationship would be difficult to pinpoint immediately but early 1999 remains the turning point in that now conflictual i... Read more

Memories of That Day 61 Years Ago

Posted By: adminon: September 30, 2021In: FlashbackTags: 'Ruga', Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Femi Fani-Kayode, Fulani, Hausa, Igbo, Minorities, VAT War, YorubaNo CommentsViews:

By Mike Kebonkwu Esq I saw a sarcastic post on my wall, one of those mischievous posts, that ‘Nigeria is 61 years old and has reached the age of retirement’. Even though I am not exactly a... Read more

Saying Goodbye May Be Difficult But Can We Not Unbundle Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: August 31, 2021In: SpectacleTags: ECOWAS Protocol, Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, Isa Pantami, NDA, PDP, YorubaNo CommentsViews:

By Mike Kebonkwu Esq My friend, Mr Adagbo Onoja, himself an activist, a Don and publisher, dubbed an earlier view of mine on unbundling Nigeria as a ‘pessimist’s manifesto’. I almost laughed... Read more

There is, Indeed, No Place Like Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 12, 2021In: De-EscalationTags: Bororo, Effik, Elite, Emir of Muri, Europe, Fulani, Hausa, Igbo, Igboho, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, North America, Oodua, UAE, Yoruba, ‘Yahoo yahoo’1 CommentViews:

Nigeria continues to be a contested national project, with optimists and pessimists articulating their arguments every now and then on why each’s position is the correct one. This piece whic... Read more

2023 is for Nigerian President of Igbo Identity And This is Why – Engineer Muhammadu Abba-Gana

Posted By: adminon: April 29, 2021In: SpectacleTags: Aguiyi Ironsi, Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, Tafawa Balewa, Yakubu Gowon, YorubaNo CommentsViews:

Former FCT Minister under the first term of the Obasanjo Presidency, Engineer Muhammadu Abba-Gana, is rolling up the sleeves for a Nigerian president of Igbo origin in 2023. Engineer Gana ar... Read more

You Are Looking 50 @ 85 Because of Your Godliness, Engr Abba-Gana Tells Gen Gowon

Posted By: adminon: October 22, 2019In: LifeworldTags: Biafra, Dr Alex Ekwueme, Igbo, Lord Lugard, Shehu ShagariNo CommentsViews:

One is nine years older than the other but there is a bond between them that seems so thick, belying the age difference, going by the wording of the letter. That is the letter below from an... Read more

Grand Narratives @ Risk: Class, Corruption and Culture in the February 23rd Poll in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: March 01, 2019In: BookspaceTags: 'Accumulation by Dispossession', 'linguistic turn', APGA, False Consciousness, Igbo, MIMEC, Shehu Othman Dan FodioNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA The frightening rate at which the smaller parties completely disappeared in terms of self projection as well as the way presidential candidates and their communication strate... Read more

That True Federalism Fallacy

Posted By: adminon: December 12, 2017In: NewsLogTags: 'Geographical Expression', AU, Count Klemens von Metternich, ECOWAS, EU, Hausa, Igbo, Thomas Sankara, YorubaNo CommentsViews:

Barrister Manni Ochugboju, an Attorney at Ochugboju & Co, Abuja returns to the debate on ‘True Federalism’ in Nigeria in this piece. He is reachable via manni@ochugboju.com In Nigeria, p... Read more

Will Elder Ahmed Joda’s Fascinating But Loaded Model of Restructuring Nigeria Fly?

Posted By: adminon: October 08, 2017In: NewsLogTags: Hausa, Igbo, YorubaNo CommentsViews:

Did elder statesman, Alhaji Ahmed Joda, catch Nigerians off guard with his suggestion of restructuring Nigeria into the existing 109 Senatorial Districts? It would seem so given the relative... Read more