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The Timeless Wisdom of Prof James Petras?

Posted By: adminon: December 19, 2021In: SpectacleTags: Che Guevara, Imperialism, Latin America, Organic intellectualsNo CommentsViews:
The Timeless Wisdom of Prof James Petras?

Time and tide would seem to have taken the sting out of this contention by US based radical Sociologist, Professor James Petras. The blast from the scholar – activist extraordinaire is... Read more

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Prof Olorode’s Testament

Posted By: adminon: May 01, 2021In: SpectacleTags: ASUU, Eddie Madunagu, Imperialism, Labour Party, NLC, Ruling class, ‘For the Liberation of Nigeria’No CommentsViews:
Prof Olorode’s Testament

Originally titled “We are their heirs”, the text below is the remarks by Prof. Omotoye Olorode at the end of the commemorative public lecture organised by comrades to mark his 80th birthday... Read more

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Memories of Cecil Rhodes in the Looting of Palliatives in Jos Yesterday

Posted By: adminon: October 25, 2020In: SpectacleTags: Cecil Rhodes, Imperialism, NGFNo CommentsViews:
Memories of Cecil Rhodes in the Looting of Palliatives in Jos Yesterday

“I was in the East – end of London (a working class quarter) yesterday and I attended a meeting of non-employed. I listened to the wild speeches which were just a cry for “bread! Bread!! And... Read more

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Prof Chukwuka Okonjo, Death of Only Nigerian Traditional Ruler Who Was ASUU Ideologue

Posted By: adminon: September 17, 2019In: People in ActionTags: ASUU, CODESRIA, FDI, Ghana, Gorbachev, Imperialism, National Universities Commission, OECDNo CommentsViews:
Prof Chukwuka Okonjo, Death of Only Nigerian Traditional Ruler Who Was ASUU Ideologue

Professor Chukwuka Okonjo, the immediate past Obi of Ogwashi Uku in Delta State was an atypical personality. He must, to date, be the only traditional ruler with a background of being a phil... Read more

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Amilcar Cabral Ideological School Insists on Socialism in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: July 16, 2019In: BookspaceTags: ACIS-M, Africa, Capitalism, Che Guevara, Imperialism1 CommentViews:
Amilcar Cabral Ideological School Insists on Socialism in Nigeria

It is not controversial to say that, like Nigeria itself, the Socialist community in the country is limping too, especially in theoretical assuredness and in innovative practices. But it sti... Read more

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Why Political Science Needs Restructuring in Nigeria – Dr Sunday Adejo

Posted By: adminon: July 09, 2019In: People in ActionTags: Federalism, Imperialism, NAPSS, NDA, NUC, Political Science, Postdoctoral, RestructuringNo CommentsViews:
Why Political Science Needs Restructuring in Nigeria - Dr Sunday Adejo

There are no loud promotional activities or clicking of glasses here and there about it but the intellectual circles in which he circulates have taken note of the arrival of probably the new... Read more

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Darkness @ Noon in Zimbabwe?

Posted By: adminon: February 10, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: DRC, Elite failure, Imperialism, neocolonialismNo CommentsViews:
Darkness @ Noon in Zimbabwe?

If Africa has been expecting the post-Mugabe era in Zimbabwe to be one of healing, that doesn’t seem to be what is happening in that country if the pictorials and graphics from there are any... Read more

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Tajudeen Abdulraheem: Epitaph for a Monument to the Struggle for Democracy in Africa

Posted By: adminon: February 08, 2018In: People in ActionTags: ARIB, IAA, Imperialism, JAM, Neo-colonialism, NGOs, NLC, Oxford, Pan-AfricanismNo CommentsViews:
Tajudeen Abdulraheem: Epitaph for a Monument to the Struggle for Democracy in Africa

Published originally as “The Taju Challenge” in May 2009 as a tribute to the departed, this piece serves as an appetizer to tomorrow’s inviting surgery on democracy that the Centre for Democ... Read more

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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:
Can Bukola Saraki Swim to Safety?

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

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Bala Usman Was Here Untill 12 Years Ago

Posted By: adminon: September 24, 2017In: GovernanceTags: ABU Zaria, Imperialism, NPN1 CommentViews:
Bala Usman Was Here Untill 12 Years Ago

Bala Usman was here until 12 years ago. One has to check the print media to see how much of the 12th anniversary of his passage has been the subject of any much critical opinions or attentio... Read more

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Siege Cuts Off Nigerian Travellers As Otukpo Protests a 3-Day Long Bandit Attacks
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The Sinister Side of Oluremi Tinubu's 'Entrepreneurial Citizenship’
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