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Mapping the Changing Phases, Phrases and Fortunes of the Northern Elite Up to the Era of Banditry (1)

Posted By: adminon: May 08, 2019In: SpectacleTags: CIA, Dodan Barracks, IBB, Kaduna Mafia, Maitatsine Revolt, NNDC, NPN, Super Five, Tafidan Katsina, UPN, Yoruba Financial - Industrial OligarchyNo CommentsViews:
Mapping the Changing Phases, Phrases and Fortunes of the Northern Elite Up to the Era of Banditry (1)

All eyes are on the Northern elite again. Provoked this time by the generalized insecurity that has seized the country, the representational turbulence has seen pundits, critics and sundry a... Read more

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Does Obasanjo Help Us Unpack the Deafening Silences in Uyo?

Posted By: adminon: December 31, 2018In: SpectacleTags: Kaduna MafiaNo CommentsViews:
Does Obasanjo Help Us Unpack the Deafening Silences in Uyo?

By Adagbo Onoja If there has been any public occasion when Nigerians should have heard the kind of answer Lenin gave on what a Socialist revolution in USSR was all about, it must have been t... Read more

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Intervention Gets Rejoinder on Mallam Adamu Ciroma

Posted By: adminon: July 07, 2018In: BookspaceTags: Kaduna Mafia, NNDC, Northern oligarchy, NPNNo CommentsViews:
Intervention Gets Rejoinder on Mallam Adamu Ciroma

Mallam Yakubu Aliyu, a student of Prof Ahmadu Jalingo as well as a versatile student of Nigerian politics in his own right has sent a ‘rejoinder’ to Intervention’s piece carried yesterday on... Read more

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Dr Bala Takaya Passes Away

Posted By: adminon: May 27, 2018In: People in ActionTags: 'True Federalism', Kaduna Mafia, Middle Belt ForumNo CommentsViews:
Dr Bala Takaya Passes Away

Veteran Nigerian Political Scientist and politician, Dr Bala Takaya is dead. He died 2 O’clock on Sunday morning. Until his death, he was the national leader of the Middle Belt Forum,... 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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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

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

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