Lee Kuan Yew Archives - Intervention

Buharite Fires at Dele Momodu, Calls Him Judas Iscariot

Posted By: adminon: January 10, 2018In: Meta-NigeriaTags: Bauchi State, BOKO HARAM, CNN money, Lee Kuan Yew, Mahathir Muhammed, Malaysia, Olam, PDP, UAE, WACOTNo CommentsViews:

An obvious supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari is up against columnist Dele Momodu for suggesting that the president has run out of gas and should step aside from struggling for power in... Read more

Strong Leader or Strong Institutions? The Jega-Bande-Osaghae Consensus

Posted By: adminon: October 29, 2017In: NewsLogTags: Africa Review Today, Charismatic Authority, EFCC, ICPC, Lee Kuan Yew, PEFSNo CommentsViews:

“Gentlemen, the vote is 11 to 1 and 1 has it”. That is the iconic statement credited to Abraham Lincoln to his cabinet on a policy issue that is now used as the all time demonstration of the... Read more

Intervening With Images

Posted By: adminon: August 31, 2017In: Meta-NigeriaTags: Angela Merkel, ASUU, BRICS, Lee Kuan Yew, North Korea, President Paul Kagame, Social transformationNo CommentsViews:

In a world of images, what a better way of narrating the world with different images, each of which is performative of the world in its own way! Beginning with some of the faces at the Augus... Read more

Eight Years On, Memory of Tajudeen Abdulraheem Gets Stronger

Posted By: adminon: May 25, 2017In: Meta-NigeriaTags: Abuja, Amina Salihu, Anglican Girls Grammar School, Deng Xiaoping, Dr Chidi Odinkalu, George Washington, Illiyasu Gadu, International Women Communication Centre - Nigeria, Julius Nyerere, Kole Shettima, Kwame Nkruma, Lee Kuan Yew, President Ellen Sirleaf, Prof Okello Ocu;i, Tajudeen AbdulraheemNo CommentsViews:

Generally, memorialisation is a delicate affair. Who is being remembered, for what, by whom, when and where always has a tendency to trigger all sorts of mood. It could be even more so when... Read more

Nigeria’s Welcome But Surprising Recovery Plan

Posted By: adminon: March 08, 2017In: NewsLogTags: Economic Recovery and Growth Plan - 2017/2020, Lee Kuan Yew, National Industrial Revolution Plan, Nigeria's Integrated Infrastructure PlanNo CommentsViews:

Nigeria’s Welcome But Surprising Recovery Plan It is more than an economic strategy because there is almost no subject matter about Nigeria that is either not mentioned or implied. To... Read more

Nigeria Needs to be Rediscovered, says Barrister Onyeisi Chiemeke, radical Lagos lawyer and author

Posted By: adminon: February 26, 2017In: NewsLogTags: Anthony Enahoro, APC, Arap Moi, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kuka, BOKO HARAM, Campaign for Democracy, Ecuador, FARC, Fulani Herdsmen, IPOB, June 12, K C Wheare, Lee Kuan Yew, Liberation Theology, MNR, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, OPC, Pat Utomi, PDP, President Rafeal Coorea, Self-determination, TerrorismNo CommentsViews:

Nigeria Needs to be Rediscovered, says Barrister Onyeisi Chiemeke, radical Lagos lawyer and author In this short but evocative interview, radical Lagos lawyer and an author reveals the minds... Read more

In Nigeria, the Great Debate About Whether Democracy Comes Before Development or Vice-versa Has Not Even Started, Not Even Under Buhari – Yakubu Aliyu

Posted By: adminon: February 07, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Amartya Sen, Bala Usman, Lee Kuan Yew, Lenin, StalinNo CommentsViews:

In Nigeria, the Great Debate About Whether Democracy Comes Before Development or Vice-versa Has Not Even Started, Not Even Under Buhari – Yakubu Aliyu By Adagbo ONOJA THIS INTERVIEW IS... Read more

General Martin Luther Agwai and the Restructuring Agenda

Posted By: adminon: January 12, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Atiku Abubakar, Autonomous regions, Femi Falana, Junior Gowon, Kidnapping, Lee Kuan Yew, Martin Luther Agwai, New York Times, Restructuring agenda, Transformative representationNo CommentsViews:

General Martin Luther Agwai and the Restructuring Agenda On December 15th, 2016, Intervention published an editorial position in which the paper, among others, called on selected notable lea... Read more

Editorial: Atiku Abubakar and the Burden of Restructuring Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: December 15, 2016In: De-EscalationTags: Atiku Abubakar, leaders, Lee Kuan Yew, masses, Nigerian elite, Restructuring Nigeria2 CommentsViews:

Editorial: Atiku Abubakar and the Burden of Restructuring Nigeria Many record it as a strong point on the credit side of Atiku Abubakar’s politics. That is, Nigeria’s Vice President from 199... Read more