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Amb Nicholas Ella, Nura Rimi As a Window on 8 New Perm Secs in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: November 25, 2023In: GovernanceTags: Africa, CHINA, Egypt, Gen Joe Garba, Gen. Murtala Mohammed, Henry Kissinger, India, London, Nigerian foreign service, Nigeria’s neighbours, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, US1 CommentViews:
Amb Nicholas Ella, Nura Rimi As a Window on 8 New Perm Secs in Nigeria

Correction It has become necessary to correct two impressions created by this story, based on calls from readers. (1) This story did not imply that Ambassadors Nicholas Ella and Nura Rimi ar... Read more

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A Street After Yusuf Bala Usman in Abuja!

Posted By: adminon: September 18, 2023In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Abuja, Addis, Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, Cairo, Failed capitalism, London, New York, Nigerian Civil War, Paris, Rigging, YBU1 CommentViews:
A Street After Yusuf Bala Usman in Abuja!

Abuja appears to remain the all-time achievement of the Nigerian power elite. It must be the big debate regarding which of Abuja and the Civil War is a greater achievement of the Nigerian ru... Read more

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The Comprador Intelligentsia

Posted By: adminon: February 19, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Center, Comprador intelligentsia, Islam, London, Mainland China, the West, US, Washington1 CommentViews:
The Comprador Intelligentsia

By Branko Milanovic   This writer recasts an age-old form of dependency into a fascinating new delivery. Read on: In “Orientalism”, Edward Said spoke of an orientalist as an interpreter... Read more

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Great Britain, Queen Elizabeth II and The Leap of History

Posted By: adminon: September 18, 2022In: People in ActionTags: British Monarchy, Church of England, Enlightenment, House of Windsor, King Charles 111, LondonNo CommentsViews:
Great Britain, Queen Elizabeth II and The Leap of History

By Chijioke Uwasomba The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has once again brought to the fore the power, elegance, the global appeal and the constant and continuing relevance of the Br... Read more

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The London Parley and Nigeria’s Stakeholders

Posted By: adminon: September 13, 2022In: SpectacleTags: Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Daura, ethnicity, London, Otuoke, Owu, ReligionNo CommentsViews:
The London Parley and Nigeria’s Stakeholders

By Mike Kebonkwu Esq Nigeria is about the unusual and bizarre, the country where reptiles, rodents and insects “chop” money in government till and we are never short of screaming headlines o... Read more

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Nigeria, and Nearly Africa, Totally Out of 2020 Global University Ranking

Posted By: adminon: June 21, 2019In: BookspaceTags: California, Europe, Global Top 10, London, North America, QS Ranking, UK, USNo CommentsViews:
Nigeria, and Nearly Africa, Totally Out of 2020 Global University Ranking

Unless someone else reads the list again and discovers otherwise, Nigeria is totally out of the global ranking of universities in the 2020 version. Unlike before when Covenant University and... Read more

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Intervention Educational Opportunities Notice Board (3C) – Undergraduate Programmes

Posted By: adminon: December 18, 2017In: BookspaceTags: Howard, Illinois, London, Queen Mary University, Sheffield, VeniceNo CommentsViews:
Intervention Educational Opportunities Notice Board (3C) - Undergraduate Programmes

Undergraduate Scholarships at Queen Mary University of London, UK The Queen Mary University is accepting applications for Undergraduate Scholarships and Bursaries for the academic year 2018-... Read more

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Intervention Educational Opportunities Notice Board (2)

Posted By: adminon: December 06, 2017In: BookspaceTags: Liverpool, London, MBA, PhD, Vienna, YaleNo CommentsViews:
Intervention Educational Opportunities Notice Board (2)

Intervention continues its regular listing of free or virtually free scholarships, fellowship and similar educational openings pushed to it for those academically, culturally and financially... Read more

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Western Think Tanks to Nigeria’s Rescue on Restructuring Impasse?

Posted By: adminon: September 24, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: APC, IPCR, London, NIIA, NIPSS, Ohaneze Ndigbo, USIP, Washington DCNo CommentsViews:
Western Think Tanks to Nigeria’s Rescue on Restructuring Impasse?

Might Western think tanks be taking up a major role in rescuing Nigeria from itself in terms of superintending the inter-subjective interaction that can produce a consensus? That appears to... Read more

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Rising Oil Price: The Funeral of a Crisis Commodity and Its Energy Policy Dilemma in Relation to Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: July 27, 2017In: FlashbackTags: Bob Dudley, BP, Emily Wax, Jigawa Talakawa Summit, London, NNPC, Prof Daniel Yergin, Spencer Dale, The Washington PostNo CommentsViews:
Rising Oil Price: The Funeral of a Crisis Commodity and Its Energy Policy Dilemma in Relation to Nigeria

A striking headline across the world yesterday was the rise in the price of Brent crude by which other brands of crude oil are determined in price terms. It climbed to $50 and above this wee... Read more

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