LSE | Intervention

A Belated Tribute to Prof. Istifanus Zabadi @ 70

Posted By: adminon: October 16, 2026In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Bingham University Karu, Defence College Abuja, International Relations, LSE, NPSA, NSIA, Prof Jonah Isawa Elaigwu, University of JosNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan Saliu As I was about to commence writing this tribute a few weeks ago, tragedy struck: the wife of the celebrant succumbed to the cold hands of death. This inevitably pushed e... Read more

Prof Istifanus Zabadi @ 70

Posted By: adminon: September 02, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Bingham University, Decoloniality, Ferdinand de Saussure, Ibadan School of History, International Relations, LSE, National Defence College, Prof Isawa Elaigwu, StrategyNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja The trumpet has been heard in all the appropriate quarters. The message: Prof Istifanus Zabadi will clock 70 years, come September 14th, 2026. Prof Gani Yoroms, his junior ‘b... Read more

Savouring The Economist Hammering Prof Doran Acemoglu

Posted By: adminon: August 26, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: 'Problem-solving" Theory, Colonialism, Dr. Thandika Mkandawire, Dr. Yusuf Bangura, Institutions, LSE, Mahmood Mamdani, NATO, Prof Doran Acemoglu, Samir Amin, The Economist, ‘Why Nations Fail’No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Typical of the fluid ways of popular culture sites, The Economist of London has set its deconstructive reportorial gaze on Prof Doran Acemoglu, ex-LSE economist currently bas... Read more

Introducing Prof Ibrahim A. Gambari As Board Chairman of the NSIA

Posted By: adminon: July 26, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: ABU Zaria, International Studies, LSE, NIIA, NSIA, UNNo CommentsViews:

By Hassan A. Saliu This piece is aimed at formally introducing Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as the Board Chairman of the reborn Nigerian Society of International Affairs (NSIA). It is also t... Read more

Dipo Fashina and Asisi Asobie As a Spectacle @ Cde Hassan Summonu’s Event

Posted By: adminon: January 16, 2026In: SpectacleTags: ASUU, BUK, CAPP, LSE, NANS, NLC, NTA, OAU Ile-Ife, Philosophy, UNN, USA, USSRNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja The 85th birthday and book presentation in honour of pioneer president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), Comrade Hassan Summonu has come and gone with its many sides. Al... Read more

Explaining the Decline of Oxford and Cambridge in the 2026 ‘Good University’ Guide

Posted By: adminon: September 24, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: British higher education scene, LSE, Oxbridge, STEM, University of Durham, University of St AndrewsNo CommentsViews:

Those who habour the opinion that Oxford and Cambridge are overrated would be tempted to see the result of the latest ‘good university’ guide by The Times as their ultimate evidence. But why... Read more

The Women Are, Indeed, Coming

Posted By: adminon: March 16, 2023In: SpectacleTags: Cambridge, Colombia, Harvard, LSE, Manchester, MIT, NYU, St AndrewsNo CommentsViews:

Intervention is updating its watch on the phenomenal control of some of the most strategic universities in the world today by women. It is a paradoxical rise for women to provide the leaders... Read more

Onyeka, UK Based Nigerian Singer, Follows up Her Debut, ‘Mornings’ With Her Second Single, ‘Dreams’

Posted By: adminon: January 29, 2022In: People in ActionTags: 'Dreams', 'Mornings', LSE, UKNo CommentsViews:

Hers is a UK based Nigerian family from which Nigeria is sure to hear somehow soon. Large by British standard but well educated all in some of the toughest British universities such as the L... Read more

Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey Joins LSE As an Academic

Posted By: adminon: September 01, 2020In: People in ActionTags: LSE, SOAS, University of LondonNo CommentsViews:

In the context of voice as a form of power, Dr Robtel Neajai Pailey joining the academic community at the London School of Economics today would be considered great news for global academia... Read more

Development-driven, Iconoclastic, Witty and Informal: Thinking About Thandika Mkandawire (1940-2020)

Posted By: adminon: April 20, 2020In: BookspaceTags: CODESRIA, Development, Kamuzu Banda, LSE, Mea culpas, Neoliberalism, Prof Charles Soludo, UNRISDNo CommentsViews:

As long as the framing of the African crisis is what will tie together the three other forms of power to be mobilised for continental emancipation, so long will the loss of any of the analyt... Read more