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The Reductionist Interpretation of History and Politics and the “Middle Belt Question” in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: May 26, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: 'True Federalism', Middle – Belt, North, Southern BornoNo CommentsViews:
The Reductionist Interpretation of History and Politics and the “Middle Belt Question” in Nigeria

By Ambassador Usman Sarki Reductionism when uprooted from its fundamental basis in the natural sciences and transported to the analysis of historical and sociological phenomena, creates a co... Read more

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Nigeria’s Middle-Belt in a Shift to the ‘Textual Turn’?

Posted By: adminon: April 30, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: IPCR, Middle – Belt, University of Birmingham, University of Ghana, University of Stellenbosch, ‘Textual turn’No CommentsViews:
Nigeria's Middle-Belt in a Shift to the 'Textual Turn'?

The Middle Belt of Nigeria appears to be enacting a ‘textual turn’ in rediscovering itself. Later today, (April 30th, 2022), a Zoom session on the zone will be listening to a presentation on... Read more

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Farewell to Emmanuel Yawe

Posted By: adminon: March 12, 2022In: LifeworldTags: 1983 Coup, ACF, Alhaji Abba Dabo, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, ALSCON, Bala Usman group of scholars, Journalism, Middle – Belt, New Nigerian Newspapers, NIGERIA, Northern Christians and Muslims, Northern Nigeria, OICNo CommentsViews:
Farewell to Emmanuel Yawe

By Adagbo ONOJA Each time Intervention decides to stop featuring news of deaths, such is always when someone close to it dies. This is the case of the late Emmanuel Yawe who reportedly died... Read more

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Remembering Obadiah Mailafia in the Politics of the Power of Voice (2)

Posted By: adminon: September 23, 2021In: LifeworldTags: Bishop Mathew Kukah, Caliphate imaginary, Chief Solomon Lar, Elitism, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle – Belt, Prof Stuart HallNo CommentsViews:
Remembering Obadiah Mailafia in the Politics of the Power of Voice (2)

Whether it is Covid-19 or not that killed him, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia is gone. But his death compels us to reflect on the main item that defined his politics, particularly in the past few year... Read more

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The Northern Elders Forum’s Dangerous Turn to Problem-Solving Approach

Posted By: adminon: June 09, 2021In: De-EscalationTags: Certitude, Deterritorialisation, GNU, Hausa-Fulani, Igbos, Middle – Belt, NEF, YorubaNo CommentsViews:
The Northern Elders Forum’s Dangerous Turn to Problem-Solving Approach

Problem solving theory tells us that it is a turn to technicism rather than a genealogical tracing of the problem to be solved to where it might be coming from. The Northern Elders Forum, (N... Read more

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What Might Bongos Ikwue Be Thinking About Nigeria @ His Birthday Today?

Posted By: adminon: June 06, 2021In: LifeworldTags: ABU Zaria, Christians, Ella Kunaga, Greek, Michel Foucault, Middle – Belt, Muslims, OtukpoNo CommentsViews:
What Might Bongos Ikwue Be Thinking About Nigeria @ His Birthday Today?

Intervention has done several stories on Bongos Ikwue, the Nigerian engineering student who turned musician and made a success of it between the late 1960s and his late 70s today. In October... Read more

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But, Will ‘They’ Listen to Goodluck Jonathan?

Posted By: adminon: January 24, 2021In: SpectacleTags: ACF, Bishop Mathew Kukah, Dr Usman Bugaje, Formula 1, Media Trust Dialogue, Middle – Belt, Molue, Peter Obi, Prof Attahiru Jega, Prof Mohammed AyoobNo CommentsViews:
But, Will ‘They’ Listen to Goodluck Jonathan?

The past week saw several confusing signals from the Nigerian elite, signals that have ominous significance than were previously the case. It was the week or so that there was a hefty handsh... Read more

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Dr. Yima Sen, Leading Intellectual and Activist, Dies in Abuja

Posted By: adminon: October 06, 2020In: LifeworldTags: Baze University, CD, Joseph Tarka, Mass Communications, Middle – Belt, UCLA, WINNo CommentsViews:
Dr. Yima Sen, Leading Intellectual and Activist, Dies in Abuja

A leading Nigerian intellectual and radical activist, Dr. Yima Sen, is dead. He died about 5 pm Tuesday evening, October 6th, 2020 at Garki Hospital in Abuja. Until his death, he was a senio... Read more

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Intervention Submits to Bombardment on Kolawole’s “Build, Operate and Transfer Nigeria”

Posted By: adminon: December 21, 2019In: SpectacleTags: 'Dubai', 'The Trouble With Nigeria', Dutch, Emiratis, FAAC, Japan, Jos, Lokoja, Middle – Belt, NDDC, Niger Delta, Re-colonisation, Sheikh Al MaktoumNo CommentsViews:
Intervention Submits to Bombardment on Kolawole's

The number of sites where this article by Nigerian columnist, Simon Kolawole, was circulated a few days back suggested that it must be redundant to republish it when Intervention chose to de... Read more

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In the Aftermath of Gov. Ortom’s Victory @ the Appeal Court

Posted By: adminon: November 28, 2019In: SpectacleTags: 'Defender of the Benue Valley', Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, herdsmen crisis, Joseph Tarka, Mandela, Middle – Belt, Nigerian establishment, Solomon LarNo CommentsViews:
In the Aftermath of Gov. Ortom’s Victory @ the Appeal Court

“Great, Dark Day in Benue Politics As Ortom Wins @ Appeal Court” may not be such a terrible headline in writing the story of Governor Samuel Ortom’s victory earlier today at the Appeal Court... Read more

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