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Is Prof Chris Kwaja Heading for Politics?

Posted By: adminon: January 28, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Chief Solomon Lar, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, Gen TY Danjuma, Governor Mutfwang of Plateau State, Middle – Belt, Senator David Mark, Senator George AkumeNo CommentsViews:
Is Prof Chris Kwaja Heading for Politics?

All appears set for Prof Chris Kwaja to enter professional politics in Nigeria. There are no posters or any of such most obvious indicators at the moment but Intervention learnt authoritativ... Read more

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A Dialectical-Materialist Perspective on the Minorities Question in Nigeria and National Development

Posted By: adminon: June 03, 2025In: FlashbackTags: Marxism, Middle – Belt, Minorities, Nationalities, Niger Delta, Northern region, Stalin, Willinks CommissionNo CommentsViews:
A Dialectical-Materialist Perspective on the Minorities Question in Nigeria and National Development

By Usman Sarki ‎”Thus, a nation is not a racial or tribal, but a historically constituted community of people”, J. V. Stalin The making of a community of people into a nation is... Read more

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The Bull Plateau Killings Compel Nigeria to Take By the Horns

Posted By: adminon: January 07, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Segun Osoba, Eastern Europe, Elite escapism, Emir of Katsina, Governor Muftwang, Industrialisation, Jassawa versus Jankassa, Land in itself, Lenin, Mercenaries, Middle – Belt, Regulatory agencies, Sabon-GariNo CommentsViews:
The Bull Plateau Killings Compel Nigeria to Take By the Horns

By Adagbo Onoja There is an angle to resolving the phenomenon characterised by violence on the Plateau that has, however, not featured in the discursive formation around the latest round of... Read more

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Benue State Deputy-Governor Botches Resignation Plan, Recants

Posted By: adminon: January 04, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, Chief Solomon Lar, Deputy-Governor of Benue State, General T. Y. Danjuma, Governor Hyacinth Alia, Gowon, Institutionalism, Middle – Belt, NATO, NCDC, Plateau killings, Senator George Akume, Tiv- Idoma relationsNo CommentsViews:
Benue State Deputy-Governor Botches Resignation Plan, Recants

There is an anti-climax to the planned resignation of the Deputy-Governor of Benue State, Dr. Sam Ode. Instead of resigning as planned during the week, Dr Ode turned up at what was called a... Read more

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Alexander Joseph Amedu: An Eulogy to a Friend

Posted By: adminon: May 11, 2023In: People in ActionTags: CBN, Distinction, Dr Shamshudeen Usman, First Class, Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi 11, Middle – Belt, Mount St Michaels Secondary School, NLC, Owukpa, Prof Charles SoludoNo CommentsViews:
Alexander Joseph Amedu: An Eulogy to a Friend

By Comrade John Odah Thirteen years ago, Alexander Joseph Amedu contributed a chapter to a book of tributes on me when I turned 50. In Amedu’s piece on my turning 50, he recalled his coming... Read more

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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: People in ActionTags: 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: People in ActionTags: 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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Pope Leo XIV, the Moral Warrior Dictators and Trouble Makers Did Not Anticipate!
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Pope Leo XIV, the Moral Warrior Dictators and Trouble Makers Did Not Anticipate!

April 19, 2026
If the Nigerian Elite Do Not Moderate Collective Behaviour, the Rains Will Beat All of Us – Comrade Reuben Ziri
If the Nigerian Elite Do Not Moderate Collective Behaviour, the Rains Will Beat All of Us – Comrade Reuben Ziri

If the Nigerian Elite Do Not Moderate Collective Behaviour, the Rains Will Beat All of Us – Comrade Reuben Ziri

April 19, 2026
Formation or Nation Building: Nigeria’s Troubled Quest for a Modern Federal Republic
Formation or Nation Building: Nigeria’s Troubled Quest for a Modern Federal Republic

Formation or Nation Building: Nigeria’s Troubled Quest for a Modern Federal Republic

April 13, 2026
How Humanists Helped Wreck the Humanities
How Humanists Helped Wreck the Humanities

How Humanists Helped Wreck the Humanities

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Dr. Chido Onumah and Turning 60 @ the Height of Radical Uncertainty
Dr. Chido Onumah and Turning 60 @ the Height of Radical Uncertainty

Dr. Chido Onumah and Turning 60 @ the Height of Radical Uncertainty

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