Military rule Archives - Intervention

Tunani Initiative Sets About Reviving the Civic Space in Nigeria Through Literature

Posted By: adminon: May 23, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: #EndSARS, Achebe, Arts, Ben Okri, Civic space, Cold War, Dele Farotimi, Judiciary, King of Boys, Literature, Military rule, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Niger military junta, Niyi Osundare, Rarara, Soyinka, Tunani Initiative, ‘Very Dark Man’No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja What literature can do in the meaning – action nexus whenever and wherever a particular meaning of a literary text is made consensual makes a book club such as Tunani I... Read more

How Kole Shettima’s 65th Birthday Symposium Turned Into a Rhizomatic Moment

Posted By: adminon: February 13, 2025In: Policy & GovernanceTags: 'Historic Block', ABU Zaria, CDD, Imperialism, MacArthur, Marxism, Military rule, Philanthropy, UI, ‘Collective will’, ‘Omoluabi’No CommentsViews:

Rhizomatic moment is the inescapable grammar for capturing the discontinuously interconnected issues, situations, people, outcomes, models, symbols, memories and even facts that tie together... Read more

As Prof. Jonah Isawa Elaigwu, Our Teacher and Mentor, Adds Another Year to His Age

Posted By: adminon: March 21, 2024In: LifeworldTags: Ahmadu Bello University, Federalism, Legislative Agenda, Military rule, Prof. Tekena Tamuna, Stanford University1 CommentViews:

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu Prof. Jonah Elaigwu, 76, is one of our elders in the field of Political Science. He obtained his B.Sc in Political Science in 1971 from the Ahmadu Bello University, Z... Read more

Will There Be Sparks on May 29th, 2023 ala Rimi, Balarabe Musa on Oct 1, 1979?

Posted By: adminon: May 04, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: 2nd Republic, Fourah Bay College, Military rule, NLC, Social transformation, Sule Lamido, Super PermsecsNo CommentsViews:

October 1st, 1979 and May 29th, 2023 may, on the face of it, share nothing in common. But, in Nigeria’s struggle for democracy, they do. October 1st, 1979 was when the military first d... Read more