Muhammadu Buhari | Intervention

As Bola Ahmed Tinubu Enters the 2023 Presidential Race in Nigeria @ Last

Posted By: adminon: December 16, 2021In: GovernanceTags: APC, Atiku Abubakar, Awo, MKO Abiola, Muhammadu Buhari1 CommentViews:

Former governor of Lagos State in Southwest Nigeria and a mandarin of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, must have an active student of John Austin’s How to Do Things W... Read more

Managing 2021 in Nigeria From Otukpo to Bosnia and Back

Posted By: adminon: December 31, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: Cold War, Ernesto Laclau, Muhammadu Buhari, YugoslaviaNo CommentsViews:

It was no fun waking up to a Whatsapp photo from an otherwise cool and problem free individual, drawing attention to something that is being scheduled to happen in Otukpo town in Benue State... Read more

Nigeria Turns Against the Break-up Mentality @ Last?

Posted By: adminon: September 22, 2020In: SpectacleTags: 1648, Awoism, Middle Belt Forum, Muhammadu Buhari, Prof Sam Aluko, The Long TelegramNo CommentsViews:

Citizen Moses Oludele Olowu has published a piece which is republished below for what it adds to what seems a season of disenchantment with the break-up narrative across Nigeria. The piece h... Read more

So, How Do We Make Sense of the Unmaking and Remaking of Kano Emirship?

Posted By: adminon: March 09, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: APC, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Junaid Mihammed, Embedded journalism, Emir of Kano, Kwankwaso, Muhammadu Buhari, Northern establishmentNo CommentsViews:

The Emir of Kano stool is, unarguably, the most entrenched one in the space of traditional authority in Northern Nigeria. It oozes Kano itself in terms of flamboyance and wealth that defines... Read more

No Answer in Sight as Social Stalemate Stresses Nigeria Further

Posted By: adminon: February 18, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: Association for Good Governance, BOKO HARAM, General Yakubu Gowon, Goodluck Jonathan, IBB, Lord Lugard, Muhammadu BuhariNo CommentsViews:

Social stalemate in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is far from abating. Not only do media reports suggest discord at the highest level of government, there is also no consensus at t... Read more

Buhari, Tinubu and APC Will Soon Radicalise Nigeria’s National Assembly – Auwal Musa Ibrahim

Posted By: adminon: August 18, 2019In: SpectacleTags: Ahmed Bola Tinubu, APC, CISLAC, Muhammadu Buhari, NASS, TINBUPsNo CommentsViews:

Nigeria is set to witness a radical turn at the National Assembly to be brought about by a combination of dynamics, says Mallam Auwal Ibrahim Musa aka Rafsanjani, a leading activist of the N... Read more

Looking @ Nigeria’s Presidential Poll from Washington

Posted By: adminon: February 23, 2019In: SpectacleTags: Atiku Abubakar, Geidam, Kano, Muhammadu Buhari, State West Africa Province, Unemployment, YobeNo CommentsViews:

Nigeria is caught in a tense but exciting presidential election. How far does this Associated Press report from The Washington Post support or reject the belief that transnational media plat... Read more

Clash of Trial for Sule Lamido

Posted By: adminon: May 03, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Ahmed Makarfi, Dutse Chief Magistrate Court 2, Muhammadu Buhari, PDP, Sule LamidoNo CommentsViews:

Remanded in custody in his home state of Jigawa, Sule Lamido’s appearance in court today in Abuja is now uncertain. Lamido who has been standing trial over corruption charges since 2015 has... Read more

Murtala Mohammed and the Culture of the Big Question

Posted By: adminon: February 13, 2017In: GovernanceTags: 41st Anniversary of Murtala Mohammed, Asia, Brazil, Coup, Industrialisation, Latin America, Muhammadu Buhari, olusegun Obasanjo, South KoreaNo CommentsViews:

Murtala Mohammed and the Culture of the Big Question Today is the 41st anniversary of the assassination of General Murtala Ramat Mohammed. As usual, it provides an opportunity for individual... Read more