NANS | Intervention

Is Radical Activism Finally Making a Comeback in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: June 11, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: ASUU, CD, Gramsci, Jacobinism, NANS, NLC, Permacrisis, WIN, ‘Collective will’, ‘Historic bloc’No CommentsViews:

On Tuesday, June 9th, 2026, a statement finally shot through the political space, performing an alerting function on how close Nigeria is to an insecurity melt down. All 10 signatories to th... Read more

So, Why Has the ‘Segun Osoba/Bala Usman-Chapter Two’ Moment Eluded Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: May 19, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Chapter Two, Marxism, NANS, SAP, Segun Osoba/Bala Usman momentNo CommentsViews:

A Segun Osoba/Bala Usman moment is, indeed, unfolding in Nigeria. It flows from their authorship of the text which has survived as epitaph to the monument called Left struggle for democracy... Read more

How and Why Magistrate Court Sent Citizen Mahmud Abdul, Former NANS President, to Prison On A Friday

Posted By: adminon: February 28, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Bail, Civil society, Keffi Prison, Lawyers, Magistrate Court, NANSNo CommentsViews:

More details have emerged on how a notable Nigerian lawyer and activist, Barr Abdul Mahmud, ended being remanded in Keffi Prison by a Magistrate on a Friday (Feb 27th, 2026). The sketchy inf... Read more

Magistrate Sends Barr Mahmud Abdul, Former NANS President, to Keffi Prison

Posted By: adminon: February 27, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Civil society, Keffi Prison, Lawyers, Magistrate Court, NANSNo CommentsViews:

For what reasons or charges has well known lawyer, activist and writer, Comrade Abdul Mahmud, been sent to the Keffi Prison in Nasarawa State in central Nigeria? This is the question activis... 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

An Evening Encountering History @ Wole Olaoye’s Birthday

Posted By: adminon: August 24, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, BUK, DRUM, Journalism, NANS, NUNS, Political economy of Mass Communication, UNIJOS, University of Ife, ‘Junk journalism’, ‘Peeping Tom journalism’No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Although he carries a swagger stick, a signifying practice communicating authority or mystique in much of Africa, he doesn’t accept that he is an elder statesman yet. But he... Read more

What a Piercing Reminder of WIN!

Posted By: adminon: July 12, 2025In: FlashbackTags: ASUU, Feminism, Gender, NANS, NCWS, NLC, WINNo CommentsViews:

As invasive as the social media platforms, so also is it the case that they also do come along with great reminders. This book cover is one of such. It is a picture that will bring joy as we... Read more

Still on the Ivory Towers

Posted By: adminon: April 11, 2025In: GovernanceTags: ASUU, NANS, University governance, VCsNo CommentsViews:

This week began with a book on the defunct National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and how it crashed out of history. but the wisdom in certain circles is that the crash of NANS was... Read more

Reveal Your Head, It Cannot Be Hidden: The Unmasking of the PYMN and the Student Movement in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: April 08, 2025In: FlashbackTags: ABU Zaria, ASUU, BUK, Emma Ezeazu, Feminists, Marxists, MPN, NANS, NCNC, NLC, NUNS, NYM, PYMN, Segun Okeowo, UNIJOS, UNILAG, UNN, WIN, YUSSAN, ZikistsNo CommentsViews:

By Y. Z. Ya’u Cde Y. Z Yáu, the Executive Director of the Kano based Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), delivered this review of the book Aluta Continua: The Story of... Read more

History As Battlefront As a Book on NANS Stirs Radical Reflexivity

Posted By: adminon: April 07, 2025In: BookspaceTags: Abuja, Domestic workers, History, Hit and run capitalism, LAGOS, NANS, Northwest, PYMN, Rosa Luxemburg FoundationNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja History can get more and more complicated, especially when it is the history of the now basically dead National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). What the history shou... Read more