It is exactly 17 years today that one of the earliest presidents of the defunct National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), Barrister Chris Abashi died. That was March 15th, 2004. The... Read more
In the countdown to the burial rites of Comrade Didi Adodo, a picture capturing his high point of nationalism makes a revealing reading. Image experts would churn out thick details from the... Read more
There are signposts of a tendency sense of loss in the demise of Didi Adodo, a trade unionist who was claimed by no other nightmare than Covid-19 early Tuesday, January 12th, 2021. The tribu... Read more
This is the question very few people can answer as things are today in Nigeria. The universities have been under lock and key for the past nine months. It is not clear if this is not the lon... Read more
Her birthday is already three days behind but still worth putting in perspective. Her late husband was the comrade’s comrade. That was Chris Abashi, one of the earliest presidents of the Nat... Read more
What might a conversation on democracy in an illiberal society such as Nigeria look like? Or, better still, how do democracy activists see it in Nigeria, 21 years after formal military rule... Read more
“On Durueke, we can say he is that go-through Comrade in the South East that can achieve a result for you without being exhibitionistic about it. The same attitude of officious quietude with... Read more
University of Ibadan political scientist, Prof Adigun Agbaje was a year older recently. It is either that he doesn’t particularly fancy the culture of elaborate festivities for a birthday or... Read more
It was, indeed, a new phase when many stalwarts of the long, National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) led struggle against military dictatorship started getting married around the l... Read more
Four months after his death, friends, former colleagues, ex-students and critics of the late Prof Bjorn Beckman are gathering to take another look at his scholarship and activism in relation... Read more
