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Dr. Edwin Idoko Obe: Homage to Iconicity 

Posted By: adminon: July 21, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Government College Keffi, Methodist Church Otukpo, NCAST-Zaria, Nigerian Civil War, Obe Babes, Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State, Okpudu, Otukpo, Owukpa, University College Ibadan, “Eene wi`kpoe're ne"No CommentsViews:
Dr. Edwin Idoko Obe: Homage to Iconicity 

By Igoche Silas Uloko The piece below is not original to Intervention. It is only published in deference to the sender but also in deference to the mystique of Dr Edwin Idoko Obe. Those who... Read more

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Critically Celebrating Professor Okwudiba Nnoli, A Former President of the NPSA, at 86

Posted By: adminon: March 22, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Catholicism, CODESRIA, Dares Salam, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, ethnicity, Footballer, Hans Morgenthau, IRs, Nigerian Civil War, Nwalimu Nyerere, PACREP, Poverty, Stanford University, UNN, Walter RodneyNo CommentsViews:
Critically Celebrating Professor Okwudiba Nnoli, A Former President of the NPSA, at 86

By Prof Hassan Saliu Established in 1955 by the former Eastern Regional Government, the University of Nigeria (UNN) started operation in 1960. Like every other university of its age, it has... Read more

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 My Reflections at Sixty – Prof Odion-Akhaine

Posted By: adminon: April 12, 2024In: People in ActionTags: APC, Bamidele Opeyemi, General Sani Abacha, Labaran Maku, Mahmud Aminu, NADECO, NANS, Naseer Kura, Nigerian Civil War, PYMNNo CommentsViews:
 My Reflections at Sixty - Prof Odion-Akhaine

By Sylvester Odion Akhaine I am 60 today. I have decided to share my reflections on my journey so far and the lie of the Nigerian state.  I could recall aspects of the Civil War years. The t... Read more

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Celebrating Nigeria’s Guardians of Freedom, Honouring Her Veterans and Fallen Heroes

Posted By: adminon: January 15, 2024In: SpectacleTags: AFN, AFRDC, Internal Security Operations, Nigerian Civil War, World warsNo CommentsViews:
Celebrating Nigeria’s Guardians of Freedom, Honouring Her Veterans and Fallen Heroes

  By Brigadier-General Sani Kukasheka Usman (rtd) mni, fnipr   The celebration of the Armed Forces holds significant historical importance worldwide. Originally, the Armed Forces w... Read more

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A Street After Yusuf Bala Usman in Abuja!

Posted By: adminon: September 18, 2023In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Abuja, Addis, Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, Cairo, Failed capitalism, London, New York, Nigerian Civil War, Paris, Rigging, YBU1 CommentViews:
A Street After Yusuf Bala Usman in Abuja!

Abuja appears to remain the all-time achievement of the Nigerian power elite. It must be the big debate regarding which of Abuja and the Civil War is a greater achievement of the Nigerian ru... Read more

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Where Are We After 9 Years of ‘Chibok Girls’?

Posted By: adminon: May 22, 2023In: SpectacleTags: #BringBackOurGirls, Chibok, Global Civil Society, Michelle Obama, Nigerian Civil War1 CommentViews:
Where Are We After 9 Years of 'Chibok Girls'?

The world was scandalised. Global civil society switched itself on as leading personalities such as Michelle Obama, Malala and the popular culture fraternity went to work. There were stories... Read more

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Sporting World Abuzz With Legendary Stuff on a Pele Factor in the Nigerian Civil War

Posted By: adminon: December 31, 2022In: FlashbackTags: Andy Akporugo, Audu Bako, Bendel Insurance FC, Bendel State, Daily Times of Nigeria, Edo State, Kaduna, Midwestern State, Moroccan identity, Naseerite Ogbemudianism, Nigerian Civil War, Pele phenomenon, Pope Benedict, Qatar, Santos FC, UkraineNo CommentsViews:
Sporting World Abuzz With Legendary Stuff on a Pele Factor in the Nigerian Civil War

The sporting world is abuzz with legendary stuff on a Pele factor in the Nigerian Civil War which believes that the Brazilian soccer legend, Pele, exercised more influence in and on Nigeria... Read more

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Jiddari Ward Attack in Maiduguri Turns Fiasco for Boko Haram

Posted By: adminon: May 12, 2021In: SpectacleTags: BOKO HARAM, Maiduguri, Nigerian Civil WarNo CommentsViews:
Jiddari Ward Attack in Maiduguri Turns Fiasco for Boko Haram

An early evening attack on Jiddari Ward in Maiduguri town Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 turned a fiasco for Boko Haram combatants who were outsmarted by the military and killed in dozens. It is no... Read more

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Revisiting the Webinar on Overcoming Boko Haram

Posted By: adminon: August 23, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: ABU Zaria, Diffa, National Question, Niger Republic, Nigerian Civil War, SalafismNo CommentsViews:
Revisiting the Webinar on Overcoming Boko Haram

By Adagbo Onoja A hopefully passable revisiting of the August 19th, 2020 webinar on Raufu Mustapha and Kate Meagher’s edited work Overcoming Boko Haram: Faith, Society and Islamic Radicalisa... Read more

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The Cohort Vs the Cabal in General Danjuma’s Uprising

Posted By: adminon: March 25, 2018In: SpectacleTags: AYCF, BOKO HARAM, CBCN, Coalition for Nigeria Movement, Commander-in-Chief, Global Health Governance, Gordon Duff, MBF, NEF, Nigerian Civil War, NPLF, SCIA, Sultan of Sokoto, Taraba State University, World BankNo CommentsViews:
The Cohort Vs the Cabal in General Danjuma's Uprising

The reality of a band of killers roaming freely beyond 24 hours in any country today automatically implicates any president or prime minister anywhere in the world. President Buhari has rema... Read more

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