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Placing Prof Jonah Isawa Elaigwu, Nigeria’s Powerful Student of Power

Posted By: adminon: April 27, 2019In: People in ActionTags: 'Clash of Civilisations', Ali Mazrui, ASCON, MAMSER, NIPSS, Onugbo MlOko, PAC, Samuel Huntington, SAP, The Triple HeritageNo CommentsViews:
Placing Prof Jonah Isawa Elaigwu, Nigeria’s Powerful Student of Power

Jos, the Plateau State capital, is converging later this morning at the 1st Professor Jonah Isawa Elaigwu Annual Lecture taking place at the Faculty of Arts Main Lecture Hall in ‘the Garden... Read more

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But for Tragedy, Founding Fathers Planned Every Nigerian University to Be World Class

Posted By: adminon: March 03, 2019In: BookspaceTags: Essential Mahmud, Ethnic Politics in Nigeria, Humanities Complex, LSE, NIPSS, State CapitalismNo CommentsViews:
But for Tragedy, Founding Fathers Planned Every Nigerian University to Be World Class

It is an intriguing claim until the details behind it begin to be uploaded. That is the claim the above title captures as well as the added point that even the location of the earliest unive... Read more

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The Mother-Son Connection in Prof. Tony Edoh’s Death

Posted By: adminon: October 16, 2018In: People in ActionTags: BENSU, FSA, HSC, NIPSS, NPSA, REC, WASCNo CommentsViews:
The Mother-Son Connection in Prof. Tony Edoh's Death

The puzzle is what social psychologists, theologians, culturalists and medical experts are still trying to crack. Many parents say so but it rarely happens that the mother follows, four days... Read more

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Gowon, Kaigama, Oyedepo and Others Converge on Jos for Peace Summit

Posted By: adminon: August 25, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: CBCN, NIPSS, NOVAD, SANNo CommentsViews:
Gowon, Kaigama, Oyedepo and Others Converge on Jos for Peace Summit

Jos, the Plateau State capital in central Nigeria which has experienced so much violent conflict since September 2001, will be the site of a Peace Summit that can be called the convergence o... Read more

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When Journalists Reflect on the Media, Conflict and Nigeria’s Future (2)

Posted By: adminon: June 17, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: BOKO HARAM, Empathy, MEND, NERI, NIPSS, NNN, PJ, Search for Common Ground, Social media, USAIDNo CommentsViews:
When Journalists Reflect on the Media, Conflict and Nigeria’s Future (2)

In this last of a three-part series which started on June 5th with “Does the Nigerian Media Amplify or Downplay Boko Haram?”, continued on June 8th with “When Journalists Reflect on the Medi... Read more

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A Powerhouse By Any Other Name

Posted By: adminon: May 05, 2018In: BookspaceTags: 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed', Global Governance, NIPSSNo CommentsViews:
A Powerhouse By Any Other Name

It is not a university. It has no ambition to become one. And no one is planning to make it one either. It is nevertheless a powerhouse, the power that flows from framing the world and, by i... Read more

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Emirs, Retired Generals, Intellectuals and Governors Engage Prof Elaigwu’s Newest Book

Posted By: adminon: April 11, 2018In: BookspaceTags: GDP, NIIA, NIPSS, NPSANo CommentsViews:
Emirs, Retired Generals, Intellectuals and Governors Engage Prof Elaigwu’s Newest Book

It was a harvest of opinions as various shades of the power elite engaged the prospects of enduring democracy in Africa in Abuja. It was at the book presentation of Prof Isawa Elaigwu’s newe... Read more

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Brigadier-Gen John Shagaya is Dead

Posted By: adminon: February 11, 2018In: People in ActionTags: ARDP, ECOMOG, NIPSSNo CommentsViews:
Brigadier-Gen John Shagaya is Dead

Pictures from the scene of the accident that killed Gen John Shagaya earlier today showed he could hardly have survived it. Again, a clear idea of what exactly happened is still difficult to... Read more

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Western Think Tanks to Nigeria’s Rescue on Restructuring Impasse?

Posted By: adminon: September 24, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: APC, IPCR, London, NIIA, NIPSS, Ohaneze Ndigbo, USIP, Washington DCNo CommentsViews:
Western Think Tanks to Nigeria’s Rescue on Restructuring Impasse?

Might Western think tanks be taking up a major role in rescuing Nigeria from itself in terms of superintending the inter-subjective interaction that can produce a consensus? That appears to... Read more

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Prof Abubakar Momoh: Tribute to a Rare Scholar

Posted By: adminon: May 30, 2017In: GovernanceTags: African Studies Association, Ali Mazrui, Centre for Research and Documentation -CRD, NIPSS, Prof Habu Galadima, Prof Tijani BandeNo CommentsViews:
Prof Abubakar Momoh: Tribute to a Rare Scholar

By Prof Habu Mohammed, Dept of Political Science, Bayero University, Kano The death of Prof. Abubakar Momoh, widely shortened to just Abu by many, came as a great shock to me as it must have... Read more

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