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But, What is the Tinubu Imaginaire? (2)

Posted By: adminon: March 04, 2023In: SpectacleTags: 'Information and Strategy', Awo, Bala Usman, BMMC, Ife Collective, Kaduna Mafia, Laos-Ibadan financial oligarchy, NNDC, Northern oligarchy, PraetorianismNo CommentsViews:
But, What is the Tinubu Imaginaire? (2)

While we await possible explosive judicial tackles between Peter Obi’s Labour Party and Asiwaju Tinubu’s All Progressives Congress, (APC), we get on with trying to read the president – elect... Read more

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The Break Up of Nigeria: Myths, Realities and Implications

Posted By: adminon: April 21, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: Afenifere, Amalgamation, Anthony Enahoro, Arewa, Awo, Balewa, BOKO HARAM, Chief Gani Fawehinmim, General Yakubu Gowon, MASSOB, Northern oligarchy, Sardauna of Sokoto, ‘No Victor No Vanquished’1 CommentViews:
The Break Up of Nigeria: Myths, Realities and Implications

It is not clear why this analysis delivered on November 5th, 2014 as a Convocation Lecture at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria is being re-circulated now. As a more edu... Read more

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The Complexities of Alhaji Ismaila Isa Funtua, One of Nigeria’s Men of Power Who Died Earlier Today

Posted By: adminon: July 20, 2020In: People in ActionTags: Dr. Shehu Othman, Kaduna Mafia, Northern oligarchyNo CommentsViews:
The Complexities of Alhaji Ismaila Isa Funtua, One of Nigeria’s Men of Power Who Died Earlier Today

Alhaji Ismaila Isa Funtua’s death, obviously, came without notice and different, contradictory accounts are emerging. In the days ahead, more details about him would fill the social me... Read more

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It is Another Anniversary of the Passing Away of Yusuf Bala Usman

Posted By: adminon: September 23, 2019In: People in ActionTags: Ake, Fulanisation, Ife Collective, Kaduna Mafia, Northern oligarchy, Super 5, Talakawa, YBU, Zaria GroupNo CommentsViews:
It is Another Anniversary of the Passing Away of Yusuf Bala Usman

It is one more anniversary of the late engaging academic, Yusuf Bala Usman, (YBU) and the many paradoxes around his person, scholarship and radical activism, coinciding with alarming signals... Read more

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Bringing Back Hausa-Fulani Hegemony to the Debating Table in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: September 14, 2019In: SpectacleTags: Genealogy, Hausa-Fulani Hegemony, Kaduna Mafia, Northern oligarchyNo CommentsViews:
Bringing Back Hausa-Fulani Hegemony to the Debating Table in Nigeria

Hausa-Fulani Hegemony is coming back to the debate. It has never been closed but coming back in the sense that it is being formally tabled for dissection. That is what would be happening Oct... Read more

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Intervention Gets Rejoinder on Mallam Adamu Ciroma

Posted By: adminon: July 07, 2018In: BookspaceTags: Kaduna Mafia, NNDC, Northern oligarchy, NPNNo CommentsViews:
Intervention Gets Rejoinder on Mallam Adamu Ciroma

Mallam Yakubu Aliyu, a student of Prof Ahmadu Jalingo as well as a versatile student of Nigerian politics in his own right has sent a ‘rejoinder’ to Intervention’s piece carried yesterday on... Read more

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Controversy: Is the Northern Elite Different from Other Regional Elite in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: April 10, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Marx and Africa Conference ', Ahmadu Bello University, Dr. Bala Usman, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, Emir of Kano, Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe, Kaduna Mafia, Northern oligarchy, Prof Abdulraufu Mustapha, Prof Jibrin Ibrahim, Sultan of Sokoto, Tanko YakassaiNo CommentsViews:
Controversy: Is the Northern Elite Different from Other Regional Elite in Nigeria?

Is it the case that the higher incidence of poverty in the north of Nigeria is a function of the nature of the northern elite, since the elite drive reality in every society and its class ch... Read more

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