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Mapping the Changing Phases, Phrases and Fortunes of the Northern Elite Up to the Era of Banditry (2)

Posted By: adminon: May 11, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: 'IRA Wing', 'One nation, 'One Nation One Destiny', Janjaweed, NPC, NPN, UMBC, UPNNo CommentsViews:
Mapping the Changing Phases, Phrases and Fortunes of the Northern Elite Up to the Era of Banditry (2)

  All eyes are on the Northern elite again but in what sense of the word? There was a time when this would have been an aimless question. That was when what Prof John Paden called the c... Read more

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Mapping the Changing Phases, Phrases and Fortunes of the Northern Elite Up to the Era of Banditry (1)

Posted By: adminon: May 08, 2019In: SpectacleTags: CIA, Dodan Barracks, IBB, Kaduna Mafia, Maitatsine Revolt, NNDC, NPN, Super Five, Tafidan Katsina, UPN, Yoruba Financial - Industrial OligarchyNo CommentsViews:
Mapping the Changing Phases, Phrases and Fortunes of the Northern Elite Up to the Era of Banditry (1)

All eyes are on the Northern elite again. Provoked this time by the generalized insecurity that has seized the country, the representational turbulence has seen pundits, critics and sundry a... Read more

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Another Insight on Chief Obande Obeya

Posted By: adminon: March 14, 2019In: People in ActionTags: 'Chairman', NPN, Otukpo Motor Park, St Mary's Catholic Church - OtukpoNo CommentsViews:
Another Insight on Chief Obande Obeya

By Benson Upah I doff my hat for the writer of the tribute “End of an Era as Chief Obande Obeya Travels Out of Idomaland”. It is the best tribute that will ever be written on Chief Obande Ob... Read more

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End of an Era as Chief Obande Obeya Travels Out of Idomaland

Posted By: adminon: March 12, 2019In: People in ActionTags: 1995 Constitutional Conference, Chief David Attah, Chief Edwin Ogbu, Gen Sani Abacha, Idomaland, NPN, Obeya Memorial Secondary School, Och'Idoma of IdomaNo CommentsViews:
End of an Era as Chief Obande Obeya Travels Out of Idomaland

Other than the minority status of the Idoma nationality in a nation of mega nationalities, he occupied the same status as the Adedibus, the Shehu Musa Yar’Aduas and the late Sola Saraki. The... Read more

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News Coming Out of Kaduna Worrisome and Disturbing – PRP

Posted By: adminon: March 07, 2019In: SpectacleTags: Danmasanin Zazzau, Kaduna State, NPN, PRPNo CommentsViews:
News Coming Out of Kaduna Worrisome and Disturbing – PRP

The People’s Redemption Party, (PRP) is cautioning against what it sees as worrisome and disturbing news coming out of Kaduna State. The party’s National Chairman and a traditional title hol... Read more

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The Disappointing Hours: A Review of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s My Transition Hours

Posted By: adminon: December 16, 2018In: BookspaceTags: ANPP, BOKO HARAM, ECOWAS, INEC, MPLA, NPNNo CommentsViews:
The Disappointing Hours: A Review of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's My Transition Hours

By Alkasum Abba, History Department, ABU, Zaria  Introduction When the former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan published a personal account of his stewardship, covering the... Read more

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How Benue APC May Have Stumbled on Completely Undercutting Ethnicity

Posted By: adminon: December 09, 2018In: SpectacleTags: IDOMA, Marxists, National Question, NPN, Tiv, USSRNo CommentsViews:
How Benue APC May Have Stumbled on Completely Undercutting Ethnicity

The All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Benue State in central Nigeria appears set to remove ethnicity from the exercise of power in the state. It is not clear if that objective is what Benu... Read more

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Chief Tony Anennih’s Death is Confirmed

Posted By: adminon: October 28, 2018In: People in ActionTags: NPN, PDPNo CommentsViews:
Chief Tony Anennih’s Death is Confirmed

The Nigerian media has no wounds to lick for going to town with the story of the death of notable politician, Chief Tony Anennih. The story has been counter posed by another one in which the... Read more

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What Next After Executive Order 6 Travel Ban?

Posted By: adminon: October 20, 2018In: SpectacleTags: EFCC, EO6, INEC, NPNNo CommentsViews:
What Next After Executive Order 6 Travel Ban?

Is it possible that the recent travel ban on some 50 political, business and former military leaders in the context of Executive Order 6 is not a standalone practice? This is the subject att... 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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