NPSA | Intervention

A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday

Posted By: adminon: August 03, 2026In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Babangida administration, Comparative Politics, Delta State University – Abraka, NPSA, NSIA, University of London, ‘Being in power/government’No CommentsViews:

By Hassan A. Saliu Events and personalities are mutually constitutive in historical narratives. While some individuals attain national prominence gradually, others are catapulted into publi... Read more

Tribute to Prof Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi, Just Honoured in NSIA

Posted By: adminon: July 28, 2026In: People in ActionTags: African Petroleum Producers Association, AIA, Concert of Medium Powers, NADECO, NIIA, NIPSS, NPSA, NSIA, Technical Aid CorpsNo CommentsViews:

By Hassan Saliu Professor Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi, the son of a priest and politician, is an academic colossus whose impact on various aspects of Nigerian life cannot be captured in a sing... Read more

Can NPSA Be That Singularity for Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: June 20, 2026In: BookspaceTags: Ferdinand de Saussure, Gramsci, International Relations, Knowledge, Language game, NPSA, Postmodernism, Power, UINo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja It is not bookishness to be excited about the leadership transition at the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA). As every new leadership necessarily seeks legitimati... Read more

Leadership Transition in Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA)

Posted By: adminon: June 13, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Consensus arrangement, NPSA, PAU, UINo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) has a new Executive Council. The Prof Hassan Saliu Exco has yielded ground to a Prof Remi Aiyede led-Exco. Aiyede is the immediate but one H... Read more

Liberal Democracy and Governance in Nigeria Since 1999: Beyond Consolidation and Reform

Posted By: adminon: May 19, 2026In: BookspaceTags: 'Iroko', Billy Dudley, Capitalism, Elections, Governance, Individual interests, INEC, IRev, NPSA, Party system, Political Science, Rule of lawNo CommentsViews:

First published on January 29th, 2026, this text is being republished solely to replace the cover picture of late Prof Billy Dudley with a different one as the previous one is said not to be... Read more

NIIA Plumbs Deeper, Simulates Global Geopolitical Shifts

Posted By: adminon: March 03, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, AU, BRICS, Great power, Iran, Israel, Medium powers, NIIA, NPSA, Political Science, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, Ukraine, USANo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) might be plumbing into raising the stakes in think tanking the international. For its impending Lecture Series, it is not only aggregat... Read more

NPSA Set to Interrogate Democracy

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Liberal democracy, NPSA, Right-wing populismNo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) is set to re-examine the concept of democracy in the context of on-going worldwide interrogation of the concept. The re-engagement is planne... Read more

NPSA Set to Interrogate Democracy

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Liberal democracy, NPSA, Right-wing populismNo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) is set to re-examine the concept of democracy in the context of on-going worldwide interrogation of the concept. The re-engagement is planne... Read more

All Set for ‘Evening of Tributes’ for Late Prof. Prof Isawa Elaigwu On Oct. 10th, 2025

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Academia, Ali Mazrui, Federalism, IGSR, NCIR, NPSA, UNIJOSNo CommentsViews:

All is set for colleagues of his in the academia in his life time, leaders and elders of the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), civil society activists, former students and legat... Read more

Prof Tunde Adeniran, Our Teacher, Scholar, Politician and Foreign Policy Expert, is 80 Years Old

Posted By: adminon: September 30, 2025In: People in ActionTags: AD, Afe Babalola University, Africa betrayed, Angola, AU, BUK, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Colonialism, Ibrahim Babangida military administration, MAMSER, NPSA, PDP, Political Science, SDP, UI, Western powersNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan Saliu Introduction This tribute is a unique one, and it departs from my usual tributes. It is done in the context of a new book written on the celebrant, who has requested tha... Read more