NPSA Archives - Intervention

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

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

Posted By: adminon: January 29, 2026In: BookspaceTags: 'Iroko', Billy Dudley, Capitalism, Elections, Governance, Individual interests, INEC, IRev, NPSA, Party system, Political Science, Rule of lawNo CommentsViews:

Prof Oga Godwin Ajene, the author of this Memorial Lecture in Honor of Professor Billy J. Dudley delivered January 28, 2026 under the auspices of the Nigerian Political Science Association (... 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

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

Awaiting UNIJOS’s Prof Victor Adetula on Corruption and Democratic Recovery in Africa @ 2025 Billy Dudley Lecture August 25th

Posted By: adminon: August 19, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Abuja, Addis Ababa, Billy Dudley, Cairo, International development circuit, Johannesburg, NPSA, Political Science, UI, UNNo CommentsViews:

The Political Science establishment in Nigeria is stepping into an intense intellectual scrutiny of what the phenomenon of corruption might be doing to democratic recovery on the African con... Read more

Celebrating Prof. Warisu Oyesina Alli, Our Teacher, Mentor at 77

Posted By: adminon: July 25, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ASUU, NIIA, NPSA, NSIA, SIRA, Ukraine, UNIJOSNo CommentsViews:

First published in Sept 2024, this piece is republished as part of a quiet celebration of Prof W. O. Alli who turned 77 yesterday (24/07/20250. The original title has been amended but the co... Read more

The Language Game Begins Over Late Prof Jonah Isawa Elaigwu

Posted By: adminon: July 23, 2025In: People in ActionTags: BISA, Derrida, Ghali Umar Na'Abbah, Ibadan School of History, Jos School of Political Science, Ludwig Wittgeinstein, Mazrui, NPSA, Och'Idoma of Idoma, Prof Istifanus Zabadi, Prof Sunday Ochoche, Zaria School of HistoryNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Eminent scholar and activist, Prof Jonah Isawa Elaigwu is harvesting appellations across the world a day after his demise. Bits and pieces available to Intervention indicated... Read more