NPSA | Intervention

Madam Julie Sanda, the Iron Lady, Celebrates Another Year

Posted By: adminon: December 16, 2024In: People in ActionTags: International Relations, National Defense College, NPSA, Prof A. T Gana, Prof Bjorn Beckman, Prof Istifanus Zabadi, Prof Jonah Elaigwu, Prof W O Alli, Prof. Rauf Mustapha, WINNo CommentsViews:

Prof Hassan Saliu Madam Julie Sanda, a distinguished member of our Executive Committee (EXCO) and a renowned scholar, marks another year of life. For years, we have acknowledged the under-re... Read more

Professor Sam Egite Oyovbaire, the Scholar-Politician, Double President, and Mentor, is 83

Posted By: adminon: November 30, 2024In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, Amb Tunji Olagunju, Group Captain Salawudeen Olatinwo, IBB, NPSA, NSIA, Prof Adele Junaid, Prof Omo Omoruyi, UNIBENNo CommentsViews:

By Hassan A. Saliu Hardly can one appreciate this tribute without bringing General Ibrahim Babangida administration into the centre of addressing its concerns. To start with, there are many... Read more

Nigeria @64: Taking Stock of Politics and Governance By NPSA

Posted By: adminon: September 29, 2024In: GovernanceTags: 1960, Flag independence, Flawed democracy, Nigerian State, NPSA, PovertyNo CommentsViews:

Prof Hassan A. Saliu In 1960, when Nigeria gained what some have described as flag independence, reflective of the nature of its relationship with major western countries, there was jubilati... Read more

NPSA Denounces Liberal Democracy, Blames Nigeria’s Woes On It

Posted By: adminon: September 17, 2024In: GovernanceTags: Liberal democracy, NIGERIA, NPSA, Political scientists, Poverty, Visionless elite1 CommentViews:

The Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) says Nigeria is down because it is operating liberal democracy that is unsuitable due to its underlying economic philosophy which the countr... Read more

Celebrating Prof. Warisu Oyesina Alli, Our Teacher, Mentor at 76

Posted By: adminon: September 12, 2024In: People in ActionTags: ASUU, NIIA, NPSA, NSIA, SIRA, Ukraine, UNIJOSNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu Professor W.O. Alli turned 76 some months back. A renowned scholar in the field of International Relations, Professor Alli joined the University of Jos in 1981 as a c... Read more

Two Years to 30th Anniversary of His Demise, Can Africa Re-engage Claude Ake?

Posted By: adminon: September 08, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: 'Accumulation by Dispossession', Africa, ASUU, CDD, Development, Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, Kenneth Waltz, Marx and Engels, NPSA, Political Science, Prof Claude Ake, The Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room; ThatcherismNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja A flight into academicism on the late Prof Claude Ake at this point in time could be validly charged with insensitivity and irresponsibility to the psychological and material... Read more