NUC Archives - Intervention

Against Turning Universities Into ‘Constituency Projects’ in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: September 15, 2022In: BookspaceTags: (rtd), ASUU, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Constituency projects, Federal Government, General Muhammadu Buhari, NUCNo CommentsViews:

By Chijioke Uwasomba It is strange but not surprising that, even as the ideological war between the Federal Government of Nigeria along with its supporters across the country and the Academi... Read more

American University of Nigeria, UNICEF Introduces MSc in Communication for Social and Behavior Change

Posted By: adminon: September 11, 2022In: BookspaceTags: AUN, Data Science and Analytics, MoU, NUC, Software Engineering, UNICEFNo CommentsViews:

The American University of Nigeria (AUN) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are collaborating to offer a new Master of Science Degree in Communication for Social and Behav... Read more

John Odah, the ‘Tonowi’, is a Year Older Today

Posted By: adminon: August 23, 2022In: UncategorizedTags: NANS Charter of Demands, Nigerian DNA, Nigerian power elite, Nigerianism, NUCNo CommentsViews:

There would be absolutely no good reason why UK based Comrade Columbus Chilaka Anyanwu should not share the byline for this piece or even be given the credit for it. The title, for instance,... Read more

Enough of the Self-Sacrificing Heroism of Academics in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: July 15, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: Almajiri, ASUU, Congregation, NUC, Senate, TETFundNo CommentsViews:

By Ibrahim Bello-Kano I think it’s time for academics in Nigeria to begin to rethink their role in the so-called Nigerian University System. Here are a few reasons for that contention.... Read more

ASUU As a Study in Articulatory Politics, Antagonism and Radical Democratic Change in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: February 08, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: 'Broadcasters, 'Empty signifier', Antagonism, ASUU, CAPP, Ernesto Laclau, NUCNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja For an organisation that was told by a sitting president and Commander-in-Chief, (not President Buhari) that it would be drowned out into irrelevance as soon as he, (the C-in... Read more

Not Yet the End of the Historic ASUU – FG Conflict in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: February 05, 2022In: BookspaceTags: ASUU, CAN, IPPIS, NIREC, NUC, UNIJOSNo CommentsViews:

Is it possible that the outcome of the intervention in the age-old conflict between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) and the Federal Government of Nigeria by the Nigeria Inte... Read more

How to Take Nigerian Universities to World Class Universities Again

Posted By: adminon: January 16, 2022In: BookspaceTags: Africa, Analyticism, Critical realism, Deconstruction, Edward Said, International Relations, Marxism, Neopositivism, NUC, PhD, Post-positivism, Postmodernism, Rationalism, Reflexivity, ‘Cartesian anxiety’No CommentsViews:

Intervention’s commitment to emancipation compels it to keep an eye on knowledge production, knowledge being a form of representation and representation being a form of power vis-à-vis emanc... Read more