NUC | Intervention

November 12: Remembering Comrade Prof Festus Iyayi (1947-2013)

Posted By: adminon: November 12, 2026In: People in ActionTags: ASUU, Barricades, IMF/World Bank, Neoliberalism, NUC, Re-colonisation, SCONNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Omotoye Olorode Comrade Festus Iyayi’s three novels: Violence, The Contract and Heroes, typifying other literary works by him, tell stories of commitment and hope at personal and co... Read more

It is Good to Be a John Odah

Posted By: adminon: August 26, 2026In: SpectacleTags: Anthropology, Catholic Bishops, Entrepreneurial Studies, NUC, Political sociologyNo CommentsViews:

The 66th birthday of Cde John Odah would seem to have come and gone. What Intervention would call the last of the rituals associated with that has now taken place, a surprise because the si... Read more

Situating Prof Omotoye Olorode’s ‘The Demands of Scholarship in the 21st Century’

Posted By: adminon: March 20, 2026In: BookspaceTags: 21st century, Africa, ASUU, FG, International Relations, Marxism, NUC, Ontology, Scholarship, World BankNo CommentsViews:

Text: The Demands of Scholarship in the 21st Century Author: Prof Omotoye Olorode Pages: 78 Year: 2023 Publisher: CITAD, Kano Reviewer: Adagbo Onoja Like the banana tree which gets cut down... Read more

African Academic Excellence: Implications for Politics and Development in Africa

Published below is the full text of the Lecture at the maiden edition of a symposium to honour the former Deans of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), Ahmadu Bello University, Za... Read more

ABU, Zaria Honours Past Deans of FASS, Hits Nostalgic Button

Posted By: adminon: August 21, 2025In: GovernanceTags: ABU Zaria, FASS, Historiography, Identity politics, MacArthur, Nation building, NUC, State buildingNo CommentsViews:

The Nigerian university system came under a reflexive scrutiny today at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where deans of the old Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) were called to be... Read more

Suspense As ASUU Goes Into A Closed Session in Sokoto

Posted By: adminon: August 17, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: ASUU, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Egypt, IMF/World Bank, NUC, Private universities, Public universities, SOUTH AFRICA, TETFundNo CommentsViews:

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nigeria is lost in a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Sokoto, Sokoto State. There are no hints about what the outcome of the mee... Read more

President Bola Tinubu and the Low-Hanging Fruits in Implementing the FGN/ASUU Agreement in the 2026 Fiscal Year

Posted By: adminon: August 11, 2025In: GovernanceTags: ASUU, EAA, FGN, NUC, Organised private sector, Prof Chris Piwuna, TETFund, TISSF, VUCANo CommentsViews:

By Comrade Sanusi A. S. Maikudi Introduction The 2009 Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was never meant to be a po... Read more

Act Now to Avert the Looming Crisis – ASUU

Posted By: adminon: August 09, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: ASUU, Books, Chemicals, Collective bargaining, Electronic and physical journals, FGN-ASSU Agreement, ILO, IPPIS, Laboratories, Libraries, MoUs/MoAs, NUC, ReagentsNo CommentsViews:

By Christopher Piwuna* The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, was recently quoted to have declared that “not again ever in this country will ASUU or tertiary institutions, trade unions... Read more

Remembering Prof Jubril Aminu

Posted By: adminon: June 05, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ASUU, Mallam Aminu Kano, Medical Science, NUC, Prof Daniel Saror, Prof Kyari Tijani, Prof Nur Alkali, Prof. Ahmadu Jalingo, University of Ibadan, University of MaiduguriNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja The news is all over the place already that Prof Jubril Aminu, ex-Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC); ex-Vice Chancellor of the University of M... Read more

With Professors Like Them

Posted By: adminon: September 02, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: Conflict reporting, Critical thinking, Department of English, Enlightenment fairy tales, International political theory, Journalism, Mass Communication, NUC, UNIJOSNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja It is not totally new. Aside from Abiodun Adeniyi at Baze University Abuja, there is Ladi Sandra Adamu, the feminist warrior at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof Sambe... Read more