NUNS Archives - Intervention

Prof Toye Olorode Pays Tribute to Comrade Prof Biodun Jeyifo

Posted By: adminon: March 04, 2026In: FlashbackTags: 'Ali Must Go', 'Great Ife mystique', ASUU, Dr. Mahmud Moddibo Tukur, Ife Dialogue Committee, NLC, NUNS, Segun Okeowo, University of IbadanNo CommentsViews:

Published below is Prof Omotoye Olorode’s tribute to Prof BJ. Written from the Odoje Biodiversity Centre. Ogbómọṣọ in Oyo State of Nigeria’ where he currently is, this is not just a tr... Read more

An Evening Encountering History @ Wole Olaoye’s Birthday

Posted By: adminon: August 24, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, BUK, DRUM, Journalism, NANS, NUNS, Political economy of Mass Communication, UNIJOS, University of Ife, ‘Junk journalism’, ‘Peeping Tom journalism’No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Although he carries a swagger stick, a signifying practice communicating authority or mystique in much of Africa, he doesn’t accept that he is an elder statesman yet. But he... Read more

Would a Liberal Pope Split the Church?

Posted By: adminon: April 30, 2025In: SpectacleTags: Cardinal Gerhard Müller, Catholic Church, Conservatives, Liberals, NUNS, Pope Francis, The VaticanNo CommentsViews:

By Dan Hitchens Electing a new Pope is the item number 1 on the agenda of power and faith in world politics today. Below is an opinion on which of the tendencies in the Catholic Church would... Read more

Reveal Your Head, It Cannot Be Hidden: The Unmasking of the PYMN and the Student Movement in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: April 08, 2025In: FlashbackTags: ABU Zaria, ASUU, BUK, Emma Ezeazu, Feminists, Marxists, MPN, NANS, NCNC, NLC, NUNS, NYM, PYMN, Segun Okeowo, UNIJOS, UNILAG, UNN, WIN, YUSSAN, ZikistsNo CommentsViews:

By Y. Z. Ya’u Cde Y. Z Yáu, the Executive Director of the Kano based Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), delivered this review of the book Aluta Continua: The Story of... Read more

Waiting for Obasanjo’s Apology

Posted By: adminon: April 19, 2024In: FlashbackTags: #EndSARS, 'Ali Must Go', Apology, Bakalori, buhari, FESTAC, Healing, IMF/World Bank, NANS, NUNS, OBASANJO, Odi, Shagari, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Zaki BiamNo CommentsViews:

By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu YUSUF The “Ali-Must-Go” protest, organised by the National Union of Nigerian Students (NUNS) and led by Segun Okeowo, is as important today as it was in 1978. But it... Read more

25 Years of the ‘Marital Turn’ Among Comrades in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: April 22, 2020In: People in ActionTags: CD, NANS, NLC, NMA, NUNS, PYMN, SAP, WINNo CommentsViews:

It was, indeed, a new phase when many stalwarts of the long, National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) led struggle against military dictatorship started getting married around the l... Read more

NANS: A President and His Car!

Posted By: adminon: January 05, 2019In: BookspaceTags: 'Ali Must Go', Cost of Living Allowance, NANS Charter, NUNSNo CommentsViews:

The plate number indicates that this is the official car of the president of the National Association of Nigerian Students. It would make many student leaders who fell to police bullets acro... Read more