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Is Yakubu Aliyu Answering General Hassan Usman Katsina’s Question?

Posted By: adminon: February 19, 2024In: People in ActionTags: 'News from nowhere', Abdulmalik Addy, BBC, Dr. Stanley Macebuh, General Hassan Usman Katsina, NUK, Oxford University, ‘Democracy in Action’No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA It is a phenomenon to be theorised: Mallam Yakubu Aliyu’s reclusivity. Of course, he is entitled to his privacy but it is debatable if that right can be granted someone... Read more

As China’s Tsinghua University Joins the Big Club of Oxford, Harvard, etc

Posted By: adminon: October 08, 2020In: BookspaceTags: 'Double First-Class' Project, Oxford University, Peking University, R & DNo CommentsViews:

Originally published as “Tsinghua’s ‘global first-class’ status is just the beginning of China’s ambition”, this piece invites reflection on the university dimension of the competition for g... Read more

Research Report Stirs Another Racial Storm, This Time in South Africa

Posted By: adminon: June 06, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: #RhodesMustFall, Bruce Gilley, Oxford University, UCT, University of StellenboschNo CommentsViews:

A research report that claims that Blacks do not study biological sciences because they are contextually ill-equipped for that is steering its own race related ripples but this time not in t... Read more

She is Such a Wonderful Woman – Mourners on Canadian Wife of Prof. AbdulRaufu Mustapha at a Harvest of Tributes in Abuja, Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 26, 2017In: SpectacleTags: Aliko Dangote, ASUU, Oxford UniversityNo CommentsViews:

It was a huge communal pat on the back for Prof Kate Meagher, the wife of departed Nigerian Professor of African Politics at Oxford University in the UK who died August 8th, 2017. Speaker af... Read more

Death Snatches Professor Abdul Raufu Mustapha, Nigerian Academic at Oxford

Posted By: adminon: August 08, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Bayero University - Kano, Mambayya House, Oxford University, People's Redemption Party (PRP)No CommentsViews:

Abdul Raufu Mustapha, a Nigerian Professor of Political Science at Oxford University in the United Kingdom is dead. A whatsapp message from a civil society leader in Abuja who is very close... Read more

Doesn’t Allison Ayida Speak to This Moment?

Posted By: adminon: January 30, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Epistemic authority, Mr S. B Awoniyi, Oxford University, Senator Ben Muray Bruce, Super-Permanent Secretary, The Rise and Fall of NigeriaNo CommentsViews:

Doesn’t Allison Ayida Speak to This Moment? At a time such as this, there are certain people whose views ought to be privileged, irrespective of when the views were expressed. From whi... Read more