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President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo Republic’s 95% Sea Slide After 42 Years in Power

Posted By: adminon: March 26, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: Oil-dependent Congo economy, Opposition, Paul Biya of Cameroon, Poverty, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial GuineaNo CommentsViews:
President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo Republic's 95% Sea Slide After 42 Years in Power

Overwhelmed by their own internal problems, Nigerians have been unable to pay much attention to the renewal of tenure for one of Africa’s symbols of the phenomenon of prolonged hold on power... Read more

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Critically Celebrating Professor Okwudiba Nnoli, A Former President of the NPSA, at 86

Posted By: adminon: March 22, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Catholicism, CODESRIA, Dares Salam, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, ethnicity, Footballer, Hans Morgenthau, IRs, Nigerian Civil War, Nwalimu Nyerere, PACREP, Poverty, Stanford University, UNN, Walter RodneyNo CommentsViews:
Critically Celebrating Professor Okwudiba Nnoli, A Former President of the NPSA, at 86

By Prof Hassan Saliu Established in 1955 by the former Eastern Regional Government, the University of Nigeria (UNN) started operation in 1960. Like every other university of its age, it has... Read more

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Thoughts on Approaches to the Study of Nigeria (and Africa Generally)

Posted By: adminon: January 11, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: African development, Afro beats, Bjorn Beckman and Gunilla Andrae, Botswana, Brazil, Columbia, Containerisation, CORRUPTION, Home market, Industrialists, Jamaica, LAGOS, Mexico, Poverty, Sierra Leone, Social scientists, SOUTH AFRICA, Trinidad, Uganda, Underdevelopment, UNRISDNo CommentsViews:
Thoughts on Approaches to the Study of Nigeria (and Africa Generally)

In Three Surprises From Our Two-Week Visit to Nigeria, Dr. Yusuf Bangura and wife “were struck by the easy availability of well processed and packaged foods with local flavours; the se... Read more

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On Sokoto State Governor’s Clampdown on His Critic, Hamdiyya Cidi Sherif

Posted By: adminon: November 30, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Disease, Drug abuse, Governor Dan Alu, Ignorance, insecurity, Jasiri Channels on YouTube, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Sokoto StateNo CommentsViews:
On Sokoto State Governor's Clampdown on His Critic, Hamdiyya Cidi Sherif

By Saleh Bature Before the debut of the video in which she criticised Ahmed Ali Dan Alu, the governor of Sokoto State, the 18-year-old Hamdiya Cidi Sherif was an obscure local Tik Tok villag... Read more

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

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

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

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

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Still on the Views From Abuja Poverty Hubs on Current Corruption Politics in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: October 09, 2019In: FlashbackTags: 'Bare Foot Journalism', Anaïs Nin, CORRUPTION, PovertyNo CommentsViews:
Still on the Views From Abuja Poverty Hubs on Current Corruption Politics in Nigeria

Questions 3, 4 & 5 form the subject matter of this second part of the series on “Can the Poor Fight Corruption? The Views From Nigeria’s Federal Capital Poverty Hubs of Bwari, Nyanya, Ma... Read more

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Bidding Mrs Theresa Ochugboju the Final Goodbye

Posted By: adminon: October 05, 2019In: People in ActionTags: Adoka, Chief Ijegwa Adaji, Major S A Ochugboju, Mary Knoll College - Ogoja, Middle – Belt, Otukpo, Poverty, World BankNo CommentsViews:
Bidding Mrs Theresa Ochugboju the Final Goodbye

It is difficult to write about burial of women/mothers in Idomaland without being essentialist about it. From Ekiti or Oyo State in the Southwest of Nigeria to Jigawa or Katsina State in the... Read more

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How Hobbesian is the Feb. 16th, 2019 Choice Out of Two Problematic Candidates?

Posted By: adminon: January 28, 2019In: SpectacleTags: Hobessian choice, Poverty, Unemployment, World BankNo CommentsViews:
How Hobbesian is the Feb. 16th, 2019 Choice Out of Two Problematic Candidates?

By Professor Stephen Onyeiwu The author of this piece published originally as “Buhari failed to fix Nigeria’s economy. But he may still have the edge”, (https://theconversation.com/africa) w... Read more

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As the Catholic Bishops See It

Posted By: adminon: February 08, 2018In: GovernanceTags: fear, hunger, insecurity, joblessness, Poverty, violenceNo CommentsViews:
As the Catholic Bishops See It

“Your Excellency, there is too much suffering in the country: poverty, hunger, joblessness, insecurity, violence, fear… the list is endless. Our beloved country appears to be under siege. Ma... Read more

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Pope Leo XIV, the Moral Warrior Dictators and Trouble Makers Did Not Anticipate!
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Pope Leo XIV, the Moral Warrior Dictators and Trouble Makers Did Not Anticipate!

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If the Nigerian Elite Do Not Moderate Collective Behaviour, the Rains Will Beat All of Us – Comrade Reuben Ziri
If the Nigerian Elite Do Not Moderate Collective Behaviour, the Rains Will Beat All of Us – Comrade Reuben Ziri

If the Nigerian Elite Do Not Moderate Collective Behaviour, the Rains Will Beat All of Us – Comrade Reuben Ziri

April 19, 2026
Formation or Nation Building: Nigeria’s Troubled Quest for a Modern Federal Republic
Formation or Nation Building: Nigeria’s Troubled Quest for a Modern Federal Republic

Formation or Nation Building: Nigeria’s Troubled Quest for a Modern Federal Republic

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How Humanists Helped Wreck the Humanities
How Humanists Helped Wreck the Humanities

How Humanists Helped Wreck the Humanities

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Dr. Chido Onumah and Turning 60 @ the Height of Radical Uncertainty
Dr. Chido Onumah and Turning 60 @ the Height of Radical Uncertainty

Dr. Chido Onumah and Turning 60 @ the Height of Radical Uncertainty

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