Prof Festus Iyayi Archives

Cde John Odah @ 65 and the Challenge of Radical Democratic Renewal in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: August 30, 2025In: People in ActionTags: CLO, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, Hegemony, Immanent critique, Left, NLC, Prof Festus Iyayi, Radical democratic politics, Right wing, Tinubu assemblage, WINNo CommentsViews:

In a remarkable language game at the 65th birthday of Dr Kole Shettima of MacArthur Foundation earlier in February 2025, Nigerians heard from the organisers that unless people like Dr. Kole... Read more

The Role of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Nation-Building in Nigeria: Looking Back, Looking Around, and Confronting the Future

Posted By: adminon: May 11, 2025In: GovernanceTags: ASUU, Dr. Dipo Fashina, Dr. Mahmud Modibbo Tukur, IMF/World Bank, NAUT, Nigerian university system, NLC, Oil wealth, Popular struggles for nation-building, Prof Asisi Asobie, Prof Biodun Jeyifo, Prof Festus Iyayi, SAP, Udoji Award, “Agreement of Imperfect Obligation”No CommentsViews:

By Attahiru Muhammadu Jega (OFR) Outline of Presentation: Introduction 2 Looking Back… ... Read more

Thinking Hard As Nigeria Reads the ‘Riot Act’ to the President

Posted By: adminon: February 13, 2024In: GovernanceTags: Dislocation, IBB, Palliatives, Prof Festus Iyayi, SAP, ‘Cuwa-cuwa’No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA The past two weeks has seen intense plea to the Federal Government of Nigeria to do something about the cost of living in the country. One big time player after another (gove... Read more

Prof. Cornelius Alaba Ogunsanwo, the Calmer Marxist, Marks His 82nd Birthday

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu I first met Professor Alaba Abiodun Adeboyejo Ogunsanwo initially through his publications on International Relations that cover various aspects of the field, especia... Read more

What Didi Adodo Reminds Left Politics in Nigeria As He Bows to Covid-19

Posted By: adminon: January 12, 2021In: People in ActionTags: BUK, NANS, NLC, Prof Festus Iyayi, UNIBENNo CommentsViews:

There are signposts of a tendency sense of loss in the demise of Didi Adodo, a trade unionist who was claimed by no other nightmare than Covid-19 early Tuesday, January 12th, 2021. The tribu... Read more