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Isn’t Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo a Performance Puzzle?

Posted By: adminon: March 22, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, Achebe, Agrarian transformation, Anambra State, Aper Aku, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, IMF/World Bank, Mallam Lawal Batagarawa, Peter Obi, Prof Sam Aluko, Prof Thandika MkandawireNo CommentsViews:
Isn't Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo a Performance Puzzle?

By Adagbo ONOJA This piece is about a puzzle rather than a campaign for, against or criticism of Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo who was sworn-in a week ago for his second term of four years as... Read more

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Locating General Muhammadu Buhari in History

Posted By: adminon: July 19, 2025In: People in ActionTags: ADC, Ataturk, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, Industrialisation, NEPA, Prof Sam Aluko, Transformation Agenda, ‘Guided deregulation’, ‘Renewed Hope’ agendaNo CommentsViews:
Locating General Muhammadu Buhari in History

By Adagbo Onoja In spite of everything, General Muhammadu Buhari managed to commandeer so much national attention to himself since his death in London on July 13th, 2025. He must be a strong... Read more

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Is the Impending Cabinet One That Can Take Nigeria from Third to First World?

Posted By: adminon: July 12, 2023In: GovernanceTags: 1976 Purge, Abacha, Bade Onimode, Bourgeoisie, Dr Sunday Awoniyi, Dr. Sam Ikoku, Femi Falana, IBB, Left, Marxism, OBASANJO, Prof Jibrin Ibrahim, Prof Sam AlukoNo CommentsViews:
Is the Impending Cabinet One That Can Take Nigeria from Third to First World?

Nigeria is, in all probability, heading for a repeat of the errors of the 1976 Purge. One of the consequences of the Purge is the question the late Chief Sunday Awoniyi put to Chief Obasanjo... Read more

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A Vote Against Obasanjo’s Anti-rigging Messianism

Posted By: adminon: February 28, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, General TY Danjuma, Peter Obi, President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof Sam Aluko1 CommentViews:
A Vote Against Obasanjo’s Anti-rigging Messianism

The struggle for power everywhere else in the world is a deadly enterprise. In one way or the other, this is true. The exceptions are too few to puncture this claim. That being the case, it... Read more

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Should President Buhari Fear History?

Posted By: adminon: July 05, 2022In: People in ActionTags: APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Sunday Awoniyi, Dr Ibrahim Tahir, Ghana, GNU, India, Lee Kuan Yew, PDP, Peter Obi, Prof Ango Abdullahi, Prof Eskor Toyo, Prof Sam Aluko, Singapore, TanzaniaNo CommentsViews:
Should President Buhari Fear History?

By Adagbo Onoja The wisdom that if the eye is not fixed on the sky, it has nowhere else to makes any sitting president vulnerable to probing engagement. There is though the late Prof Eskor T... Read more

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Nigeria Turns Against the Break-up Mentality @ Last?

Posted By: adminon: September 22, 2020In: SpectacleTags: 1648, Awoism, Middle Belt Forum, Muhammadu Buhari, Prof Sam Aluko, The Long TelegramNo CommentsViews:
Nigeria Turns Against the Break-up Mentality @ Last?

Citizen Moses Oludele Olowu has published a piece which is republished below for what it adds to what seems a season of disenchantment with the break-up narrative across Nigeria. The piece h... Read more

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History’s Conspiracy With Ibrahim Babangida

Posted By: adminon: August 30, 2020In: People in ActionTags: Hilltop Mansion, Prof Sam Aluko, Super 5, WAINo CommentsViews:
History's Conspiracy With Ibrahim Babangida

The month of August brings back memories of the well known Nigerian soldier turned politician – Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida. IBB, as Babangida is more known, was born in August and he organis... Read more

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Danger Signals from the Malami – Magu Movie

Posted By: adminon: July 08, 2020In: People in ActionTags: DSS, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Prof Sam AlukoNo CommentsViews:
Danger Signals from the Malami – Magu Movie

A fast rolling movie is on in Nigeria, very entertaining but embodying unsettling signals. Intervention attempts an interim list of the plausible signals, conceding only one positive element... Read more

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Prof Ibrahim Gambari and a Risk Society

Posted By: adminon: May 17, 2020In: SpectacleTags: 'Risk Society', Bala Usman, IBB, Neoliberalism, Prof Sam Aluko, Sanusi Lamido SanusiNo CommentsViews:
Prof Ibrahim Gambari and a Risk Society

Nigeria is, today, a perfect example of the Risk Society. The Risk Society is not a theory of Nigerian politics but its main argument applies very well to Nigeria. Nigeria had no experience... Read more

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Can Bukola Saraki Swim to Safety?

Posted By: adminon: November 26, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: anti-corruption war, APC, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Abubaka Sola Saraki, Gen Sani Abacha, Gen Shehu Yar'Adua, IMF/World Bank, Imperialism, NUC, PDP, President Buhari, Prof Sam Aluko, Senator George Akume, The Presidency, Umaru Musa Yar’AduaNo CommentsViews:
Can Bukola Saraki Swim to Safety?

All things being equal, the 5th Memorial Lecture on the legacy of the late Dr Abubakar Sola Saraki holds tomorrow in Abuja. For many, it would be no more than one more manifestation of Niger... Read more

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Ahead of Prof Abiodun Adeniyi and Prof Major Adeyi’s Inaugural Lecture
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The Nigerian Navy @ 70: Maritime Power, National Security and Strategic Relevance in the 21st Century
The Nigerian Navy @ 70: Maritime Power, National Security and Strategic Relevance in the 21st Century

The Nigerian Navy @ 70: Maritime Power, National Security and Strategic Relevance in the 21st Century

June 02, 2026
The West Still Leads in the 2026 CWUR, With an Upset in Africa
The West Still Leads in the 2026 CWUR, With an Upset in Africa

The West Still Leads in the 2026 CWUR, With an Upset in Africa

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Who is Being Prepared to Thrive in a Multipolar University?
Who is Being Prepared to Thrive in a Multipolar University?

Who is Being Prepared to Thrive in a Multipolar University?

May 31, 2026
Tribute to Abdoulaye Wade, a Pan-Africanist, at 100!
Tribute to Abdoulaye Wade, a Pan-Africanist, at 100!

Tribute to Abdoulaye Wade, a Pan-Africanist, at 100!

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