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The Break Up of Nigeria: Myths, Realities and Implications

Posted By: adminon: April 21, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: Afenifere, Amalgamation, Anthony Enahoro, Arewa, Awo, Balewa, BOKO HARAM, Chief Gani Fawehinmim, General Yakubu Gowon, MASSOB, Northern oligarchy, Sardauna of Sokoto, ‘No Victor No Vanquished’1 CommentViews:

It is not clear why this analysis delivered on November 5th, 2014 as a Convocation Lecture at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria is being re-circulated now. As a more edu... Read more

A Philosophically Turbulent, New Angle to Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

Posted By: adminon: August 31, 2019In: LifeworldTags: Abacha, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, FASS, Mallam Aminu Kano, Sardauna of Sokoto, Zik of AfricaNo CommentsViews:

This must be the shortest of any biographical works on Nigeria’s first and last prime minister but, certainly, the most philosophically turbulent of such works on “the golden voice of Africa... Read more

Connecting Toure Kazah Toure to Mary Kaldor for Gov el-Rufai on Southern Kaduna Violence

Southern Kaduna is a problem for everyone. It has assumed a problem which must be fixed before it mutates. It is problematic because it has thrown up complicated narratives embodying subject... Read more

Benue and the Agricultural Moment of Truth in the North

Posted By: adminon: November 05, 2016In: Policy & GovernanceTags: ABU Zaria, Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), Aliko Dangote, Bakalori Dam, Benue State, BON, General T. Y. Danjuma, Goronyo Dam, Jigawa State, Katsina, Kebbi, KTL, Mambilla Plateau, Niger Republic, NNDC, River Sokoto, Samuel Ortom, Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, Taraba State, ZamfaraNo CommentsViews:

Looking at it from his observatory in Kaduna, Col. Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, (rtd) could not help raise the first alarm: N38b for a cargo airport? Where in the world are farm produce of the typ... Read more