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The Genealogy That Does Not Inherit A Civilisational Verdict on Ochonu’s Boko Haram

Posted By: adminon: June 29, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Colonialism, Dan Fodio, Fodiawa jihad, Genealogy, Kanem Bornu, Mutumin Kiriki, Northern Nigeria, Sokoto Caliphate, ‘Islam only’No CommentsViews:
The Genealogy That Does Not Inherit A Civilisational Verdict on Ochonu’s Boko Haram

Introducing a Series A book is as good as what its readers, particularly reviewers and critics, make of it. For, in the Roland Barthes’ wilderness, the author ‘dies’ as soon as s/he is done... Read more

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When Memorialisation Turns Into a Site of Struggle for Nigerian Activists

Posted By: adminon: May 02, 2026In: People in ActionTags: British colonialism, Lord Lugard, NIPSS, PRP, SAP, Satiru Revolt, SCON, Sokoto Caliphate, UDUS, Zaria GroupNo CommentsViews:
When Memorialisation Turns Into a Site of Struggle for Nigerian Activists

There are many of them nowadays – burials or birthdays or a book presentations for one activist of yore or another. At each one of such event, nostalgia for the past pops up, sometimes... Read more

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Nigerian Activists Contemplate Radical Revivalism @ Cde Abubakar Sokoto Mohammed’s Memorial Symposium

Posted By: adminon: April 30, 2026In: People in ActionTags: British colonialism, Lord Lugard, NIPSS, PRP, SAP, Satiru Revolt, SCON, Sokoto Caliphate, UDUS, Zaria GroupNo CommentsViews:
Nigerian Activists Contemplate Radical Revivalism @ Cde Abubakar Sokoto Mohammed's Memorial Symposium

Although a return to the barricades looks farfetched, a powerful sense of the radical project in Nigeria as an unfinished mission struck activists and mourners of Cde Abubakar Sokoto Mohamme... Read more

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The Challenge of Framing Mahmud Tukur at Death

Posted By: adminon: April 11, 2021In: People in ActionTags: Buhari’s performance, Engineer Hamman Tukur, Sokoto CaliphateNo CommentsViews:
The Challenge of Framing Mahmud Tukur at Death

*** This piece is being repeated because the cover picture has been questioned by people well up in the society. Some say it is not the picture of the late Dr. Mahmud Tukur but of Prof. Iya... Read more

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10 Prominent Kano Citizens Slam Gov Ganduje Over Kano Emirate

Posted By: adminon: December 08, 2019In: GovernanceTags: Advocates for United Kano, Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano Emirate, Sokoto CaliphateNo CommentsViews:
10 Prominent Kano Citizens Slam Gov Ganduje Over Kano Emirate

Patience appears to be running out among some stakeholders in Kano State over the state governor’s handling of Kano Emirate. A statement on the issue Sunday by a much younger set of voices u... Read more

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