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From ‘Who Elected Oxfam’ to ‘Who Elected Kole Shettima?”

Posted By: adminon: February 11, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Africa, Dr Kole Shettima, Global justice, INGOs, MacArthur, Oxfam, Philanthropy, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:
From ‘Who Elected Oxfam’ to ‘Who Elected Kole Shettima?”

Come February 12th, 2025, a symposium will take place in Abuja, Nigeria. The symposium whose topic is “Role of Philanthropy in Strengthening Democracy in Africa” is to mark the 6... Read more

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As NLC Steps Into Hardship Protests in Nigeria, Exposing President Tinubu’s Paradoxes

Posted By: adminon: February 26, 2024In: SpectacleTags: Adams Smith, Bono, CD, Civil society, DA, Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s subsidy regime, Empire, Gramsci, NANS, NLC, Oxfam, SCON, The Economist, ‘Who Elected Oxfam?’No CommentsViews:
As NLC Steps Into Hardship Protests in Nigeria, Exposing President Tinubu's Paradoxes

Barring last minute cancellation or postponement or similar surprises, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) is rolling out its affiliates at last for a test of strength against the Tinubu admi... Read more

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Electoral Spasms in Liberia As EOM Calls for Calm?

Posted By: adminon: October 12, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Capitalist democracy, ECOWAS, ELECTION, EOM, Liberia, NIGERIA, Oxfam, Socialism, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:
Electoral Spasms in Liberia As EOM Calls for Calm?

The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission in the presidential and legislative elections in Liberia is suing for calm. A statement titled “Preliminary Declaration – Liberia General Elections” p... Read more

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Can Goodluck Jonathan’s WAEF & Attahiru Jega’s EOM Make an African Exception of the October 2023 Elections in Liberia?

Posted By: adminon: October 08, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Capitalist democracy, ECOWAS, ELECTION, EOM, Liberia, NIGERIA, Oxfam, Socialism, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:
Can Goodluck Jonathan’s WAEF & Attahiru Jega’s EOM Make an African Exception of the October 2023 Elections in Liberia?

The stakes are high, not only because two signifying individuals in democratic practice in Africa are involved but also because democracy itself is in a stalemate. Democracy has been mobilis... Read more

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Anticipating Odia Ofeimum’s New Book on Nigerian Democracy

Posted By: adminon: May 02, 2022In: BookspaceTags: 'linguistic turn', Logocentrism, Nigerian Democracy, Political Science, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:
Anticipating Odia Ofeimum's New Book on Nigerian Democracy

Intervention has not read this book yet but Intervention has received the cover page. The assumption here is that a book on The Challenges and Prospects of Nigerian Democracy from Odia Ofeim... Read more

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African Elite Siphon Aid Payments to Neediest Countries Into Safe Heaven Accounts, Says World Bank, Defends Self

Posted By: adminon: February 22, 2020In: FlashbackTags: Aid payments, BIS, MercoPress, Neediest countries, Offshore bank accounts, The Economist, World BankNo CommentsViews:
African Elite Siphon Aid Payments to Neediest Countries Into Safe Heaven Accounts, Says World Bank, Defends Self

The double-edged nature of exposing corruption is manifesting at the global level as a World Bank report on corruption among elite of neediest countries is attracting its own controversy. In... Read more

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The Economist Enters Nigeria’s February 16th, 2019 Race

Posted By: adminon: February 02, 2019In: SpectacleTags: Babagana Kingibe, Bala Usman, EIU/Africa, Festus Iyayi, Prof Eghosa Osaghae, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:
The Economist Enters Nigeria’s February 16th, 2019 Race

It is no mystification to say that The Economist is no ordinary weekly, more so it’s Intelligence Unit which is nevertheless involved in selling mediated information. With its fortune tellin... Read more

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Intervention is 2 Years Old!

Posted By: adminon: July 01, 2018In: World From AfricaTags: Editorial Committee, Intervention, Online Newspaper, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:
Intervention is 2 Years Old!

Intervention is two years old this month. It is a most pleasant reality to see the survival of a medium with Intervention’s journalistic credo this far. That credo is the idea that the survi... Read more

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Where is the Language Game in Containing Hate Speech in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: July 23, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Revolution in Military Affairs', Abubakar Shekau, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, Dr Musa Aliyu, General Tukur Buratai, PSYCHOP, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:
Where is the Language Game in Containing Hate Speech in Nigeria?

Trying to exemplify hate speeches in Nigeria today would simply amount to adding petrol to a raging inferno but there is hardly any disagreement that the incidence of hate speech has climbed... Read more

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Transnational Advocacy Shames Nigerian Leaders Again for Keeping Nigerians Poor

Posted By: adminon: July 18, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Development Finance International, INGO, Jody Williams, Oxfam, The Economist, The Guardian - UKNo CommentsViews:
Transnational Advocacy Shames Nigerian Leaders Again for Keeping Nigerians Poor

In May 2017, that is just two months back, it was Oxfam, the international development NGO, that released a report on how strange the concept of redistributive justice or equity is to the Ni... Read more

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A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday
A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday

A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday

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Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Partners University of Abuja Grounding the Youth for Nigeria's 2027 General Elections
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Partners University of Abuja Grounding the Youth for Nigeria's 2027 General Elections

Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Partners University of Abuja Grounding the Youth for Nigeria’s 2027 General Elections

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Nigerian Left Commences Writing the Struggle 
Nigerian Left Commences Writing the Struggle 

Nigerian Left Commences Writing the Struggle 

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Strategically Reading Beijing's Mindset in China's Blue Book Series
Strategically Reading Beijing's Mindset in China's Blue Book Series

Strategically Reading Beijing’s Mindset in China’s Blue Book Series

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Senator Jonah David Jang, an Extraordinary Statesman, is 80
Senator Jonah David Jang, an Extraordinary Statesman, is 80

Senator Jonah David Jang, an Extraordinary Statesman, is 80

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