Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Archives

Waiting for Obasanjo’s Apology

Posted By: adminon: April 19, 2024In: FlashbackTags: #EndSARS, 'Ali Must Go', Apology, Bakalori, buhari, FESTAC, Healing, IMF/World Bank, NANS, NUNS, OBASANJO, Odi, Shagari, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Zaki BiamNo CommentsViews:

By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu YUSUF The “Ali-Must-Go” protest, organised by the National Union of Nigerian Students (NUNS) and led by Segun Okeowo, is as important today as it was in 1978. But it... Read more

Will There Be An Upset In Nigeria’s Presidential Election?

Posted By: adminon: February 19, 2023In: SpectacleTags: Afrobarometer, ANPP, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, CAN, CPC, Fulanisation, Goodluck Jonathan, Hot button issues, Muslim-Muslim ticket, Obi-dient Movement, PDP, Two-party system, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, Zeitgeist, ‘Emi lo kan’No CommentsViews:

Although not exclusive to Intervention, this is, however, where many Nigerians will first encounter this independent minded and very analytical piece on the all involving presidential poll s... Read more

The Economic and Geopolitical Master Stroke in Nigeria Called Kolmani Oil Project

Posted By: adminon: December 09, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: 'True Federalism', 7 Points Agenda, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, Kolmani project, Northeast, OIL, Resource Control, Restructuring, Southeast, Southsouth, Southwest, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua1 CommentViews:

By Aminu Habibu Jahun A few months to his eight year tenure, President Muhammadu Buhari delivered an economic and geopolitical master stroke with military precision: the Kolmani Oil Project... Read more

The Point is that Southern Kaduna is a National Risk

Posted By: adminon: July 23, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: Amnesty Program, ATM, Birnin Gwari, Niger Delta, Northern muslims, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Zangon LatabNo CommentsViews:

Southern Kaduna is a boiling cauldron. This does not require the ideologues and strategists of the conflict parties there to say so before Nigeria knows this. Even the Federal Government of... Read more

The North is on Fire But It Can Overcome – Hon Yakubu Dogara

Posted By: adminon: February 06, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: Ahmadu Bello Foundation, FCT, Kwara State, Saint Augustine, Umaru Musa Yar’AduaNo CommentsViews:

An alternative siren is wailing for the recovery of the North from its current heritage of violence based on conditions for that possibility that Honourable Yakubu Dogara, former Speaker of... Read more

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:

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

Buhari’s Ill-health Takes Centre Stage Finally

Posted By: adminon: May 02, 2017In: GovernanceTags: APC, Chief Bisi Akande, Ebun Adegboruwa, Sahara Reporters, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua1 CommentViews:

The post May Day holiday is beginning in Nigeria with concentration of national attention on the implications of presidential ill-health. Chief Bisi Akande, a former National Chairperson of... Read more

ASUU Versus FG: Nigeria’s 30 Year War Without Remedy

Posted By: adminon: November 18, 2016In: GovernanceTags: Abacha, Abdulsalami, Africa, ASUU, Babangida, Bukola Saraki, CBN, FG, IMF, Jonathan, NCC, NNPC, OBASANJO, Prof Ogunyemi, PSI, PTDF, Uganda, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, universities, World BankNo CommentsViews:

Universities in Africa remain a battleground. Makerere University in Uganda, a senior member of the club of the most prestigious universities in Africa in those days is currently under lock... Read more