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Updated: Further Intellectualising the Middle Belt Struggles

Posted By: adminon: May 02, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: CONAECDA, David Lot, Dr. Elizabeth Afadzwana Ivase, Joseph S. Tarka, MZL, NML, Patrick Dokotri, UMB, UMBC, Willink Commission for the MinoritiesNo CommentsViews:

A Special Report by Patrick Sunday Ibbi (patricksundayibbi@gmail.com) On the 30th of April, 2022, a passionate assembly of middle-belters in Nigeria was made possible by the Zoom platform,... Read more

On the Raging Violent Conflict Between Konshisha and Oju LGAs of Benue State

Posted By: adminon: July 01, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: COE – Oju, DPO Oju, Gboko Division, Idoma Native Authority, Igede, Otukpo Division, Tiv, UMBCNo CommentsViews:

The Bonta community in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State is currently locked in a bloody clash with the people of Ukpute in Oju LGA, also of Benue State. The account of the viol... Read more

Mapping the Changing Phases, Phrases and Fortunes of the Northern Elite Up to the Era of Banditry (2)

Posted By: adminon: May 11, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: 'IRA Wing', 'One nation, 'One Nation One Destiny', Janjaweed, NPC, NPN, UMBC, UPNNo CommentsViews:

All eyes are on the Northern elite again but in what sense of the word? There was a time when this would have been an aimless question. That was when what Prof John Paden called the c... Read more

21st Century Awoism, The 2019 Elections And The Remaking Of The Nigerian Project

Posted By: adminon: April 12, 2019In: SpectacleTags: Awosm, NCNC, NPC, NPC/NCNC Coalition, Option A4, Polling Machines, Prof Attahiru Jega, Prof Yakubu Mahmood, Prof. Ahmadu Jalingo, UMBCNo CommentsViews:

Already published elsewhere under the title “Political Analysis: 2019 Elections And The Remaking Of The Nigerian Project”, this piece is republished here on its reception @ Intervention for... Read more

Violence in Middle Belt is History Gone Sour & Criminality, Not Jihad – Radical Activists

Posted By: adminon: July 14, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: BYM, INGO, NEPU, UMBC1 CommentViews:

The battle of perspectives on violence in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region is far from being over. Perspectives on the current phase of violence in the region has been proliferating, from those... Read more

Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma and the Paradox of Power (2)

Posted By: adminon: March 11, 2018In: People in ActionTags: ABU Zaria, EFCC, IBB, Kwaghir Theatre, Kwararafa University, Nollywood, Theatre Arts, UI, UMBCNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA By what stretch of imagination would anyone call someone who was before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) a great man? Or, how could a governor who could n... Read more

Parting Shot: Kwararafa Owns Nigeria – Jukun Leader Jibrin Amfani

Posted By: adminon: October 28, 2016In: GovernanceTags: Aku Uka, Borno State, Cameroun, Chad, Dr Shekarau Angyu Masa Ibi Kuvyon II, Gov Darius Ishaku, Kwararafa Empire, Niger, Sokoto State, Taraba State, UMBC, WukariNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Later today in Taraba State, someone who was not a state official at the point of death would receive a state burial. That would suggest a lot about his place in popular cons... Read more