Two Nigerian academics are each delivering an Inaugural Lecture within a week of each other in June 2026. Ordinarily, an Inaugural Lecture is a solemn but routine practice in that domain. Th... Read more
Mentees of University of Jos political scientist, Prof Audu Gambo, are stretching appreciation to a new height. PhD students he supervised have not only produced a Festschrift in his honour,... Read more
I have heard a huge share of the stuff he was made of, including his articulation of the Aiyetoro community as a socialist entity in a thesis to Harvard University, at a time positivism was... Read more
Some of Africa’s most established scholars are converging on Jos, the Plateau State capital, for the centenary of Frantz Fanon. The grand theme of the centenary is ‘Fanon and th... Read more
Those who didn’t sight any comets proclaiming Prof Jonah Isawa Elaigwu’s death at the venue of the ‘Evening of Tributes’ to him last Friday (10/10/2025) do not have to worry abou... Read more
All is set for colleagues of his in the academia in his life time, leaders and elders of the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), civil society activists, former students and legat... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja Although he carries a swagger stick, a signifying practice communicating authority or mystique in much of Africa, he doesn’t accept that he is an elder statesman yet. But he... Read more
First published in Sept 2024, this piece is republished as part of a quiet celebration of Prof W. O. Alli who turned 77 yesterday (24/07/20250. The original title has been amended but the co... Read more
Bits and pieces available to Intervention point at death giving Prof Jonah Isawa Elaigwu no signals or notice before striking. He died early Tuesday, July 22, 2025 within an hour or thereabo... Read more
The 28th World Congress of the International Political Science Association ended Wednesday, June 16th, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea with the announcement of the host of the 2027 version. It wi... Read more
