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Dr. Segun Osoba: History Behind the History

Posted By: adminon: July 01, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Border Studies, Class analysis, Dr. Segun Osoba, European historiography, General Tunde Idiagbon, Ibadan School of History, NSO, Prof Ade Ajayi, Prof Alfa Konare, Prof Emmanuel Ayandele, Prof JC Anene, Prof Kenneth Dike, Prof Sabiu Biobaku, UNILAGNo CommentsViews:
Dr. Segun Osoba: History Behind the History

Dr. Segun Osoba, the extraordinarily farsighted Historian of ruling class make-up and ex-don at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife is due for burial July 2nd, 2026. He is one of the very fe... Read more

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The Onoge Shock

Posted By: adminon: January 16, 2026In: World From AfricaTags: ABU, African Literature, Chinua Achebe, Harvard, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Prof Abiola Irele, Prof Omafume Onoge, Prof Victor Adetula, UI, UNIBEN, UNIFE, UNIJOS, UNILAG, UNNNo CommentsViews:
The Onoge Shock

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

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As Chief Dan Agbese Makes His Way Back to God

Posted By: adminon: November 17, 2025In: FlashbackTags: Agila, Mass Communications, The Nigeria Standard, UNILAGNo CommentsViews:
As Chief Dan Agbese Makes His Way Back to God

Intervention did not think much of when his column no longer appeared and he was not in the news anywhere too. It should have struck that something was probably wrong. It didn’t because Chie... Read more

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Reveal Your Head, It Cannot Be Hidden: The Unmasking of the PYMN and the Student Movement in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: April 08, 2025In: FlashbackTags: ABU Zaria, ASUU, BUK, Emma Ezeazu, Feminists, Marxists, MPN, NANS, NCNC, NLC, NUNS, NYM, PYMN, Segun Okeowo, UNIJOS, UNILAG, UNN, WIN, YUSSAN, ZikistsNo CommentsViews:
Reveal Your Head, It Cannot Be Hidden: The Unmasking of the PYMN and the Student Movement in Nigeria

By Y. Z. Ya’u Cde Y. Z Yáu, the Executive Director of the Kano based Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), delivered this review of the book Aluta Continua: The Story of... Read more

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Prof. Bolaji Akinwande Akinyemi, the Pathfinder and Mentor, is 83 Years Old!

Posted By: adminon: January 12, 2025In: People in ActionTags: Babangida, BRICS, Economic diplomacy, Libya, Murtala/Obasanjo, NADECO, NIIA, NSIA, Prof Victor Adetula, Prof W O Alli, SAP, TAC, UI, UNILAG, USANo CommentsViews:
Prof. Bolaji Akinwande Akinyemi, the Pathfinder and Mentor, is 83 Years Old!

By Prof Hassan Saliu Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, a renowned political scientist, administrator, public intellectual, and international relations’ expert, added another year to his age on January... Read more

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40 Years After Idiagbon’s Terrifying Invitation Following My Inaugural Lecture in 1984 – Prof Anthony Asiwaju

Posted By: adminon: December 14, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: African History, AU Commission, Border Studies, General Muhammadu Buhari, General Tunde Idiagbon, Ibadan School of History, NIPSS, NSO, OLA Secondary School – Ijebu Ode, Prof Ade Ajayi, Prof Alfa Konare, Prof Emmanuel Ayandele, Prof JC Anene, Prof Kenneth Dike, Prof Sabiu Biobaku, UNILAGNo CommentsViews:
40 Years After Idiagbon’s Terrifying Invitation Following My Inaugural Lecture in 1984 – Prof Anthony Asiwaju

On December 12th, 1984 starting from 4 pm at the University of Lagos, Prof Anthony Asiwaju, then the Dean of the university’s Faculty of Arts, delivered an Inaugural Lecture crisply titled A... Read more

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Prof Adelaja Odukoya Odutola, Scholar-Activist Adds Another Year to His Age

Posted By: adminon: May 08, 2024In: People in ActionTags: ASUU, Comparative Political Economy, Marxism, Political Science, SIRA, UNILAGNo CommentsViews:
Prof Adelaja Odukoya Odutola, Scholar-Activist Adds Another Year to His Age

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu The University of Lagos (UNILAG) was one of the universities established in Nigeria in 1962. Its establishment cannot be divorced from the agitation for more indigeno... Read more

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Two Abuja Based Universities Experience Own Share of Turmoil

Posted By: adminon: May 04, 2024In: BookspaceTags: Catholic Church, Prof Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, UI, UNILAG, University of Abuja, University of Warwick, Veritas UniversityNo CommentsViews:
Two Abuja Based Universities Experience Own Share of Turmoil

Two of some of Abuja’s best-known universities are in turmoil. Activities at the University of Abuja is grounded due to a strike action declared by the local branch of the Academic Staff Uni... Read more

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24th Year of Dr Jibril Bala Mohammed’s Death: Tribute to My Brother and A Revolutionary

Posted By: adminon: March 21, 2024In: People in ActionTags: Binta, Kwaya Tera, Marxism – Leninism, Student unionism, UNILAGNo CommentsViews:
24th Year of Dr Jibril Bala Mohammed’s Death: Tribute to My Brother and A Revolutionary

By Abdullah Dan’azumi Golkos The days keep rolling. Year after year, I could still feel the emptiness and the refusal of his memory to fade. It remains evergreen. Even though death has robbe... Read more

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When Former NANS Leaders Turned Cecelia Abashi’s Burial to a Trip Into History

Posted By: adminon: February 28, 2024In: People in ActionTags: BUK, College of Education -Akwanga, June 4th, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, MAAS, NANS, Nasarawa Eggon, NLC, Olisa Agbakoba, UNILAG, University of Calabar, ‘Democratic centralismNo CommentsViews:
When Former NANS Leaders Turned Cecelia Abashi’s Burial to a Trip Into History

It was the burial of one of their own. For Cecelia Abashi was not a radical by association with the late husband, Chris Abashi. She was the personification of radicalism – stubborn in... Read more

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