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The Police Week in Akwa Ibom and the Akpabio Paradox

Posted By: adminon: May 01, 2025In: SpectacleTags: 2nd Republic, Akwa Ibom, Bala Usman, Civil society, Claude Ake, Eskor Toyo, Left, Nigeria Police Force, NPN, Obong Victor Attah, Okonkwo, PRP, PSC, Senator Ahmed Mallamadori, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Tennyson, UPNNo CommentsViews:
The Police Week in Akwa Ibom and the Akpabio Paradox

By Adagbo Onoja There would be nothing wrong in calling the week (April 27 – May 2nd, 2025) the Nigeria Police week in Akwa Ibom State, the week having started with a dinner night organised... Read more

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Prof Okpaga Adagba, Unassuming Lecturer, Retires from BENSU

Posted By: adminon: April 16, 2024In: People in ActionTags: Ado-Ekiti, Ago-Iwoye, BENSU, Ekpoma and Ojo, Otebeche 1, UPN, Yala Traditional Council in Cross River StateNo CommentsViews:
Prof Okpaga Adagba, Unassuming Lecturer, Retires from BENSU

By Prof Hassan A. Saliu There was a time in Nigeria when there were only a few universities. Competition for admissions was therefore stiff among prospective admission-seekers. Consequently,... Read more

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The MetaTinubu Game and the Fuel Subsidy Decision

Posted By: adminon: June 04, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Awoism, Claude Ake, Dangote, elite fragmentation, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, Fuel subsidy, Simulation, Stalinism, UPNNo CommentsViews:
The MetaTinubu Game and the Fuel Subsidy Decision

By Adagbo Onoja There are Nigerians who must go beyond whether President Tinubu is a good or a bad phenomenon, Nigerians who must be more concerned with managing the phenomenon in such a way... Read more

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Socialism and Religion Are Not Antagonistic of Each Other – Major Adeyi, HoD, Political Science, University of Jos

Posted By: adminon: March 28, 2022In: BookspaceTags: Chief Awolowo, Eneke the bird, Marxism, Obafemi, Ontological standpoint, Religion, UPNNo CommentsViews:
Socialism and Religion Are Not Antagonistic of Each Other - Major Adeyi, HoD, Political Science, University of Jos

The original intention for putting a call through to him was to question his daily practice of dispatching religious texts through his WhatsApp. It is not that the religious text messages ar... Read more

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Predicting Yoruba Politics in the Aftermath of Ayo Fasanmi’s Demise

Posted By: adminon: July 30, 2020In: People in ActionTags: Afenifere, Awoism, NPN, UPN, Yoruba-centricNo CommentsViews:
Predicting Yoruba Politics in the Aftermath of Ayo Fasanmi’s Demise

What tendency will prevail in Yoruba politics in the aftermath of the death early this morning of elder statesman, Ayo Fasanmi? This angle to the death recommends itself given how age and de... Read more

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Bauchi State Worse Than Kano in Observing COVID-19 Restrictions on Movement

Posted By: adminon: April 12, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: ISMA, Keke- NAPEP, Oxfam, PRP, UPNNo CommentsViews:
Bauchi State Worse Than Kano in Observing COVID-19 Restrictions on Movement

Bauchi State in the Northeast of Nigeria has a worse record than Kano State in the Northwest in terms of citizens’ compliance with the restrictions on movement in the wake of COVID-19, anoth... Read more

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

  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

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Mapping the Changing Phases, Phrases and Fortunes of the Northern Elite Up to the Era of Banditry (1)

Posted By: adminon: May 08, 2019In: SpectacleTags: CIA, Dodan Barracks, IBB, Kaduna Mafia, Maitatsine Revolt, NNDC, NPN, Super Five, Tafidan Katsina, UPN, Yoruba Financial - Industrial OligarchyNo CommentsViews:
Mapping the Changing Phases, Phrases and Fortunes of the Northern Elite Up to the Era of Banditry (1)

All eyes are on the Northern elite again. Provoked this time by the generalized insecurity that has seized the country, the representational turbulence has seen pundits, critics and sundry a... Read more

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Intellectual Fury on Election Violence in Nigeria Part 2: The Smart Card Readers Controversy

Posted By: adminon: November 04, 2016In: GovernanceTags: Chief Awolowo, Dr Okadigbo, Dr Steve Adeshina, EFCC, Engineer Nuru Yakubu, Goodluck Jonathan, INEC, Mohammadu Buhari, NCC, Prof Abubakar Momoh, Prof Attahiru Jega, Prof O B C Nwolise, Professor Isawa Elaigwu, PVC, SCRs, SIM, UPNNo CommentsViews:
Intellectual Fury on Election Violence in Nigeria Part 2: The Smart Card Readers Controversy

By Adagbo Onoja Technology, argued Professor Isawa Elaigwu in a recent interview with this newspaper, will take Africa out of its present stretch. In the muted follow up to that interview he... Read more

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