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Anglophone Escapes Africa’s Current Coup Wave As Sierra Leone Arrests Coup Leaders

Posted By: adminon: November 27, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: British West Africa, ECOWAS, French West Africa, President Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone, USNo CommentsViews:

The authorities in Sierra Leone says it has arrested the leaders of a security breach that started early Sunday, November 26th, 2023 with troops attacking a major armoury obviously to captur... Read more

Amb Nicholas Ella, Nura Rimi As a Window on 8 New Perm Secs in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: November 25, 2023In: GovernanceTags: Africa, CHINA, Egypt, Gen Joe Garba, Gen. Murtala Mohammed, Henry Kissinger, India, London, Nigerian foreign service, Nigeria’s neighbours, Prof Bolaji Akinyemi, US1 CommentViews:

Correction It has become necessary to correct two impressions created by this story, based on calls from readers. (1) This story did not imply that Ambassadors Nicholas Ella and Nura Rimi ar... Read more

Prof Adele Jinadu Has Killed a Conceptual Elephant

Posted By: adminon: August 12, 2023In: BookspaceTags: 'Judicial Activism', 'Jurisprudence of the crippled oracle', Democratisation, India, Kenya, MacArthur Foundation, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

The big question in the 53 page PDF text (at least the one Intervention got) is the tricky question of what judicial activism brings or takes away from democracy/democratisation as the case... Read more

NIPSS Alumni Cautions Against Military Action Over Coup in Niger Republic

Posted By: adminon: August 06, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: AAIN, ECOWAS, France, Germany, Italy, Niger Republic, Russia, USNo CommentsViews:

The Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI) is out with those cautioning the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against a military option in resolving the militar... Read more

France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, US, UK, China, All Subsidise Energy, Says Oil Chieftain, Majeed Dahiru

Posted By: adminon: July 01, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Aramco, Energy, Foreign investors, France, Fraud, Germany, GSM, Muhammadu Buhari, PMS, PRC China, Saudi Arabia, UK, US1 CommentViews:

The only difference between this and the previous version is the headline. Readers have rejected the previous headline and it stands changed. All other things about this deeply interesting i... Read more

On Sierra Leone’s Election into the UN Security Council

Posted By: adminon: June 07, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Britain, France, Kurt Waldheim, Republic of China, Russia, Salim Ahmed Salim, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, UNSC, USNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura Sierra Leone was elected into the UN Security Council June 6th, 2023. That is as a non-permanent member. The UN Security Council is composed of 15 members—five (US, Russia,... Read more

Strongest 105 Universities in the Social Science Subjects in the 2023 World University Subject Ranking

Posted By: adminon: March 22, 2023In: BookspaceTags: Africa, CHINA, Decoloniality, Global knowledge production, Latin America, Middle East, QS Subject ranking, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

It is time to get more insights into how well or not too well particular universities are teaching particular courses as QS World University Ranking releases its 2023 Subject Ranking. It is... Read more

The Comprador Intelligentsia

Posted By: adminon: February 19, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Center, Comprador intelligentsia, Islam, London, Mainland China, the West, US, Washington1 CommentViews:

By Branko Milanovic This writer recasts an age-old form of dependency into a fascinating new delivery. Read on: In “Orientalism”, Edward Said spoke of an orientalist as an interpreter... Read more

UI’s Professor Adigun Agbaje Kidnapped

Posted By: adminon: October 29, 2022In: GovernanceTags: DVC, Kidnappers, Terrorist attack, UI, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

Foremost Nigerian political scientist, Prof Adigun Agbaje has been reported kidnapped. How it happened and where are still out of details but the news of the professor’s fall into the... Read more

How Did Nigeria Perform in the Just Released 2023 THE World University Ranking?

Posted By: adminon: October 12, 2022In: SpectacleTags: Africa, Australia, CHINA, Oxford, SOAS, UI, UK, UNILAG, University of Cape Town, USNo CommentsViews:

The Times Higher Education, (THE), one of the six or so conducting its own world ranking of universities, is out with the 2023 exercise. There is nothing earth shaking in it as the United Ki... Read more