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Reconstitute Top Echelon of the Security Forces, Middle Belt Forum Tells Buhari

Posted By: adminon: June 27, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: CAN, DSS, MACBAN, MBF, Miyetti Allah, USNo CommentsViews:

The Middle Belt Forum, (MBF), the socio-cultural platform enacting the central Nigerian region has taken the current reactions to the latest round of killings across three local government a... Read more

Expansão’s ‘Intriguing Front Page Cover’

Posted By: adminon: May 13, 2018In: FlashbackTags: CHINA, US, World BankNo CommentsViews:

By Yinka Adegoke There was an intriguing front page cover by the Angolan newspaper, Expansão, this week. It declared, “Every Angolan owes $745 to China”. It also listed debt to other countri... Read more

Veritas University Discusses Governance, Separatist Agitations and the the Nigerian State

Posted By: adminon: March 01, 2018In: BookspaceTags: CEPAD, Chatham House, Clash of Civilisation, NATO, NPSA, Rohingya Muslim Crisis, UN, USNo CommentsViews:

From Abuja where a think tank’s platform which interrogated the distinction between Procedural and Substantive Democracy degenerated into an analytics war early February to Bayero University... Read more

C2C (5b): PhD Scholarships

Posted By: adminon: January 07, 2018In: BookspaceTags: Canada, France, Germany, Norway, PhD, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

Dr. Ursula Mandel Scholarship at University of California, USA 2018 Applicants are invited to apply for Dr. Ursula Mandel Scholarship to conduct doctoral programme in fields related to medic... Read more

Dangerous Moment for Mugabe?

Posted By: adminon: November 19, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Botswana, CHINA, Gen Chiwenga, JACOB ZUMA, SOUTH AFRICA, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

(Former) President Robert Mugbabe overthrown about a week ago might be running a risk by not resigning or accepting the option of stepping out to exile to provide for political settlement. T... Read more

Gen Victor Malu, Nigeria and ECOMOG

Posted By: adminon: November 02, 2017In: FlashbackTags: ECOWAS, First Gulf War, Katsina Ala, Liberia, NATO, NNS AMBE, The Gambia, USNo CommentsViews:

By Paul Ejime Originally published as “Tribute to Gen Victor Malu, Nigeria’s ECOMOG Hero” on Pambazuka Online, (Nov. 2nd, 2017), this piece provides solid, additional bits that ties together... Read more

Another Opportunity for African Media Scholars and Activists

Posted By: adminon: September 29, 2017In: BookspaceTags: AHRC, CHINA, DFID, IAMCR, Independent journalism, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

Media scholars and activists who are still up and doing even as academia is in disarray in much of Africa have another opportunity to beef themselves up. A major symposium on “The Relationsh... Read more

General T Y Danjuma Puts Resilience at the Heart of Nigeria’s National Security

Posted By: adminon: April 21, 2017In: GovernanceTags: 'Happiness Studies', CITAD, General TY Danjuma, IMF/World Bank, PCNI, UK, UN, United States Institute of Peace, USNo CommentsViews:

Nigeria appears to have formally given a nod for utilization of resilience as backbone of personnel, local, regional and national shock therapy against uncertainties of the times. General Th... Read more

Chibok Girls in the De-securitising Paradox of Storming Sambisa Forest

Posted By: adminon: December 31, 2016In: GovernanceTags: buhari, Chad, CHINA, Convenience sampling, France, Goodluck Jonathan, Israel, Nigerian troops, Professor Barry Buzan, Professor Michael Williams, Professor Ole Weaver, Richard Ullman, Storming Sambisa, UK, University of Aberswyth, USNo CommentsViews:

Chibok Girls in the De-securitising Paradox of Storming Sambisa Forest By Adagbo ONOJA This Special Report follows a slightly different format by starting with the data before raising... Read more

Reloading Nigeria’s Risk Baggage in 2017, (Part 3)

Posted By: adminon: December 28, 2016In: GovernanceTags: 21st Century Scramble for Africa, Africa Mining Vision, AFRICOM, Battleground Africa, Brazil, CHINA, France intervention in Mali, Gaddafi, India, Japan, Margreat Carol Lee, NATO, NIGERIA, Russia, USNo CommentsViews:

Reloading Nigeria’s Risk Baggage in 2017, (Part 3) The third and the conclusion of a three-part Special Report discuss the ‘Battleground Africa’ risk baggage in relation to Nigeria. In bring... Read more