“Abandoned Properties”: Reengaging a Post-Nigerian Civil War Narrative.

WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Professor Olutayo Charles Adesina, Head, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan Moderator: Dr Vivian Chenxue Lu,Assistant Professor of Anthropology (at Lincoln Center) Department of Sociology and Anthropology Date: January 14, 2021 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 )  Platform: Zoom Registration Link:https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlcOygrTwsEtNpow4vLxg3rjuooOta3JaJ Video Link:

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A Philosophical Exploration of the Events of January 15, 1970 and the #EndSARS Protest in Nigeria

by Frederick Ifeanyi Obananya, OP Dominican Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria.fredifeanyi21@gmail.com “Protests have always been part of political development. Resistance has been an important part of getting heard. The interests of the people are downplayed at the peril of the ruling class. Consequently, oppression sparks off resistance.” (Peniel Momoh) January 15, 1970 will ever remain unforgettable to

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Leniency and Transitional Justice During and Post Conflict : Updates and Lessons from Somalia, Nigeria and Colombia

WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Dr Vanda Felbab-Brown, Director, Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors / Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institution .Moderator: Dr Uyi Lawani, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Lewis College of Business, Marshall Univeristy Date: December 9, 2020 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link:https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpf-CspjksH9QWCcBleFpjM9u3kR97s_tK Video Link:

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Dr Vanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown is a senior fellow in the Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. She is the director of the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors.She is also the co-director of the Africa Security Initiative and the Brookings series on opioids:“The Opioid Crisis in America: Domestic and International Dimensions.

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A Projection for Equity in Nigeria’s Democracy through a Retrospective Lens of Protest and Power in Classical Antiquity

by Peniel Momoh Dominican University For the people are all in all.                                                                                      

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Women Empowerment through the Village Seed Entrepreneurs (VSEs) Programme in South South and South East, Nigeria

by Bridget Omosuwa Alegieunu Globally, women empowerment and entrepreneurship issues have been key factors in the development process, specifically whenr there is reference to poverty alleviation. However, efforts at empowering women have encountered setbacks both at the theoretical and empirical levels particularly due to the seeming vagueness in the definition and analysis of the word

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Citizens without Sovereignty: An Evaluation of the Philosophy behind the #EndSARS Campaign in Response to Anthony Ayotunde Olayoku

by Frederick Ifeanyi Obananya, OP Dominican Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria. fredifeanyi21@gmail.com; +234 703 232 1081 The recent article by Anthony Ayotude Olayoku titled: “The #EndSars Campaign and Reimaging the Nigerian Police Force” is an important contribution that mostly resonates with my ideas on the current advocacy. I agree with him that it is the responsibility of

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SUSTAINABILITY IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR: LESSONS FROM RWANDA

by Bridget Alegieunu The position that people should aspire to having a healthy mind in a healthy body portrays how integral the health-care system is to the wholesome functioning of man as an individual. This implies that people should take out time to look out for both their bodily and mental health. It is little

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THE #ENDSARS CAMPAIGN AND REIMAGING THE NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE

by Anthony Ayotunde Olayoku The foremost duty of the Nigerian government in protecting the lives and properties of its citizens was well spelled out in 14(2) (b) of the Constitution which states that ‘the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government. The primacy of security in governance is not

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