<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:39:04 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@adepentane/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Media Side of the Raid on Katsina School]]></title><description><![CDATA[Insecurity in Nigeria has taken a definite media dimension. This is not unusual. It is always part of the communication strategy of terrorists or purveyors of violence. They know that modern wars are about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/intervention-steem/@adepentane/themediasideoftheraidonkatsinaschool-sde34eohcdfwm78vef64</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intervention-steem/@adepentane/themediasideoftheraidonkatsinaschool-sde34eohcdfwm78vef64</guid><category><![CDATA[intervention-steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adepentane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2020 09:30:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgeRujE1GW4UgkgNxhYtw7gYY8QgXNCmhZY9C1ZUz8MfwH2U2of8Tb2h8SYaLcXQLN7C1EvuR1T68nBgeHe1SSPSi4cjULNNejQWnkKdyabJbj9Xk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another International Observer Mission Rules Out Systematic Fraud in U.S. Presidential Election]]></title><description><![CDATA[International Observers may have stolen the thunder from Donald Trump’s protests over the conduct of last week’s presidential polls in the country. Although a number of developments have occurred since]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/intervention-steem/@adepentane/anotherinternationalobservermissionrulesoutsystematicfraudinuspresidentialelection-r0b08zdptpi7xjo4khwd</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intervention-steem/@adepentane/anotherinternationalobservermissionrulesoutsystematicfraudinuspresidentialelection-r0b08zdptpi7xjo4khwd</guid><category><![CDATA[intervention-steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adepentane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 06:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gPShs3KDkR7G24qCr8Fbh6UYx8EQmNcPHepiLJta1VwhYZm5eKEZ8PLDg2TpqANWcEJ9p5atPRnJTezXmbhfKYrtzdoT2oVndbaKrgNRqPPFkn3e93eHEFY4C6agpx7QqPnJE798YwhAtbYPaUHTvhRoTktw8Bg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nigerians Reflect on Dr Yima Sen and Radical Politics]]></title><description><![CDATA[It will be another Nigeria in conversation Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 when radical nationalists, patriots, family, friends, colleagues and sundry activists gather to pay homage to the late Dr. Yima]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/intervention-steem/@adepentane/nigeriansreflectondryimasenandradicalpolitics-8iogdn2cik7xv5hr4s3h</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intervention-steem/@adepentane/nigeriansreflectondryimasenandradicalpolitics-8iogdn2cik7xv5hr4s3h</guid><category><![CDATA[intervention-steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adepentane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 03:05:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsMkh58T6aCqw77rfP5CTr23MKYX8kb1qDb3Z8KSrK4fwpqRma4XTERcrxmYRk64rX3aqhEduHNHsc955gGZjQvYpPcz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[50 Nigerian CSOs Hit Against Police Hot Pursuit of Barrister Saida Saad]]></title><description><![CDATA[50 civil society organisations are challenging the Kano Police Command over an obvious hot pursuit the command has mounted to get at a Kaduna based Barrister for yet to be declared infraction. 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The Risk Society is not a theory of Nigerian politics but its main argument applies very well to Nigeria. Nigeria had no experience of a terrorist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/intervention-steem/@adepentane/profibrahimgambariandarisksociety-g8jxbcc1vq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intervention-steem/@adepentane/profibrahimgambariandarisksociety-g8jxbcc1vq</guid><category><![CDATA[intervention-steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adepentane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2020 07:01:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Can Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir Perform Friday Congregational Prayer Amidst FG Coronavirus Restrictions?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir’s congressional prayers in Jos today has provoked an angry reaction in this piece by Comrade Muhammed Ishaq, PhD in Mathematics from the University of Khartoum in Sudan and a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/intervention-steem/@adepentane/howcansheikhsaniyahayajingirperformfridaycongregationalprayeramidstfgcoronavirusrestrictions-q3io4e0u7r</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intervention-steem/@adepentane/howcansheikhsaniyahayajingirperformfridaycongregationalprayeramidstfgcoronavirusrestrictions-q3io4e0u7r</guid><category><![CDATA[intervention-steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adepentane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 22:12:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72LabVKvCKRJsWKnmp1SHJNBA8C4HGqvTETMjJtG5TBjXFAuGVpnuf6BNyR37SUUwmASAy7s4gRHW6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women's Voices on the Big Question of Unequal Powers and the 2020 International Women’s Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is 2020 International Women’s Day and all manner of actors are identifying and posing their own puzzle about ‘The Women Question’. 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Z Y’a’u* The 14th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), which was held in Berlin, Germany from 25 to 29 November 2019, had the contestable theme of “One World. One Net. One Vision”.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/intervention-steem/@adepentane/thegenderstormoverartificialintelligencethe2019berlininternetgovernanceforum-5i7yyv018d</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/intervention-steem/@adepentane/thegenderstormoverartificialintelligencethe2019berlininternetgovernanceforum-5i7yyv018d</guid><category><![CDATA[intervention-steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adepentane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2020 17:30:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/KWcVEiwEzuiCuWGZvNchB5TprxK4rstmHAdeHy9oQqKxmz5AXpnzAJh4Hk7TFkr6PdG67Cf5KzuCQQDf8A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donald Trump, Iran and the Howl of a Dying Empire?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether the United States is a declining power has been a subject of a long debate since the mid 1980s. 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He died on 27 August 1979, two weeks before I took up a one year lectureship appointment at Dalhousie University]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bbcworldservice/@adepentane/dryusufbanguraex-abuzariapoliticalscientistpaystributetolatefather-43gqalnytq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bbcworldservice/@adepentane/dryusufbanguraex-abuzariapoliticalscientistpaystributetolatefather-43gqalnytq</guid><category><![CDATA[bbcworldservice]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[adepentane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 20:00:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCKrngfrumXTXkUA5LPG3E9tiisouwegrLuQQjMsMwXHWTBCDe3Q37FARY9YaAsbLMaabxgX4s11oGVLVsDS3UUZjX6qw4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Explodes, Tackles Army Over Shooting of Toughest Undercover Cops]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Nigeria Police can barely contain institutional anger against the Nigerian Army for the shooting of three of its crack undercover operatives Wednesday in Taraba State in Northeast of Nigeria. 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