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Election 2003: NDI Preliminary Report

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

Compatriots:NDI is one of many foreign monitors of our ongoing elections.  Below you will find its official preliminary statement.It is significa...

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On Governor "Queen" Alamieyeseigha's Escape from London

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD

INTRODUCTIONThe period between September 15, 2005, when Bayelsa State Governor and former Nigerian Air Force Squadron Leader  Diepreye Solomon Pe...

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On The Resignation of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala From The Obasanjo Administration

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

The August 3, 2006 resignation of the Nigeria's erstwhile Minister for Finance - and more lately Foreign Minister - Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is intrig...

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Our Nigeria: A Perpetually Scandal-Ridden Society?

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

The latest scandal of the moment, following last week’s  break of the Bribery-For-Budget Education Ministry/National Assembly scandal, is the o...

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Parliamentary/Presidential System, Regionalism and Resource Control in Nigeria

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

Stipulation of and Separation of Powers 1.  It is useful to consider:           - the Executive    &...

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The “Big Big” Salaries of the “Diaspora” Ministers

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

 INTRODUCTIONNigeria is a funny place – and a dangerous one to boot.  The ongoing controversy over the “big big” differential pay bein...

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The Administration of Nigeria 1900 to 1960 - excerpt

By Excerpts from I. F. Nicolson

The Governor General of Nigeria, Sir James Robertson, told me in 1960 why the British had decided to destroy democracy at its birth in this giant empi...

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Towards Successful 2007 Election

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

Dear Compatriots:INTRODUCTION Having studied VERY CLOSELY what went seriously wrong in the last three elections in Nigeria, I believe that a clos...

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OPERATION 'AURE' The Northern Military Counter-Rebellion of 1966

By Nowa Austin Omoigui, MD

BACKGROUNDIn the early hours of January 15, 1966, citing a laundry list of complaints against the political class, there was a military rebellion in N...

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Poverty in Nigeria …eroding the dignity of man

By Chimaraoke Nnamani

The fifth edition of pre- convocation Dignity of Man Lecture series of the University of Nigeria Alumni Association (UNAA) Princess Alexandria Hall, U...

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