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HOW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAN EMPOWER THE POLICE TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY IN NIGERIA

By Emmanuel Uzo Obi

This is a very vast and technical subject, but I have avoided the technical aspects to discuss in simple language how IT can empower the Police and ot...

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How Have Your Governors Performed?

By Jide Ajani

culled from VANGUARD, November 09, 2005A performance rating of the 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja by National Plan...

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How Gowon's Leadership Style Saved Nigeria

By Chief Sunday Awoniyi

This is to honour a man whose life should be a lesson to all of us. Power is intoxicating, and probably more so in Nigeria, with our ever-present batt...

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How Arrogance Of Power Predicts The End Of The World

By Farouk Martins, Omo Aresa

Those religious fellows who are predicting apocalypse forget that the world is so old; the number of years the world exits compared to our time here i...

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How and Why Corruption Persists in Nigeria – And Some Simple Things to Do About It -

By Mobolaji Aluko,

INTRODUCTIONVery recently, Transparency International (TI) came out again with its TI Corruption Perceptions Index.  Were it not for strife-torn ...

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How Anambra Governorship Poll Was Rigged

By Tony Edike

culled from VANGUARD, Sunday, December 26, 2004Nigerians were again stunned last Tuesday when the Anambra political godfather, Chief Chris Uba, opened...

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How A Self-Succession Bid has Turned Nigeria into “Animal Farm”

By Mobolaji Aluko, Ph.D.

It is “déjà vu”  all over again!If you have read  the George Orwell’s  book “Animal Farm”, then you will understand why I h...

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Hope in the Land of Dashed Hopes

By TIME MAGAZINE - EDITORIAL Published: March 7, 2005 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/07/opinion/07mon1.html?hp&oref=login

source:  TIME MAGAZINE -  EDITORIAL Published: March 7, 2005http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/07/opinion/07mon1.html?hp&oref=loginFor more ...

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HISTORY OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN NIGERIA -Part 1

By Nowa Omoigui, MD, MPH, FACC

Introduction and DefinitionAccording to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the phrase "Civil-Military relations" encompasses all "activiti...

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HISTORY AND THE TRAGEDY OF 1989

By Edwin Madunagu

 Culled from GUARDIAN April 3, 2003I consider the year 1989 a tragic one in the history of post-independenceNigeria. Coincidentally, the year was...

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Hisbah: In Defense of Information Minister

By Jaafar S. Jaafar

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have visions. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet – Theodore M. HesburghWhat would you do if yo...

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His Eyes On The Presidency

By Ademola Adegbamigbe

culled fron THE NEWS, May 30, 2006It was Ramadan in 2005, the month-long period when Muslims give up food, drink, smoking and sexual activity during t...

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Healing Powers

By Joshua Hammer

African women are starting to take charge—making new laws, changing old attitudes, inspiring others to follow their lead. Who will help them mend a ...

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HAS THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT FINALLY COME TO NIGERIA?

By Chukwuemeka Uche Onuora

The underlying cautious optimism expressed in the title of this piece is an indication of the subtle changes that experts on the ground and soldiers i...

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Handcuffing White-Collar Corruption in Nigeria

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD

INTRODUCTIONRecently, a cut-off picture has been circulating around the world of  a pair of handcuffs on a pair of hands surrounding by resplende...

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From the Powell Memo to Project 2025: How a 1971 Corporate Strategy Became a Global Template for Power

By Segun Toyin Dawodu

From the Powell Memo to Project 2025: How a 1971 Corporate Strategy Became a Global Template for Power In August 1971, a corporate lawyer named L...

The Market’s Mood Ring: How Volatility Across Assets Traces a Hidden Geometry of Sentiment

By Philip Obazee

The Market’s Mood Ring: How Volatility Across Assets Traces a Hidden Geometry of SentimentIf you want a fast, honest way to describe modern markets,...

Nigeria’s grid collapses are not ‘bad luck’ – They are a design failure, and we know how to fix them

By Philip Obazee

Nigeria’s grid collapses are not ‘bad luck’ – They are a design failure, and we know how to fix themFirst published in VANGUARD on February 3,...

Islands of Credibility: Nigeria’s Best Reform Strategy Starts in the States

By Philip Obazee

Islands of Credibility: Nigeria’s Best Reform Strategy Starts in the StatesFirst published in VANGUARD on January 31, 2026 https://www.vanguard...

Project 2025 Agenda and Healthcare in Nigeria

By Segun Toyin Dawodu

Project 2025 Agenda and Healthcare in NigeriaThe US and Nigeria signed a five-year $5.1B Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on December 19, 2025, to bo...

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