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Gen Buhari, Gov Shekarau and TBO

By Jaafar Jaafar

When he had the opportunity to rule the country in the early 80s, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) exhibited the desire, with uncommon patriotism, to br...

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Gutter Politics of Kano: An Encounter with Adviser to the Governor

By Jaafar Jaafar

The soft night breeze zapped the humid atmosphere of the heatwave (tormenting the people of Kano) with its attendant coldness. The overhanging branche...

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Forgive Our Violence To Women

By Farouk Martins

Africa values relatives or community support system throughout the onerous miraculous period of childbirth in recognition of women's unique reproducti...

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Forces That Killed Third Term - The Untold Story

By Taiwo Adisa

culled from TRIBUNE, May 21, 2006Though it has been said that the third term project was not a well-thought-out one, following its mode of emergence o...

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Visions For 2007 - Foot Prints For A Home Grown Multi-Party Democracy

By Oluwagbemi Michael II

The next general election scheduled for 2007 have been generating heat in the polity of recent, rumors of impending candidates have been far flung and...

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Flashback To History: Yakubu Gowon And Fani-Kayode

By Nowa Omoigui

Shortly after daybreak on January 15, 1966, a small military convoy rolled into Ikoyi in Lagos after night operations at Ibadan, capital of then Weste...

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Fixing the Judicial Mêlée

By Olubusayo Michael Oluwagbemi II

In any democracy, the most important arm of government to the common man is the judiciary. The judiciary is often said to be the last hope of the comm...

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Fire On The Mountain

By T. O. Shobowale Benson

culled from GUARDIAN of December 1, 2003Fire On The Mountain was the signal chant for the political party war that erupted on the floor of the Western...

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FINANCING QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

By Otive Igbuzor, PhD

A KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED AT A ROUNDTABLE ORGANISED BY THE COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION (CEF) AT ROCKVIEW HOTEL, ABUJA ON 5TH SEPTEMBER, 20061.  &nbs...

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Financing NEEDS With Tax Revenues: Strategies That Make Sense

By Ikechi Okorie

culled from THIS DAY of June 24, 2004As part of reform efforts, developing countries have been under increasing pressure to decentralise their structu...

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Financing for Development: The Abuja Commitment to Action Adopted at the Abuja Conference, Abuja, Nigeria On 22 May 2006

By Abuja Conference

Financing for Development: The Abuja Commitment to Action Adopted at the Abuja Conference, Abuja, Nigeria On 22 May 20061. African Finance Ministers, ...

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Fiddling While Nigeria Burns

By Simon Kolawole

culled from THISDAY, February 26, 2006Ever since the third term "bogey" started, I have never been as sad as I was last week. While the country was on...

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Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War-Part 5

By Nowa Omoigui

OWERRI, 1969 - PART 5The Plot ThickensAlthough assisted by heavy rains, poor federal logistics and coordination along with overextended lines of commu...

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Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War - Part 4

By Nowa Omoigui

OWERRI, 1969 - PART 4Cutting off the 16th Bde in order to kill itThe Political and strategic contextFollowing the fall of Port Harcourt to federal tro...

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NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR FILE Federal Nigerian Army Blunders of the Nigerian Civil War - Part 2

By Nowa Omoigui

OWERRI, 1969 -  PART 2 Background to the Siege of Owerri The year 1968 opened up in earnest, continuing a pattern that had been set on ...

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