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EFCC Is an Imperfect Good

By Michael Oluwagbemi

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is perhaps the best thing to happen in the life of the current administration. Indeed, all those praises ...

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Chief Audu Ogbeh's Letter to President Olusegun Obasanjo

December 6, 2004His Excellency, The President, Commander-In-Chief, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abuja RE: ANAMBRA AND RELATED MATTERS&n...

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Culture and Democratic Governance

By G.G. Darah

(Text of the 1st Segun Olusola Annual Lecture held on June 3 at the Banquet hall, National Theatre, Lagos. The lecture was organised by National Assoc...

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Judgement Text: Five unregistered parties vs INEC

IN THE COURT OF APPEALABUJA JUDICIAL DIVISIONHOLDEN AT ABUJAON THURSDAY THE 26TH DAY OF JULY 2002BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPSHON. JUSTICE DAHIRU MUSDAPHER J...

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Counting The Costs Of The Third-Term Debacle

By Andrew Obinna Onyearu

On 16 May 2006, the Upper House of the legislature in Nigeria took the unprecedented and generally unexpected step of halting the debate on the contro...

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Corruption And The Nigerian Police

By Moses Ihonde

culled from GUARDIAN, August 9, 2006Today it is banal to observe that corruption is the bane of the Nigerian society. What seems more appropriate to d...

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Constitutional Amendment Not Sovereign National Conference Is Pathway To A Reformed Polity

By Adebayo Adejare

Contrary to popular thought, there is in fact no new 1999 Constitution. What we have is the re-adoption of the 1979 Constitution. Decree 24 i.e. the C...

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Constitutional Amendment And Public (hard) Hearings

By Pini Jason

culled from VANGUARD, March 10, 2006Exactly a week ago, I was on African Independent Television, AIT, morning programme, KAKAKI, to discuss the on-goi...

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Bureaucratic Anomalies: Conquering the Monster that have Bedeviled Governance

By Michael II Oluwagbemi,

It is often said that corruption and inefficiency is the hallmark of my beloved country: Nigeria. In one word, “Nigeria is a country that doesn’t ...

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Corruption versus Resources Management in Nigeria: What hopes for the 21st Century

By Peter Ayodele Fayose

INTRODUCTIONIT offers me immense pleasure to be here to present this paper on one of the greatest scourges besetting our country. I have chosen to spe...

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COUPS D'ETAT IN NIGERIA: HISTORY, SURVIVORS and VICTIMS.

COUPS: THE VICTIMS, THE SURVIVORSCulled from Vanguard of March 13, 1999.THE mere mention of coup d’etat, the unconstitutional and violent overthrow ...

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Cutting Corners On Civil Liberties

By Michael Oluwagbemi II

When the third term Agenda went down the drain, the president and his men left no one in doubt the entity they considered enemy. Even though he (the P...

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The Death of Rage

By Michael O. Oluwagbemi

 “To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.”  Abraham LincolnRecently, I read a similarly titled article written ...

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Court verdict on NLC and strike: Where Justice Ukeje erred

By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa

IntroductionON September 21, 2004, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, the Honourable Justice Roseline Ukeje, delivered a historic ruling castr...

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CONFRONTING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT QUESTION: Can this nation be anchored on variety?

By CHIMARAOKE NNAMANI

THE LECTUREUpon my belief that the substantive structure of this era of democracy will be anchored on debate and dialogue, I rejoice with all of you i...

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