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AFRICA: The Challenge Of State Building

By Ojo Maduekwe

culled from THIS DAY, November 21, 2004The year was 1966. The clouds of civil war were on the horizon. I had just enrolled as a Freshman Law Student a...

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Abuja As A Hi-Tech Hub For Innovation, Entrepreneurship, And Knowledge Exchange

By Chukwuemeka Uche Onuora

A paper presented at the IT thematic panel for the 2-day NIDO convention in Atlanta between October 17 and October 18 2003[1].Introduction (Preamble, ...

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Abduction of Oil Workers: Matters Arising

February 9, 2006 culled from The Guardian It was indeed a great relief for Nigerians and the entire world, as militants in the Niger Delta finall...

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Africa’s Re-development Needs: A Nigerian Perspective

By John Adeleke

source: http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-G8/nigeria_2660.jspNigeria is a west African giant of huge human and economic potential. What must ...

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Adenuga, Fasawe, Atiku, Obasanjo and EFCC - A Chronology of Events (1999 - 2007)

By Mobolaji Aluko

Compatriots:The unfolding events in our country vis-a-vis President Obasanjo and Vice-President Abubakar are dizzying.  They require careful hand...

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A Politician And The Legacy Bequeathed To The Society

By Ibiyinka Solarin

President Olusegun Obasanjo is many things to those who admire him and many other things to those who do not. I think though, that both admirers and &...

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Memo To My Colleagues: A Case For A State Of Emergency In Anmbra State

By Arthur Nzeribe

The Senate will debate the Anambra crisis on January 11th 2005, on return from recess being the “next” legislative day pursuant to Senate Standing...

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A Flawed Democracy

By Reuben Abati

culled from GUARDIAN, May 28, 2006Tomorrow May 29 is the seventh anniversary of Nigeria's return to democratic rule after years of failed experiments ...

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A Birthday Gift For Babangida

By Reuben Abati

culled from GUARDIAN, August 20, 2006If the organizers of the 65th birthday celebrations of General Ibrahim Babangida, Nigeria's former President, 198...

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A better Approach To Governor Ibori’s Developmental Efforts In Warri

By Frank Edegware

From the spectre of unremitting ethnic schisms, rabid militancy, unrelenting anarchy and consummate anguish the vocabulary of events emanating from an...

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A Leopard Does Not Change Its Stripes: A Stand-up Comedy 2006?

By Michael Oluwagbemi II

Two events this past week have convinced me the above statement is correct: Census 2006 and iBB’s interview. Gosh! We are in a very funny country- w...

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AREMU, Your Satanic Deeds Will Truncate Nigeria's Democracy.

By Lanre Banjo

It is evident that the skewed thinking of Mathew Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo is that all Nigerians are morons. Our collective intelligence is daily being ...

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Artisans ... As Leaders ... Zoning To Power

By Chimaraoke Nnamani, MD

Organized by Human Rights, Justice and Peace Foundation (HRJPF), Kaduna State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, and Arewa Progressive Yout...

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BABA IYABO AND THE FORTY THIEVES

By Farouk Martins, Omo Aresa

Baba Iyabo, excuse me I mean, Ali Baba surely made enemies out of the forty thieves. If it was not for them, he would still be a modest farmer at Ota ...

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As IBB Tests The Waters

By Olatunji Dare

culled from PUNCH, April 05, 2006It was designed not merely to capture the front pages and the headlines for one day, but to dominate them for the ent...

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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...

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Project 2025 Agenda and Healthcare in Nigeria

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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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