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BLOWBACK IS A BITCH: DRAWING PARALLELS BETWEEN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

By Chukwuemeka Uche Onuora

War, the experts say, is organized chaos. The just concluded campaign in Iraq has demonstrated the logical correctness of that assertion and has prove...

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ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAMME, 1996-1998

By The National Economic Intelligence Committee

Prepared by:The National Economic Intelligence CommitteeThe PresidencyFederal Secretariat ComplexShehu Shagari WayP.M.B. 298 GarkiAbuja, NigeriaSeptem...

Social & Political Issues

Democratic Governance and the Citizenship Question: All Nigerians Are Settlers

By Jibo Ibrahim

There has been a steady rise in communal tensions and conflicts since the introduction of the indigeneity clause into Nigerian public law through the ...

Social & Political Issues Jul 03, 2005

Debt Cancellation: The Facts Behind The Deal

By Samuel Famakinwa

culled from THISDAY, July 3, 2005The new President of the World Bank, Mr. Paul Wolfowitz, while praising the historic agreement by Group of Eight fina...

Social & Political Issues Jun 07, 2004

Democracy and the Military

By Lt. Gen. Alani Akinrinade

What Nigeria needs badly is a purposeful political reorganization to bring into play our unity in diversity. We need to restore power to the people ef...

Social & Political Issues Mar 24, 2000

Demystifying the Imperial Will

By Wole Soyinka

Being the text of a speech given on March 24, 2000 at a Conferenceentitled "Preventing the Breakdown of Democracy in Nigeria: Strategies fora Living C...

Social & Political Issues Apr 22, 2004

Dictatorship and Military Coups

By Edwin Madunagu

culled from GUARDIAN, April 22 2004WE start with the front-page report in The Guardian of Thursday April 1, 2004, titled "Military authorities move Al...

Social & Political Issues

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS IN AFRICA: The Case of Nigeria

By Professor Omo Omoruyi

INTRODUCTIONOn February 24, 2003 I delivered a lecture on democratic transition in Africa from the point view of Nigeria under the auspices of the Dr....

Social & Political Issues Feb 21, 2005

Dictatorship, National Dialogue and the Commonwealth

By G. A. Akinola

culled from the GUARDIAN, February 21, 2005A basic responsibility of all governments is the maintenance of peace and order. This duty has been conside...

Social & Political Issues Feb 15, 2006

Ethno-Religious Conflicts And The Travails of National Integration In Nigeria's Fourth Republic

By Lanre Olu-Adeyemi

ABSRACTAny attempt to understand the development of the Nigerian State cannot escape a studyof ethnicity and religion as some of the main challenges t...

Social & Political Issues Jun 03, 2024

Civil Society and Social Movements: The Role of Activism and Radical Politics in Deepening Democracy in Africa

By Otive Igbuzor, PhD

Civil Society and Social Movements: The Role of Activism and Radical Politics in Deepening Democracy in AfricaByOtive Igbuzor, PhDFounding Executive D...

Social & Political Issues Jun 02, 2024

Chimaroke Nnamani: Progenitor of Ebeano politics at 64

By Paul Mumeh

Chimaroke Nnamani: Progenitor of Ebeano politics at 64By Paul MumehChimaroke-Nnamani2.jpg 88.87 KBHate or love him, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani; fo...

From the Archives Mar 17, 1999

Background To The Recent Nigerian Elections

By Elizabeth Liagin, published and culled from https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1999/03/nig-m17.html

Background To The Recent Nigerian ElectionsGeneral Obasanjo more than just a "friend" of the AmericansElizabeth Liagin is an independent journalist wh...

Social & Political Issues Jan 31, 2024

Sustainable Development And Mining Host Communities

Sustainable Development and Mining Host communities  ByOtive Igbuzor, PhD, FPSN, FSM, MIoL, UKAfrican Centre for Leadership, Strategy & ...

Social & Political Issues Nov 12, 2023

The Case For Civil Society Organization (CSO) Self-Regulation

THE CASE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS (CSO) SELF-REGULATIONByOtive Igbuzor, PhDFounding Executive Director,African Centre for Leadership, Strategy ...