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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...

Social & Political Issues Jan 31, 2006

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 ...

Social & Political Issues Jul 01, 2006

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...

Social & Political Issues Mar 13, 1999

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 ...

Social & Political Issues Mar 10, 2006

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...

Social & Political Issues Feb 15, 2006

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...

Social & Political Issues Jun 01, 2006

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...

Social & Political Issues Jul 22, 2002

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...

Social & Political Issues

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...

Social & Political Issues

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...

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 ...