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Social & Political Issues May 23, 2006

Financing For Development: Scaling Up Or Changing Course?

By Otive Igbuzor, Ph.D

PreambleWhat is needed to achieve the MDGs in Africa: ‘scaled-up’ development or a different kind of development?The answer is both. Clearly, curr...

Social & Political Issues Mar 13, 2005

Energy Supply And The Nigerian Economy

By Babatope Bejide

culled from GUARDIAN, March 13, 2005The importance of energy in the development process of any nation is well-known and cannot be over-emphasised. Ade...

Social & Political Issues Sep 28, 2006

Enemies Of Nigeria As Targets

By Nuhu Ribadu

Permit me to open my presentation with a statement of gratitude for the generous invitation to address this hallowed chamber of Africa's best minds in...

Social & Political Issues Feb 01, 2006

Enugu: Between N57.1 Billion Allocated And N52 Billion ‘Embezzled’

By Igbonekwu Ogazimorah

By way of commenting on the position of the Government on such claims as alleged vast embezzlement of public funds and the character, ownership and ob...

Social & Political Issues Mar 10, 2002

Enugu Imbroglio: Politics In The Name Of God – Catholicism and Theocracy

By Segun Toyin Dawodu

A recent report from Enugu state, Nigeria said there was a pandemonium at the Government Technical College ground where a reported 14 people died and ...

Social & Political Issues Oct 28, 2005

Enugu: Witness To History

By Pini Jason

culled from VANGUARD, October 28, 2005In a recent newspaper publication, a group boldly claimed, in reference to the giant strides in Enugu State that...

Social & Political Issues Apr 29, 2006

Ethics, Free Speech And The Press

By Jaafar Jaafar

Since the debut of world’s first printed newspaper, Dibao (Pao) in the seventeenth century in China, newspapers, the historians say, have supported,...

Social & Political Issues May 14, 2005

Ethical Responsibility And The Nigerian Public Servant

By Olaewe Ewegbemi

Democracy functions at its best when people know and exercise their rights,  get involved and when the servant is not placed over the served. Her...

From the Archives May 29, 1962

"The eyes of the whole world are upon us" - Tafawa Balewa

By Tafawa Balewa

At the Federal House sitting on May 29, 1962 Prime Minister Sir Abubakar moved the 'the resolution' for the declaration of a state of emergency in the...

Social & Political Issues May 08, 2003

AN OPEN LETTER ON THE STATE OF THE NATION

By From Tinubu to Obasanjo and Buhari

Your Excellency General Olusegun ObasanjoYour Excellency General Muhammadu Buhari:------------------------Our dear leaders,I find it necessary to writ...

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 ...