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Historical Speeches

How To Strengthen Federal Institutions

By President Olusegun Obasanjo

Being excerpts of a speech delivered by President Olusegun Obasanjo at the International Conference on Federalism in Brussels, Belgium, 3-5 March 2005...

Social & Political Issues Nov 27, 2003

Letter to President Obasanjo on Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

By source: http://hrw.org/press/2003/11/nigeria-ltr112703.htm

Dear President Obasanjo,Human Rights Watch is writing to you as host of the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to outline a number o...

Social & Political Issues Dec 06, 2004

Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission Reports (Summary)

By Commission Headed by Chief Justice Chukwudili Oputa

DOCUMENTDecember 6, 2004Posted to the web November 30, 2004The Commission has attempted in this Report, to capture the faltering, if slippery threads ...

Social & Political Issues Feb 23, 2001

Nigeria: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000

By http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/700.htm

Nigeria is a federal republic composed of 36 states and a capital territory, with an elected president and a bicameral legislature.  On May 29, 1...

Social & Political Issues

Human Rights Report on Nigeria - 2003

2003 saw Nigeria's first "civilian to civilian" transition, after decades of military rule that ended in 1999. However, impunity for human rights viol...

Social & Political Issues

Human Rights Report on Nigeria for the year 2004

By http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41620.htm

NigeriaCountry Reports on Human Rights Practices  - 2004Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and LaborFebruary 28, 2005 Nigeri...

Social & Political Issues Jan 01, 2005

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS INVESTIGATION COMMISSION REPORT (aka OPUTA PANEL REPORT )

By NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT (NDM)

A/ Release of Unofficial Oputa Panel ReportIn solidarity with the Civil Society Forum (CSF) in Nigeria, the Nigerian Democratic Movement (NDM), a...

Historical Speeches Jun 22, 2005

June 12 And The Imperative Of History

By Segun Gbadegesin

culled from GUARDIAN, June 22, 2005In this piece I bring together three episodes relating to June 12 and its aftermath to make a general point about t...

Social & Political Issues Jul 03, 2003

July 18 Letter of Soyinka to Obasanjo

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

General Olusegun Obasanjo,The President Federal Republic of Nigeria,AbujaDear OO! That is how our late mutual friend, Ojetunji Aboyade and I gene...

Social & Political Issues Sep 30, 2003

June 12: The North And The Rest of Us

By Chimaraoke Nnamani, Governor of Enugu State

DedicationThe voters in promotion of democracy in Nigeria...an opinion that corn-dealers are starversof the poor ought to be unmolested when simplycir...

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 ...