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Social & Political Issues Feb 13, 2005

Statement by the Patriots Following Meeting of February 13, 2005

IT would be recalled that we The Patriots, have for a long time been in the forefront of the demand for a National Conference. We have not stopped wit...

Social & Political Issues Mar 22, 2004

Shell, Nigeria and Oil & Gas Reserves Revision - Sloppiness or Fraud?

By Mobolaji E. Aluko

IntroductionI have been following with a deep level of interest – and not a little trepidation – the unfolding saga of re-categorizations of its i...

Resource Control Apr 17, 2001

Simplifying Our Revenue Allocation Formula Once and For All

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

 CONTENT1.       THE CONCERN ABOUT THE 2002 BUDGET2.       HISTORY OF NIGERIA’S PROBLEMATIC FISCAL FEDE...

Social & Political Issues Apr 30, 2005

SIX OUT OF ONE IS BETTER THAN ONE BY FORCE: THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO NIGERIA’S SOCIO-POLITICAL PROBLEMS

By Michael Tayo Adesanya

Published April 30, 2005Before 1914, the present landscape named Nigeria by Lord Luggard’s wife had various independent peoples and governments, not...

Social & Political Issues Nov 11, 2004

Socio-Cultural Persistence And Gender Under-Representation In Nigeria

By Michael B. Obot

Women involvement in politics and public services has remain consistently low. Though international and constitutional provisions have been made to ad...

Social & Political Issues Apr 10, 2005

Self-Perpetuation: Not Again

By Abubakar S. Olayinka,

The recent admission by President Olusegun Obasanjo that he is under pressure to continue in office after his present tenure must have come as a rude ...

Social & Political Issues Apr 25, 2005

Self-Succession: The Lessons of History

By Clinton Chukwu

One has to acknowledge, sadly though, that Africa has the remarkably peculiar misfortune of being burdened with sit-tight leaders, regardless of wheth...

Social & Political Issues Jun 07, 2005

Seven Years After, General Sani Abacha Still Glitters: His Dreams, His Mission And Vision

By Paul Mamza

By Wednesday, 8th June, 2005 General Sani Abacha will be remembered seven years after his death on the 8th of June, 1998.   Below, is a special t...

From the Archives Sep 06, 1993

Shamed By Their Nation - Nigerians are fed up with rulers who squandered their patrimony and killed a dream of greatness

By Jack E. White - culled from TIME Magazine

THERE ONCE WAS A NIGERIAN DREAM almost like the American Dream, and Dapo and Bola Thomas shared it. They had a bounding faith in the future of Africa'...

Social & Political Issues Apr 12, 2005

Shagari At 80: Triumph of Honour

By Lamine Okion Ojigbo

culled from THISDAY, April 12, 2005As we celebrate your 80th Birthday, my dear Mr. President, we must continue to give praise and gratitude to Almight...

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 ...