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Resource Control Aug 28, 2005

On Debt Relief - Rejoinding the Rejoinders

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD

Introduction   I have read with keen interest several rejoinders on this issue of debt relief, particularly in reference to my earlier ...

Resource Control Mar 10, 2003

On Fuel Scarcity, Politics and NNPC

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

Introduction - Mixing Oil & WaterBiting fuel scarcity recently returned to our land called Nigeria! I saw two-mile long queues with my own eyes wi...

Resource Control Jul 06, 2003

On Fuel Price Hike, Highway Maintenance and Toll Gates

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

INTRODUCTIONIn the recent fuel price hike announced by Rasheed Gbadamosi's PPPRA and Nigeria's President Obasanjo, a N1.50 per liter charge was includ...

Social & Political Issues Sep 14, 2006

Our Children Are Begging For Heroes

By Farouk Martins, Omo Aresa

All our children are watching as the corrupt, the privileged and their associates engage in a fight never witnessed in the history of our Country. Suc...

Social & Political Issues Apr 30, 2005

ONDO STATE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES: A CELEBRATION OF MEDIOCRTITY

By Abiola Olawole

Despite the fact that the elections of 2005 were massively rigged in favor of the PDP led administration including that of Ondo State. Some of the gov...

General Jan 09, 2003

WORLD COALITION OF NIGER-DELTA CONGRESSES

TO:President of the Federal Republic of NigeriaPresident of the Nigeria Senate, Abuja, NigeriaSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Abuja, NigeriaM...

General Jun 28, 2006

Our “Schools”, Their Bell, ABTI

By Jaafar Jaafar

“Ban bulo na!” (Give me my block!) I shouted at the boy who sat on the half of nine-inch block I was sitting before I went out to ease my self. Th...

Resource Control Oct 29, 2002

Onshore/offshore dichotomy: Unresolved issues in the abrogation bill

By Steve Kola-Balogun

The bill titled " A bill for an act to abolish the dichotomy in the application of the principle of derivation for the purposes of allocation of reven...

General Apr 29, 2005

On The Euphemisms and Iniquities of Corruption

By Paul Mamza

Vanities are claims of corruption but the iniquities of corruption are not vanish-able in a glimpse because old habits die-hard. While both vanities a...

General Jul 17, 2005

On The Outcome Of The ‘Confab Of Chaos’

By Paul Mamza

From the onset the recently ‘concluded’ National conference tagged National Political Reforms Conference (N.P.R.C.), so-called, was meant to fail ...

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 ...