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Historical Speeches Jan 11, 1976

Africa Has Come Of Age

By Murtala Muhammed, Nigerian Head of State

AFRICA HAS COME OF AGE(This speech was a response to a letter from President Gerald Ford opposing the Soviet backed M.P.L.A. which had assumed power i...

Historical Speeches Jan 07, 1976

Text of Ford Letter to Nigeria's Leader on U.S. Attitude on Angola

By Gerald R. Ford, President of the USA.

This letter was written by the US president, Geralf Ford to the General Murtala Muhammed, Nigeria President on January 7, 1976. It was published on Ja...

Social & Political Issues Nov 19, 2006

The Fallacy Of Power

By Kunle Sanyaolu

culled from GUARDIAN, November 19, 2006History continues to reenact itself around us in the absence of indication that any of us remembered anything. ...

Social & Political Issues Oct 30, 2006

The Shame Of Nigeria's Roads

By Kayode Komolafe

culled from THISDAY, October 30, 2006 Beyond the current statistics of growth rates and foreign reserves, the reform agenda of the Obasanjo administra...

Social & Political Issues Oct 04, 2006

Who Speaks for the People?

By Habu Dauda Fika

The issues being ventilated over most media outlets today are about the row between the President and his Vice. Undoubtedly, we all agree that the dis...

Social & Political Issues Dec 15, 2005

BABA IYABO AND THE FORTY THIEVES

By Farouk Martins, Omo Aresa

Baba Iyabo, excuse me I mean, Ali Baba surely made enemies out of the forty thieves. If it was not for them, he would still be a modest farmer at Ota ...

Social & Political Issues

AFTER PRESIDENT OBASANJO, WHO/WHAT?

By Professor Omo Omoruyi, mni

Research Fellow, African Studies Center, Boston University.I threw this question into a recent essay, which I wrote on the issue of pact between the g...

Social & Political Issues Dec 02, 2003

Between IBB and 2007

By Emeka Kalu

culled from VANGUARD Tuesday, December 02, 2003General Babangida ruled for eight years, making him the second longest ruler in the nation's history.NO...

Social & Political Issues Mar 20, 2006

Census: The Untold Story

By Tom Mbeke-Ekanem

culled from GUARDIAN, March 20, 2006Nigeria plans to conduct a head count to determine the actual population of the country on March 21 through March ...

Social & Political Issues Dec 19, 2005

Communique of the Conference of Governors, Legislators, Ministers, Traditional Rulers, Socio-Political Leaders of Southern States of Nigeria.

Consequent upon the compelling needs to firmly state our position, and especially attendant upon the attempts at sweeping over the basic interests of ...