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Social & Political Issues Mar 13, 1999

COUPS D'ETAT IN NIGERIA: HISTORY, SURVIVORS and VICTIMS.

COUPS: THE VICTIMS, THE SURVIVORSCulled from Vanguard of March 13, 1999.THE mere mention of coup d’etat, the unconstitutional and violent overthrow ...

Social & Political Issues

Corruption versus Resources Management in Nigeria: What hopes for the 21st Century

By Peter Ayodele Fayose

INTRODUCTIONIT offers me immense pleasure to be here to present this paper on one of the greatest scourges besetting our country. I have chosen to spe...

Social & Political Issues

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS IN AFRICA: The Case of Nigeria

By Professor Omo Omoruyi

INTRODUCTIONOn February 24, 2003 I delivered a lecture on democratic transition in Africa from the point view of Nigeria under the auspices of the Dr....

Social & Political Issues

The Dimka's Coup Attempt of February 13, 1976

By Nowa Omoigui

Just before 8:30 a.m. on February 13, 1976, the following curious announcement was heard on Radio Nigeria:"Good morning fellow Nigerians,This is Lt. C...

Social & Political Issues Feb 26, 2006

Fiddling While Nigeria Burns

By Simon Kolawole

culled from THISDAY, February 26, 2006Ever since the third term "bogey" started, I have never been as sad as I was last week. While the country was on...

Social & Political Issues Jun 03, 2006

Gutter Politics of Kano: An Encounter with Adviser to the Governor

By Jaafar Jaafar

The soft night breeze zapped the humid atmosphere of the heatwave (tormenting the people of Kano) with its attendant coldness. The overhanging branche...

Social & Political Issues

General Babangida, Civil Society and the Military in Nigeria - Anatomy of a Personal Rulership Project

By Kunle Amuwo

N° 48 - 1995CENTRE D'ÉTUDE D'AFRIQUE NOIREInstitut d'Études politiques de BordeauxB.P. 101 - Domaine universitaireF-33405 TALENCE CEDEXTél. (33) 0...

Historical Speeches

HISTORY OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN NIGERIA (5): THE SECOND TRANSITION (1979-83, Part 2)

By Nowa Omoigui, MD, MPH, FACC

In April 1980, seven months after coming to office, the new President began a delicate game of musical chairs in the high command, kicking Akinrinade ...

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 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...