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Improving Executive/Legislative Relationship

By Professor Jibril Aminu

culled from NEWSWATCH, June 12, 2006Nigeria runs a presidential system which, in structure and theory of operations, is almost identical to that of th...

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International Court of Justice Cameroon v. Nigeria 1993

By http://www.u-paris2.fr/cij/icjwww/idocket/icn/icnorders/icn_iorder_960315.htm

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE15 March 1996 CASE CONCERNING THE LAND AND MARITIME BOUNDARY BETWEENCAMEROON AND NIGERIA(CAMEROON v. NIGERIA)REQUEST FOR...

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MURTALA RAMAT MUHAMMED (1938-1976)

By Nowa Omoigui

Murtala Muhammed was born in Kano on November 8, 1938 and attended Barewa College Zaria. In 1959, his coursemate cohort entered the Army. Initially ed...

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MILITARY DEFENSE PACTS IN AFRICA

By By Nowamagbe A. Omoigui, MD

INTRODUCTIONWhat is the Military Question?The military has an unrivaled capacity to project force. This makes it an important tool for asserting state...

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Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The Coup Against Gowon - Part 2

By Nowa Omoigui

How did General Yakubu Gowon lose grip? To understand how Gowon lost grip in 1975, we must consider many factors.  His pre-military backgrou...

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Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The Coup Against Gowon - Part 4

By Nowa Omoigui

Gowon’s Transition: Options for demilitarization.Shortly after Gowon’s announcement in 1970 that he planned to hand over in 1976, an internal deba...

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Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The coup against Gowon - Part 7

By Nowa Omoigui

“If you want to stop a coup, remove the cause.”Back in September 1974, Brigadier Murtala Mohammed had quipped that if Gowon wanted to prevent a co...

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Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The coup against Gowon - Part 8

By Nowa Omoigui

“DOVERIAI NO PROVERIAI.”Military regimes are, as the saying goes, inherently unstable.  It is for good reason, therefore, that the Russians h...

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Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The coup against Gowon - Part 9

By Nowa Omoigui

Day Break, Tuesday July 29, 1975IN KAMPALA “Abinde mu ka jin soro, ya faru agida” By time zone, Kampala in Uganda is two hours ahead of ...

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Military Rebellion of July 29, 1975: The Coup Against Gowon - Epilogue

By Nowa Omoigui

FROM KAMPALA TO LOME TO LONDON AND BACK TO NIGERIAIt is my expectation that General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) will publish his memoirs some day.  When t...

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Review of “Evolution of Leadership Research by Larry D. Mathis, PhD, DMin “ The book was first brought to my attention by Shawn Mathis, Ph. D...

A Game for the Throne? The Nigerian Constitution and the Removal of an Incapacitated President

This article was first published on November 12, 2024, on https://constitutionaldiscourse.com/a-game-for-the-throne-the-nigerian-constitution-and-the-...

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...

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...

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...

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