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BLOWBACK IS A BITCH: DRAWING PARALLELS BETWEEN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

By Chukwuemeka Uche Onuora

War, the experts say, is organized chaos. The just concluded campaign in Iraq has demonstrated the logical correctness of that assertion and has prove...

From the Archives

ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROGRAMME, 1996-1998

By The National Economic Intelligence Committee

Prepared by:The National Economic Intelligence CommitteeThe PresidencyFederal Secretariat ComplexShehu Shagari WayP.M.B. 298 GarkiAbuja, NigeriaSeptem...

Social & Political Issues Mar 24, 2000

Demystifying the Imperial Will

By Wole Soyinka

Being the text of a speech given on March 24, 2000 at a Conferenceentitled "Preventing the Breakdown of Democracy in Nigeria: Strategies fora Living C...

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....

Resource Control Jun 23, 2005

Derivation, Resource Control And The NPRC - Joining The Debate

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

1.  INTRODUCTION This is an essay of short sentences and a few long tables:  so please bear with me. It is inspired largely by the...

Social & Political Issues Feb 14, 2005

Failure of Nigerian State: Re-Drawing The Fault Lines

By Ibraheem A. Waziri

My thesis in the article, Nigeria The Unhappy Marriage of a Quadruple,  www.dawodu.com/waziri1.htm, which expounded the possibility of the natura...

Social & Political Issues Feb 15, 2006

Ethno-Religious Conflicts And The Travails of National Integration In Nigeria's Fourth Republic

By Lanre Olu-Adeyemi

ABSRACTAny attempt to understand the development of the Nigerian State cannot escape a studyof ethnicity and religion as some of the main challenges t...

Social & Political Issues Aug 29, 2005

Fiscal Federalism: Theory, Issues And Perspectives

By Peter Ozo-Eson

culled from DAILY INDEPENDENT, August 29, 2005 As originally defined by Musgrave (1959) and Oats (l972), "fiscal federalism" concerns the divisio...

Social & Political Issues May 23, 2006

Financing For Development: Scaling Up Or Changing Course?

By Otive Igbuzor, Ph.D

PreambleWhat is needed to achieve the MDGs in Africa: ‘scaled-up’ development or a different kind of development?The answer is both. Clearly, curr...

Social & Political Issues Mar 19, 2005

Electoral Reform: The Next Milestone in Nigeria's Democracy

By Princeton N. Lyman

His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, President, Federal Republic of NigeriaHis Excellency Atiku Baubakar, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Niger...

Book Reviews Nov 18, 2024

Review of “Evolution of Leadership Research by Larry D. Mathis, PhD, DMin “

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...

Social & Political Issues Nov 17, 2024

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-...

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...