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Social & Political Issues Feb 15, 2006

Constitutional Amendment Not Sovereign National Conference Is Pathway To A Reformed Polity

By Adebayo Adejare

Contrary to popular thought, there is in fact no new 1999 Constitution. What we have is the re-adoption of the 1979 Constitution. Decree 24 i.e. the C...

Social & Political Issues Mar 12, 2006

Dying For Nigeria

By Obi Nwakanma

culled from VANGUARD, March 12, 2006President Olusegun Obasanjo has again reiterated his wish to die for Nigeria.He has often made these statements&nb...

Social & Political Issues Aug 18, 2006

Deepening Democracy In Ogun State

By Adegbenro Adebanjo

For some leaders, leaving the cosy environment of their offices is something they will rather avoid. Whenever the terrain they are to visit is far rem...

Social & Political Issues Sep 13, 2003

Death and the Cicero

By Mohammed Haruna

As a political analyst, I have always found Uncle Bola fascinating as asubject. By common consent he possessed a brilliant and incisive mind and wasas...

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 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...

From the Archives May 29, 1962

"The eyes of the whole world are upon us" - Tafawa Balewa

By Tafawa Balewa

At the Federal House sitting on May 29, 1962 Prime Minister Sir Abubakar moved the 'the resolution' for the declaration of a state of emergency in the...

Social & Political Issues Jun 02, 2004

From May 1962 to May 1963: State of Emergency in Western Nigeria and in Nigeria

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

INTRODUCTIONOn Tuesday, May 18, 2004 , President Obasanjo , citing Section 305 of the 1999 Constitution, imposed a state of emergency on Plateau State...

Social & Political Issues Oct 16, 2005

Fellow Nigerians, It's Time For Sacrifice

By Simon Kolawole

culled from THISDAY, October 16, 2005The story is told of a white missionary who came to serve in an African leprosarium. He kept preaching "God loves...

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 ...