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Historical Speeches Jul 20, 2005

Debt Relief And The New Colonialism

By Segun Ayobolu

culled from GUARDIAN, July 20, 2005"On account of its gross mismanagement of the economy, involving wasteful squandering of oil money on frivolous fes...

Social & Political Issues Jul 03, 2005

Debt Cancellation: The Facts Behind The Deal

By Samuel Famakinwa

culled from THISDAY, July 3, 2005The new President of the World Bank, Mr. Paul Wolfowitz, while praising the historic agreement by Group of Eight fina...

Social & Political Issues Oct 01, 2006

Democracy In Nigeria: Completing Obasanjo's Legacy

By Richard L. Sklar, Ebere Onwudiwe And Darren Kew

culled from GUARDIAN, October 1, 2006Time and again, observers of Nigerian politics have predicted - so far incorrectly - the nation's ineluctable dem...

From the Archives Jul 20, 1998

Desperate For Democracy - After years of dictatorship, Nigerians hope the death of Moshood Abiola will usher in a new era

By Jack E. White, culled from TIME Magazine

Only in a country that has been as thoroughly brutalized by its rapacious leaders as Nigeria could a shady character like Moshood Abiola be transmuted...

Social & Political Issues Nov 19, 2003

Globalising in Poverty

By Chimaraoke Nnamani, Governor of Enugu State,

2003 edition of the public lecture series of the Department of Political Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria,“ambitious people understand...

Social & Political Issues Dec 03, 2005

Governor's Antics A New Low, Even For Corrupt Nigeria

By Lydia Polgreen

Precisely where Diepreye Alamieyeseigha will fall in the gallery of corrupt Nigerian leaders is a matter for history to judge.  General Sani Abac...

Historical Speeches

HISTORY OF CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN NIGERIA (Part 3)*

By Nowa Omoigui

COUNT-DOWN TO THE JANUARY 1966 COUPIn the Nigerian Army's official history of the Civil War, Major General IBMHaruna (rtd), said:  "The dominance...

Historical Speeches

History of Civil-Military Relations in Nigeria Part 4 - The Second Transition (1979-83, Part 1)

By Nowa Omoigui, MD

In September 1978, the ban on political party activity, in force since January 1966, was lifted.  This was in anticipation of the return to civil...

Social & Political Issues Apr 02, 2002

How A Self-Succession Bid has Turned Nigeria into “Animal Farm”

By Mobolaji Aluko, Ph.D.

It is “déjà vu”  all over again!If you have read  the George Orwell’s  book “Animal Farm”, then you will understand why I h...

Social & Political Issues Oct 01, 1998

January 15, 1966: The role of Major Hassan Usman Katsina

By Nowa Austin Omoigui, MD

As is well known, following a signal sent from Lagos to Kaduna by Major Adewale Ademoyega giving the all clear for H-Hour, Major PCK Nzeogwu, leader o...