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Social & Political Issues Oct 01, 2004

44 Years of “African Pride” – and Present National Embarrassments

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD

PrologueToday, on Friday, October 1, 2004, Nigeria turns 44 years old,  post-Independence.Happy Birthday, Nigeria!I am using this day as an excus...

Social & Political Issues Jul 24, 2006

Audio – Visual Voting Method

By John Iteshi

(This submission was originally made in 2001 to INEC at Abuja, but was re-drafted for presentation to the INEC chairman at the Nigerian High Commissio...

Social & Political Issues Nov 10, 2004

Attorney-General's letter to Plateau State Speaker

Following the briefing to you and your colleagues on 8th November, 2004, I write to formally inform you of the allegations of criminal offences levell...

Social & Political Issues Aug 16, 2005

Atiku And The Anti-Corruption War

By Tola Alice Ogundoyin

Nigeria between 1984 and 1999 was ruled by a succession of corrupt generals who brought the country to its knees internally and made her a pariah stat...

Social & Political Issues

ASSESSING THE FUTURE OF NIGERIA’S ECONOMY: IGNORED THREATS FROM THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE DEBACLE

By Jekwu Ikeme

Policies adopted globally to mitigate climate change (global warming) will have negative implications for specific sectors, such as the coal, oil and ...

Social & Political Issues

Assessing States and Universities in Nigeria - Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

I.  INTRODUCTION As a teacher, I hear this kind of statement all the time from students:   “I got an A in Chemistry but the teacher g...

Social & Political Issues Nov 29, 2004

Assessing Federalism, Partisan Politics and Development

By Bolaji Akinyemi

This topic is fit for a doctoral dissertation. It has so many dimensions that I am stuck between being a fox and being a hedgehog. A fox wanders far a...

Social & Political Issues Jun 12, 2003

Anambra’s Multiple Legislators - 6 Senators Instead of 3

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

In Remembrance of June 12Ten Years Later“That The World May Know”June 12, 2003My Compatriots:The drama of six senators instead of three from Anamb...

Social & Political Issues May 13, 2003

And What Is To Be Done About the 2003 Elections Results?

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

INTRODUCTIONWhat is to be done about the 2003 elections results?  That is the big question begging for an answer – or many answers.Despite best...

Social & Political Issues Oct 18, 2003

ANDREW MUST GO BACK HOME: CAPTURING NIGERIAN EXPERTISE & SKILLS IN THE DIASPORA

By Chukwuemeka Uche Onuora

Address to Concurrent Panel Discussion I at the NIDO conference in Atlanta, October 18, 2003.Good day Mr. Chairman and Mr. Co-Chairman, Mr. Minister, ...