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Social & Political Issues Apr 25, 2006

Debt Relief: How The Deal Was Sealed

By Samuel Famakinwa And Kunle Aderinokun

culled from THISDAY, April 25, 2006With last Friday’s final tranche payment of $4.5 billion to the Paris Club, Nigeria has become the first African ...

Social & Political Issues Mar 19, 2005

Debt Repudiation: Obasanjo's Nemesis

By Sly Edaghese

culled from GUARDIAN, March 19, 2005Not to long ago, right inside Aso Rock, it appeared as if nemesis was on a revenge mission. The target of course w...

Social & Political Issues

Deeper Graves Than Bola Ige’s

By Bisi Akande

I feel so excited by Dare Babarinsa’s Grammar of Murderers published in the Tell magazine, of November 1, 2004, that it occurred to me to write this...

Social & Political Issues Jun 07, 2004

Democracy and the Military

By Lt. Gen. Alani Akinrinade

What Nigeria needs badly is a purposeful political reorganization to bring into play our unity in diversity. We need to restore power to the people ef...

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 Apr 01, 2004

DEMOCRACY AND THE STATE OF THE NATION

By Igboeli Arinze

culled from VANGUARD, April 1, 2004Our style of leadership almost qualifies Nigeria as a failed state.DEMOCRATIC Nigeria today is in a state where thr...

Social & Political Issues Jun 01, 2005

Democracy Day: Nothing To Celebrate

By Paul Mamza

The second phase of the current democratic experience had gone half circle with May, 29 being its symbolic expressions.  The date marked the init...

Social & Political Issues Apr 22, 2004

Dictatorship and Military Coups

By Edwin Madunagu

culled from GUARDIAN, April 22 2004WE start with the front-page report in The Guardian of Thursday April 1, 2004, titled "Military authorities move Al...

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 21, 2005

Dictatorship, National Dialogue and the Commonwealth

By G. A. Akinola

culled from the GUARDIAN, February 21, 2005A basic responsibility of all governments is the maintenance of peace and order. This duty has been conside...

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 ...