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Social & Political Issues Feb 07, 2005

Before PRONACO’s Enahoro Accepts the Chairmanship of Obasanjo’s NPRC

By Mobolaji E. Aluko

IntroductionTwo well-known men are trying to make a lasting impression on Nigeria before they leave Mother Earth to join the Majority  – and th...

Social & Political Issues Feb 10, 2006

Beyond Ethnic Presidency

By Edwin Madunagu

culled from GUARDIAN, February 10, 2006WHICH ethnic group, or geopolitical zone, will produce the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria after M...

Social & Political Issues May 18, 2005

Between The Citizen And The Indigene

By Kayode Komolafe

culled from THISDAY, May 18, 2005In recent years, the seeming contradiction between the "indigene" and the  "settler" has played itself out in th...

Social & Political Issues Apr 13, 2005

Before The Next Genocide In Kano

By Mojeed Adeoye

There is an ongoing agitation by some Muslim leaders in the North against what they describe as marginalisation of Islam and its adherents. Mojeed Ade...

Social & Political Issues May 15, 2005

Before The Onset Of Obasanjo's Lame-Duck Presidency

By Ropo Sekoni

culled from GUARDIAN, May 15, 2005Cynics would argue that President Olusegun Obasanjo started his two-term presidency in a lame-duck manner. Such cyni...

Social & Political Issues

BENIN AND THE MIDWEST REFERENDUM

By Dr. Nowamagbe A. Omoigui, MD, MPH, FACC

Speech delivered on Friday, December 20, 2002 at the Oba Akenzua II Cultural Complex, Airport Road, Benin City on occasion of the Fifth Late Chief (Dr...

Social & Political Issues Aug 31, 2005

Census 2005: Who Is Afraid of Numbers?

By P.I. Uche

culled from Guardian, August 31, 2005The national census for any country provides a very important and indeed indispensable data source for planning, ...

Social & Political Issues Mar 22, 2006

Census 2006 Counts Some Out Of Lagos Again

By Farouk Martins, Omo Aresa

On my way back to Nigeria some years ago, I was advised by a lady that I would not find a civilized person living in Lagos. Since I was hired by the F...

Social & Political Issues May 18, 2005

Chris Ngige: The Hero of the Fourth Republic

By Paul Mamza

Chief Chris Ngige, the Executive Governor of Anambra State in the fourth republic became popular through a political trial that is unprecedented in th...

General Jul 04, 2005

Citizenship And The Indigene/Settler Syndrome

By George Ehusani

culled from GUARDIAN, July 4, 2005One of the lingering contradictions of the Nigerian state is the phenomenon of indigenes and non-indigenes or native...