Politics and Prescriptions for Contemporary Nation Building in Nigeria: A Keynote Address

BEING A KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY DR. SUNDAY A. OCHOCHE, DIRECTOR GENERAL. INSTITUTE FOR PEACE & CONFLICT RESOLUTION ABUJA, AT THE CONFERENCE O...

The Case of Nigerian Airways and Insufficient Fuel

INTRODUCTIONOn May 4, 2002, the very day that  an EAS BAC One-Eleven plane crash with hundreds of fatalities occurred May in Kano, a ridiculous d...

Kano - A Tragedy That Was Waiting To Happen

IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD IN KANO’S AIR DISASTER MAY 4, 2002INTRODUCTIONFirst a plane crash with hundreds of fatalities, then an aborted plane flight (w...

A Stubborn INEC, Looking for Trouble

1.       IntroductionIt is very clear that we have a very stubborn Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headed by Dr. ...

These “BoldFace” Committees’ Explanations…!

Full Text of President Obasanjo's Abuja Second-Term Speech

ADDRESS DELIVERED BY PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, ON ANNOUNCING HIS DECISION TO SEEK SECOND TERM, THROUGH PDP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY IN NIGERIAThursda...

Jerry's Testament and the Case of Brown Envelopes

JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS Some “foreign”  reporters have been in  Nigeria, seing its  “nakedness” -  and have been repo...

The Need for Change and the Survival of Democracy in Nigeria

National Chairman of the Movement for Democracy and Justice (MDJ), Suite 103 - 6, Banex Plaza, Plot 750 Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II,  Abuja.Bein...

An Update to Essay on Local Council Polls and INEC

In a recent essay,  I made the following suggestions about the ongoing imbroglio over May 18 or no May 18 Council polls in Nigeria: http://www.ga...

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

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...