Articles

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...

Social & Political Issues Oct 01, 2006

Education Has Been In Reverse Gear

By Oby Ezekwesili

culled from GUARDIAN, October 1, 2006Today’s nation-states don’t compete on the basis of natural resources. They have never done. There is no econ...

Social & Political Issues Oct 01, 2006

Enugu State And The EFCC: Our Stand

The Enugu State government and people woke up Saturday morning to confront a piece of curious, ingenuously creative, yet unsigned publication purporte...

Social & Political Issues Oct 01, 2006

Nasarawa State At 10: Is This The State Of Our Dream?

By Suleyman Bin Muhammad Odapu

Ten years! How time flies is unimaginable. Its just like yesterday when we celebrated our ‘liberation’ from Plateau state (October 1st 1996) and t...

Social & Political Issues Oct 01, 2006

REINVENTING THE NATION

By DARREN KEW

culled from GUARDIAN, October 1, 2006As Nigeria enters the seventh year of its latest effort to build democratic rule; the country remains stuck at th...

Historical Speeches Oct 01, 2006

Thank Ye O Our God - The 46th Nigerian Independence Anniversary Speech To The Nation

By President Olusegun Obasanjo

MY dear compatriots,Happy Independence Anniversary. Today is the 46th Anniversary of our independence and four years from now, we will be celebrating ...

Social & Political Issues Sep 30, 2006

2006 Nigerian National Honor Award

September 30, 2006The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, has approved the conferment of Nigerian National Ho...

Social & Political Issues Sep 30, 2006

Nigeria At 46: Quo Vadis?

By A Guardian Editorial

culled from GUARDIAN, September 30, 2006On October 1, 1960, the green-white-green national flag of Nigeria was hoisted to displace the British Union J...

Social & Political Issues Sep 28, 2006

Enemies Of Nigeria As Targets

By Nuhu Ribadu

Permit me to open my presentation with a statement of gratitude for the generous invitation to address this hallowed chamber of Africa's best minds in...

Social & Political Issues Sep 20, 2006

Why Obasanjo and Atiku Should Not Be Impeached

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

INTRODUCTION – AN EMBARRASSING FIASCOQuite frankly, with the unfolding embarrassing international fiasco between President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vic...