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Social & Political Issues Mar 06, 2006

The People’s Voices Were Muffled

By Uche Chukwumerije

Transparency and democracy seem to be the mantras of the leadership of the Joint Constitutional Conference Review. How transparent and democratic were...

Social & Political Issues Mar 02, 2006

Hisbah: In Defense of Information Minister

By Jaafar S. Jaafar

The very essence of leadership is that you have to have visions. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet – Theodore M. HesburghWhat would you do if yo...

General Feb 27, 2006

On Obasanjo's Desire To Die For Nigeria

By Gani Fawehinmi

Nigerians woke up this morning, Tuesday, 28 February, 2006, to read in virtually all the newspapers that the president, General Olusegun Obasanjo, thr...

Social & Political Issues Feb 26, 2006

Beko Is Gone - But His Spirit Lives On! (A Personal Retrospection)

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD

INTRODUCTIONThis is the third ode to a fallen person that I have written in under 5 years:  one to Chief Bola Ige, assassinated in cold-blood in ...

Social & Political Issues Feb 26, 2006

Fiddling While Nigeria Burns

By Simon Kolawole

culled from THISDAY, February 26, 2006Ever since the third term "bogey" started, I have never been as sad as I was last week. While the country was on...

General Feb 24, 2006

The Third Term Fever And CNN Credibility

By Ibari Peterside

Morally resisted at home and treated with revulsion, the third term campaigners for the continuation of “almighty” President Obasanjo in power aft...

Social & Political Issues Feb 23, 2006

Anikura As Political Hero

By Segun Gbadegesin

culled from GUARDIAN, February 23, 2006Many of us may recall the tale of the exploits of a notorious robber in Yorubaland popularised among children a...

Social & Political Issues Feb 23, 2006

Third Term: The Making Of An Impasse

By Abraham Ogbodo

culled from GUARDIAN, February 23, 2006Not even the national census, which has taken a decade and half and billions of Naira to plan is being given so...

General Feb 19, 2006

Rejoinder To Minister Nweke's Pirate Confraternity As The Root Of Cultism In Nigeria

By John Ulu Oke

The ability to share information and communicate is one of the great hallmarks of modern man. The necessity of information flow makes it imperative th...

Social & Political Issues Feb 17, 2006

Igbo Presidency for Who?

By John Iteshi

There are very few honest people in Nigeria who would dispute the justness of the clamour for the Igbo presidency. Since the distribution of resources...

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 ...