Articles

Historical Speeches Jan 11, 2006

Rejoinder To Audu Zango on Orkar's Coup Attempt

By Nowa Omoigui

My attention has been drawn to an article titled "Corrections on the weekend musings with Dr Nowa Omoigui regarding Orkar’s coup attempt " written b...

Social & Political Issues Jan 09, 2006

North vs. South – Meddling in a National Score

By Michael O. Oluwagbemi

“In business, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.”Chester L. KarrassI am often not an apt commentator on issues of tribali...

Social & Political Issues Jan 08, 2006

Flashback To History: Yakubu Gowon And Fani-Kayode

By Nowa Omoigui

Shortly after daybreak on January 15, 1966, a small military convoy rolled into Ikoyi in Lagos after night operations at Ibadan, capital of then Weste...

General Jan 08, 2006

The Lying Gadgets

By Tony Momoh

We have been discussing heavy stuff for some time now. We who write did not start the heavy talk-stuff rolling. Our leaders, our political class did. ...

Social & Political Issues Jan 06, 2006

A Politician And The Legacy Bequeathed To The Society

By Ibiyinka Solarin

President Olusegun Obasanjo is many things to those who admire him and many other things to those who do not. I think though, that both admirers and &...

Social & Political Issues Jan 06, 2006

National Assembly’s Proposed Amendments To The 1999 Constitution

Clause Sub-Committee Recommendations1(3) Any person or group of person who, after the coming into force of this Constitution, breaches or attempts to ...

Social & Political Issues Jan 02, 2006

The State Of Higher Education In Nigeria

By Roy Chikwem

The recent findings on the state of higher education in Nigeria as conducted by the World Bank and UNESCO had confirmed the degradation of the Nigeria...

Social & Political Issues Jan 01, 2006

State of The Nation: Countdown To 2007

By Seyi Oduyela

Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu is someone I have known from my elementary school days. My elementary school, St John’s Anglican School is directly opposite h...

Social & Political Issues Dec 31, 2005

Obasanjo: Working Hard Against Democracy

By Simon Kolawole

culled from THISDAY, December 31, 2005I envy President Olusegun Obasanjo, so to say. It’s never an easy task to be something else at home and to sim...

Social & Political Issues Dec 30, 2005

Bovinelola Borisacrede: A Man with a Menace Touch

By Jaafar S. Jaafar

December 30, 2005Mr John Keynes was a man of an uncommon compassion for humanity. He was the head of the British delegation to the 1944 Breton Woods C...

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 ...