Articles

Social & Political Issues Dec 06, 2005

Dictatorship in Shari’ah Apparel: A Kano Model

By Jaafar S. Jaafar

If my memory serves me well, Ibrahim Ali Amin (Little), a fine gentleman, whose mandate and hard-earned popularity were piously deprived of by the pow...

Historical Speeches Dec 06, 2005

THE 2006 BUDGET SPEECH

By His Excellency President Olusegun Obasanjo

PROTOCOLSI am very pleased to present to you today in the Joint Session of the National Assembly, the 2006Appropriation Bill, which like its predecess...

Social & Political Issues Dec 03, 2005

Governor's Antics A New Low, Even For Corrupt Nigeria

By Lydia Polgreen

Precisely where Diepreye Alamieyeseigha will fall in the gallery of corrupt Nigerian leaders is a matter for history to judge.  General Sani Abac...

General Dec 02, 2005

The Need For Alternative Knowledge To Bring About Development

By Otive Igbuzor, PhD

Country Director, ActionAid International Nigeria at the Public Presentation of Real Aid: An Agenda for Making Aid Work and Whose Freedom?: Millennium...

General Dec 02, 2005

The Three Wise Men

By Tunde Oseni

December 2, 2005If you know these three teachers, of whom I write the lines that follow, you will agree with me that these gentlemen deserve national ...

Social & Political Issues Dec 01, 2005

AMENDMENTS TO THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION

The current legitimate exercise of the nation’s premier legislative body - the NATIONAL ASSEMBLY - to reflect the yearnings of many Nigerians for ne...

Social & Political Issues Nov 29, 2005

On Governor "Queen" Alamieyeseigha's Escape from London

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD

INTRODUCTIONThe period between September 15, 2005, when Bayelsa State Governor and former Nigerian Air Force Squadron Leader  Diepreye Solomon Pe...

Social & Political Issues Nov 27, 2005

Alamieyeseigha's Return: Constitutional Implications

By Akpo Mudiaga Odje

There is no subject matter today as intriguing as the arrest, arraignment and subsequent escape of His Excellency, Dr. D.S.P. Alamieyeseigha from the ...

Social & Political Issues Nov 27, 2005

Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption War: Now That Obasanjo Is Serious

By Dan Azumi Kofarmata

I am one of the optimists who earnestly believe that, it is possible to turn around the observed defects in the current anti-corruption war being wage...

Social & Political Issues Nov 26, 2005

Complexities Of Constitution Without Immunity Clause

By Chukwuneke Anagbogu

culled from Independent, November 26, 2005 The ongoing anti-graft war, the prattling all over the place especially in the media about transparenc...

Book Reviews Nov 18, 2024

Review of “Evolution of Leadership Research by Larry D. Mathis, PhD, DMin “

Review of “Evolution of Leadership Research by Larry D. Mathis, PhD, DMin “ The book was first brought to my attention by Shawn Mathis, Ph. D...

Social & Political Issues Nov 17, 2024

A Game for the Throne? The Nigerian Constitution and the Removal of an Incapacitated President

This article was first published on November 12, 2024, on https://constitutionaldiscourse.com/a-game-for-the-throne-the-nigerian-constitution-and-the-...

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...