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The Indigene And Settler Problem

By Babs Fafunwa

culled from GUARDIAN, April 25, 2005The indigene/settler issue first reared its ugly head in 1861 when King Dosunmu of Lagos ceded Lagos to the Britis...

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The Limits of Executive Extortionism

By Paul mamza

It was Professor Wole Soyinka, the noble laureate, who coined these right words to describe President Olusegun Obasanjo’s excessiveness in Abeokuta,...

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The Middle Belt Agenda

By Moses Dung

culled from DAILY TRUST, June 14, 2005The Leadership newspaper of March 13, 2005 came out with the Middle Belt agenda as its lead story and John Dara ...

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The Media In Nigeria - Part 2

By Seyi Oduyela

The Nigerian media has been credited for standing against the oppressive rule of the Military and was said to have been part of the struggle that remo...

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The Media In Nigeria - Part 1

By Seyi Oduyela

In 2003, I wrote an article on the Nigeriaworld, titled: “Professional Responsibility in the News Media” I stated that: “The role of the media i...

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The Meaning of Pope John Paul II’s Acknowledgement of African Traditional Religion

By Hilary O. Evbayiro

March and April this year were significantly difficult for Christians, especially the Roman Catholics.  As Christians were celebrating Easter, th...

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THE MANY SINS OF A TRANSGRESSOR

By Paul Mamza

It seems majority of Nigerians have gone through the school of mischief and had in the process learnt and imbibed good lessons of sortie which hampers...

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The Making of OluSani Abachanjo

By Pini Jason

culled from THISDAY, November 25, 2005We must not allow the nauseating, disappointing, cowardly and criminal escape of DSP Alamieyeseigha from justice...

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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. ...

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The Lost Glory - The Awo Era In Yoruba Land

By Senator Femi Okunrounmu

 My first reaction when contacted by Mr. Wale Adedayo to give this lecture was to wonder, why me?  After all, I am known as a die-hard Afeni...

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The Lesson Of Taylor's Tragedy

By Olusegun Adeniyi

 culled from THISDAY, March 30, 2006Two weeks before the Liberian election last November, Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, then a presidential candida...

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The Oil And Gas Industry In Nigeria

Petroleum and Gas Reserves The proven Nigerian oil reserves are 23 Billion barrels; the gas reserves are 160 Trillion cubic meters. Petroleu...

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How the Ongoing NIDO Controversy Will Eventually be Resolved

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

PROLOGUE My fellow Nigerians, I am in a jocular mood this Easter, with my last fortieth birthday just past (on April 2), and that of many members...

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The NPRC and the PNC- Thoughts on the Opposing National Conferences

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

PROLOGUEAfter five long years of resisting the idea, President Olusegun Obasanjo has in his wisdom now finally assented to a talk of sorts – a “Na...

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The Open Sore of a Continent A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis

By Wole Soyinka

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS--------------------------------------------------------------------------| || (C) 1996 Wole Soyinka || || All rights reserved....

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