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Obafemi Awolowo's Allocutus

By Chief Obafemi Awolowo

Statement By Chief Awolowo while before The High Court before sentencing for Treasonable FelonyIn "Adventures in Power Book One: My March through Pris...

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MOTION ON CREATION OF MORE STATES

By Obafemi Awolowo

I beg to move the following amendment:To delete the words of the Motion after `territorially' andsubstitute `of Benin and Delta Provinces in the Weste...

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Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa's address to the nation on Independence day

TODAY is Independence Day. The First of October 1960 is a date to which for two years every Nigerian has been eagerly looking forward. At last our gre...

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Keynote Address by HIS EXCELLENCY OLUSEGUN OBASANJO On the Occasion of the Formal Launching of the Nationwide Stakeholder Consultations on the NEEDS

Let me join earlier speakers in welcoming you all to this very important event, which marks the beginning of a six-week intensive final nation-wide co...

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President Olusegun Obasanjo Independence Speech

My dear fellow Nigerians, I address you today as we celebrate our 45th independence anniversary with gratitude to God and full appreciation of the res...

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President Obasanjo's Broadcast on Bellview Plane Crash and Stella's Death

Fellow NigeriansIn the past 48 hours, Nigeria has been in mourning.The successes gained in the first six days of last week that included the seem to h...

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Keynote Address by His Excellency, President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR

Keynote Address by His Excellency, President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFRAt the Opening Ceremony of theConference on Bridging the Digital and Scientific Di...

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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...

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CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR MESSAGE TO THE NATION

By CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO GCFR, PRESIDENT, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

I greet you all in this happy season of the Christmas and New Year Celebrations.Christmas is for Christians in all the nations of the world, a time fo...

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President Bush Welcomes President Obasanjo of Nigeria to the White House

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________For Immediate Release  &n...

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Obasanjo's Statement On Taylor's Disappearance

Statement by His Excellency, President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR President, Federal Republic of Nigeria on the Circumstances Surrounding the Disappearan...

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2006 Democracy Day Speech

Dear Fellow Nigerians,Seven years ago today we collectively took the decision to institutionalize democracy as our preferred mode of governance. As we...

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Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State's Last Address

I wish to address you this morning on the plan by Mr. Justice Chuks Okoli, the Chief Judge of Anambra State, to swear in my Deputy, Dame Virgy Etiaba,...

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Opening Speech delivered by Mr. Justice J Omo-Eboh at 9 am on Day 1 of the Mid-Western State of Nigeria

Chairman:  Mr. Justice J. Omo-EbohMembers:         Dr. BI Aror,                 ...

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On 1973 Provisional Census

By Chief Obafemi Awolowo

THIS brings me to the 1973 census result.I have examined this result from several standpointswhich times does not permit me to elaborate upon here,and...

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By Elizabeth Liagin, published and culled from https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/1999/03/nig-m17.html

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