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Full Text of President Obasanjo's Abuja Second-Term Speech

By President Olusegun Obasanjo

ADDRESS DELIVERED BY PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, ON ANNOUNCING HIS DECISION TO SEEK SECOND TERM, THROUGH PDP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY IN NIGERIAThursda...

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President Obasanjo's Letter to INEC's Chairman; And the Response

Office of the President Aso Rock Abuja PRES/ 112 April, 28 2003 To: INEC Chairman Dear Dr. Guobadia:  I have the privile...

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Thank Ye O Our God - The 46th Nigerian Independence Anniversary Speech To The Nation

By President Olusegun Obasanjo

MY dear compatriots,Happy Independence Anniversary. Today is the 46th Anniversary of our independence and four years from now, we will be celebrating ...

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President Obasanjo's Victory Speech: "Triumph of Hope"

"Triumph of Hope"We all owe gratitude to God Almighty for His inestimable love forour nation as expressed by His guidance of the electoral process sof...

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PRESIDENT OBASANJO'S ADDRESS ON 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF DEMOCRACY DAY

FELLOW Nigerians, it gives me much joy and satisfaction to address you on thisthird anniversary of our country's return to civil rule.It has been thre...

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POLITICS AND RELIGION

By Chief Obafemi Awolowo

A lecture given Chief Obafemi Awolowo  to students at the Adventist College of West African, Ilishan-Remo, on 27th January, 1961As a politician, ...

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Philosophy For Independent Nigeria

By Chief Obafemi Awolowo - Action Group (AG) Leader

A lecture delivered by Chief Obafemi Awolowo (Action Group (AG) Leader, and Leader of Opposition in the Nigerian Federal Parliament) to Nigerian Stude...

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Protecting Legislative Due Process

By Ken Nnamani - Senate President

Text of the opening remark by Senate President Ken Nnamani, during debate on the floor of the senate on proposed amendment to the 1999 constitution on...

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The Igbos, The Yoruba and History

By By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

Every moment in life is a moment of history. Every present actionimmediately becomes past and roles played today will be remembered tomorrowwith pride...

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THE MACABRE CIRCUS OF KEYAMO'S ARREST

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

The police apparatchiks of the civilian regime in Nigeria are now truly acting like the military regime of Abacha, intimidating those whose names or f...

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The Outbreak Of Yamoussoukro Syndrome In Kano

By Jaafar Jaafar

 “Here in Nigeria,” Niyi Osundare wrote in one of his incisive essays in the 80s, “Yamoussoukro syndrome has been with us since the white e...

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The Northern Counter-coup of 1966: The Full Story

By Max Siollun

Most essays and books on Nigeria’s military coups have focused on the aims of, and events during the "Igbo" coup of January 1966. While much has bee...

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Threat to Democracy in Nigeria - World Press Conference under the auspices of Yoruba Leaders Forum (YLF)

By Chief Abraham Adesanya - Leader Afenifere

Lagos; February 18, 2002In what must baffle patriotic Nigerians and foreign observers of the Nigerian situation, there have been calls in recent times...

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The Story of Shekarau’s Foreign Accounts

By Jaafar Jaafar

For Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the bold but basket-mouth chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, it poured. And when it poured or spi...

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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...

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Background To The Recent Nigerian Elections

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

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