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The PDP Suit of Dr. Ekwueme v. President Obasanjo

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

INTRODUCTION With all due respect, I really do not understand how Dr. Ekwuemeexpected to win this case based on his triple complaints of:  &...

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The Politics of Money - Edo Politics

By Dr Efe Igbinosa

The politics of money as a determinant of who gets elected to public officehas again commenced in full force in Edo State. Four years of Igbinedion'sm...

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The Politics Of Personality

By Reuben Abati

culled from GUARDIAN, April 14, 2006The reduction of Nigerian politics to the whims and caprices of individuals as well as personality differences at ...

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The Political Assassination of Harry Marshall -A Compilation

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

http://www.thisdayonline.com/news/Mar%206/pg1.jpgChief Marshall Harry at the ANPP secretariat in Abuja... TuesdayPhoto: Sunday Aghaeze----------------...

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The Palace Coup of August 27, 1985 - Part 3

By Nowa Austin Omoigui, MD

Upon arrival back to Lagos from Minna, Major General Babangida returned to the Flag Staff House, located in a cul de sac on Second Avenue, Ikoyi.&nbsp...

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The Palace Coup of August 27, 1985 - Part 2

By Nowa Austin Omoigui, MD

In the months before the August coup, Nigerians came to be familiar with routine announcements about this or that politician sentenced to jail, usuall...

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The Palace Coup of August 27, 1985 - Part 1

By Nowa Omoigui

A Palace coup is one in which the sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force is carried out by individuals in positions of authori...

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The Problem With Obasanjo's Anti-Graft War

By Sunday Awoniyi

Text of Chief Awoniyi's address delivered at the Northern SenatorsConference held at Zaranda Hotels, Bauchi,April 9, 2005Nearly a year ago, at your re...

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The Problems of Funding and Utilisation in Tertiary Institutions

By Tom Chiahemen

culled from THE INDEPENDENT, November 1, 2004Mallam Nasir Bello, the Liaison cum linkages officer of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, was caug...

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The Problem With Nigeria The variegated patchwork

culled from Guardian, October 10, 2004THE British amalgamation of Nigeria was not intended to create a nation in the sense of forging the over two hun...

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The Primacy of Political or Economic Power: The Igbo Dilemma

By Anya O. Anya

culled  from NEW AGE, November 08, 2005There is a pain in the Igbo heart. There is confusion in the Igbo mind. There are excruciating aches in th...

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The Press and The Nigeria Project

By Chimaraoke Nnamani, Governor of Enugu State

When it pleases the State to say it is half-full, why would it displease the same State that the Press says it is half empty? Mokwugo Okoye …in Stor...

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The President Nigeria Truly Deserves

By D. Akinsanya Juliuson

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This was said by John Acton, the famous historian. He did not go on to suggest that th...

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The President Cannot Suspend A Governor

By AKPO MUDIAGA ODJE, ESQ

culled from PUNCH Sunday, May 23, 2004In retrospect, it was the sagacious P.P. Craig who opined in his book:Administrative Law (1994) “ at page 287 ...

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The Politics of Military Coups

By Sam Nda-Isiah

culled from DAILY TRUST of April 26, 20041966 was a very bad year for the British. Harold Wilson, the Labour prime minister who had only recently won ...

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