The Unlearned Lesson of Plateau Emergency Rule

culled from GUARDIAN of June 8, 2004SINCE the proclamation imposing an emergency on Plateau State, the mass media has been awash with comments and com...

These “BoldFace” Committees’ Explanations…!

There Are Three Investment Ratings For Nigeria

Investment ratings are the best way to attract money to a Country, a project, or a cause. The way to grow out of poverty is through substantive invest...

THE VIAL OF JANUARY 15

THERE is a point on which no argument exists regarding the revolt of January 15, 1966. It fundamentally altered Nigeria’s political landscape. It ma...

The Unification Decree: No. 34 of 1966

Decree No. 34                                      &nbs...

The Supremacy Of People Power

culled from VANGUARD Tuesday, December 02, 2003There is a profound statement President Jimmy Carter made to me in 1992 during one of his election moni...

The Supreme Court Ruling on Electoral Act 2001 and Dual Citizens/Nigerian Citizens Resident Abroad

INTRODUCTION I have waited this long to gloat so as not to jinx the process, but with so many more Nigerians in the Diaspora announcing daily the...

THE NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT

THE NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT(NDM)PRESS RELEASE: THE STATE OF THE NATION & SPECTER OF MILITARY RETURNWednesday, February 20, 2002The Nigerian D...

The State Of Our Nation

culled from GUARDIAN March 25, 2004TWO stories on the front page of The Guardian, Thursday, March 4, 2004, arrested me for an unusually long time. The...

The State Of Higher Education In Nigeria

The recent findings on the state of higher education in Nigeria as conducted by the World Bank and UNESCO had confirmed the degradation of the Nigeria...

The State Of Education In Nigeria

A KEYNOTE ADDRESS DELIVERED AT A ROUNDTABLE ORGANISED BY CIVIL SOCIETY ACTION COALITION ON EDUCATION FOR ALL (CSACEFA) ON 3RD JULY, 20061.  &nbsp...

Regionalism: Tales From The Good Old Days

culled from GUARDIAN, March 14, 2005Beginning tomorrow, the National Conference on Political Reforms should go beyond the preliminaries, to confront t...

Reforming For Sustainable Development And Democracy

culled from THISDAY, May 06, 2005The greatest thing in the world is not so much were we stand as in what direction we are moving. – Oliver Wendell H...

Reflections On Count Down To 2003 Election In Nigeria

We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal; they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among...

Redefining National Sovereignty

culled from GUARDIAN, May 7, 2006It is instructive that Nigeria has somehow cropped up in the discussion of some foreign super powers over the third t...