Social & Political Issues

Category: Social & Political Issues

Sosoliso Airline Flight 1145: Official Manifest

The above flight crash landed in Port-harcourt, Nigeria on December 10, 2005 killing all on board except one passengerThe Sosoliso Airlines flight hea...

Social & Political Issues Apr 15, 2000

Soldier's Tale: How War in Burma Altered Africa

By NORIMITSU ONISHI

Soldier's Tale: How War in Burma Altered AfricaApril 15, 2000culled from http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/africa/041500gambia-war.htmlFARAFENNI JO...

Social & Political Issues Nov 11, 2004

Socio-Cultural Persistence And Gender Under-Representation In Nigeria

By Michael B. Obot

Women involvement in politics and public services has remain consistently low. Though international and constitutional provisions have been made to ad...

Social & Political Issues Apr 30, 2005

SIX OUT OF ONE IS BETTER THAN ONE BY FORCE: THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO NIGERIA’S SOCIO-POLITICAL PROBLEMS

By Michael Tayo Adesanya

Published April 30, 2005Before 1914, the present landscape named Nigeria by Lord Luggard’s wife had various independent peoples and governments, not...

Social & Political Issues Nov 30, 2006

Silence In The Face Of Evil

By Okey Ndibe

culled from GUARDIAN, November 30, 2006A few days ago, a friend of mine just returned from a trip to Nigeria rang me up. "Okey, Anambra State is like ...

Social & Political Issues Mar 22, 2004

Shell, Nigeria and Oil & Gas Reserves Revision - Sloppiness or Fraud?

By Mobolaji E. Aluko

IntroductionI have been following with a deep level of interest – and not a little trepidation – the unfolding saga of re-categorizations of its i...

Social & Political Issues Dec 19, 2004

Stemming The Crisis In Education Sector

By PINI JASON

culled from Vanguard Sunday, December 19, 2004MANY Nigerians were aware of the rot in the nation under the years of military dictatorship. But they ha...

Social & Political Issues Feb 13, 2005

Statement by the Patriots Following Meeting of February 13, 2005

IT would be recalled that we The Patriots, have for a long time been in the forefront of the demand for a National Conference. We have not stopped wit...

Social & Political Issues Jan 01, 2006

State of The Nation: Countdown To 2007

By Seyi Oduyela

Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu is someone I have known from my elementary school days. My elementary school, St John’s Anglican School is directly opposite h...

Social & Political Issues Sep 07, 2003

South-West and 2007 Election

By by Dele Sobowale

VanguardSouth-West and 2007 electionBy DELE SOBOWALESunday, September 07, 2003"Men make history but not as they choose"V. I . Lenin 1870-1924PRESIDENT...

Social & Political Issues May 19, 2004

State of Emergency : What the constitution says

By Gbenga Odugbesan

culled from PUNCH, May 19, 2004Under the miscellaneous provisions in Part II of the 1999 Constitution,Subsection 1 of Section 305 provides that, "Subj...

Social & Political Issues May 09, 2004

SOUTH-SOUTH AND THE PRESIDENCY

By Nsikan Ekong

culled from THISDAY , May 9, 2004Looking at the Nigerian political landscape critically, one cannot but admit that the Niger Delta question will conti...

Social & Political Issues May 26, 2006

South South And The Presidency

By Reuben Abati

culled from GUARDIAN, May 26, 2006The struggle for the post of the President of Nigeria by 2007, now effectively vacant, has begun with the North and ...

Social & Political Issues Jul 11, 2003

Vanguard I didn’t Resign – NGIGE

By By Sufuyan Ojeifo

VanguardI didn’t Resign – NGIGEBy Sufuyan OjeifoFriday, July 11, 2003ABUJA — PEOPLE’S Democratic Party (PDP) reacted yesterday to the abductio...

Social & Political Issues Jan 26, 2005

Stoking The Fires of Re-vo-lu-tion

By Oluwagbemi Michael II

An Open Letter to Chief Aremu Okikiola Matthew Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR; President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Feudal Republic of...

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Book Reviews Nov 18, 2024

Review of “Evolution of Leadership Research by Larry D. Mathis, PhD, DMin “

Review of “Evolution of Leadership Research by Larry D. Mathis, PhD, DMin “ The book was first brought to my attention by Shawn Mathis, Ph. D...

Social & Political Issues Nov 17, 2024

A Game for the Throne? The Nigerian Constitution and the Removal of an Incapacitated President

This article was first published on November 12, 2024, on https://constitutionaldiscourse.com/a-game-for-the-throne-the-nigerian-constitution-and-the-...

Social & Political Issues Jun 03, 2024

Civil Society and Social Movements: The Role of Activism and Radical Politics in Deepening Democracy in Africa

By Otive Igbuzor, PhD

Civil Society and Social Movements: The Role of Activism and Radical Politics in Deepening Democracy in AfricaByOtive Igbuzor, PhDFounding Executive D...

Social & Political Issues Jun 02, 2024

Chimaroke Nnamani: Progenitor of Ebeano politics at 64

By Paul Mumeh

Chimaroke Nnamani: Progenitor of Ebeano politics at 64By Paul MumehChimaroke-Nnamani2.jpg 88.87 KBHate or love him, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani; fo...

From the Archives Mar 17, 1999

Background To The Recent Nigerian Elections

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

Background To The Recent Nigerian ElectionsGeneral Obasanjo more than just a "friend" of the AmericansElizabeth Liagin is an independent journalist wh...