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Suffering And Smiling - The Vocabulary of The Oppressed in Nigeria -

By Olaewe Ewegbemi

“ If Nigerian leaders know anything about the depths of misery in their country, they are in no hurry to show it. As poverty continues to infest mil...

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Survival Tips for Nigeria: Ban all Fourth Republic Politicians (Political office holders) from Future Politics

By Paul Mamza

The ardent readers of my column may find the current topic juddersome if not alarming but not without an iota of a stuff for exultations. Those whose ...

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Nigeria: Between Civilians and “Militocrats”

By Ogbonna Callystus Chukwu

Lest one is misunderstood from the start, there is no suggestion whatsoever, that our retired Generals should be discriminated against or prevented fu...

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Bolaji Akinyemi

By Bolaji Akinyemi

Text of the public lecture, Nigeria: The Blackman's Burden? delivered February 24, 2005 by former External Affairs Minister Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi at t...

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Nigeria Social Forum (NSF) Charter of Principles

By Otive Igbuzor, PhD

Nigeria Social Forum (NSF) Charter of Principles[1]After evaluating the results of the past World Social Forums, held first in January 25-30, 2001 in ...

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NigeriaSat –1 launched

Nigeria’s first satellite was launched into the orbit at 0712 hours on 27 September, 2003. The device, which is christened NigeriaSat – 1 was laun...

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Nigeria: The Palace Coup of November 17, 1993 - Part 2

By Nowa Austin Omoigui, MD

BACKGROUND AND COUNT-DOWN TO THE NOVEMBER 17 COUPThe complex military intrigues associated with the Sani Abacha led Palace coup of November 17, 1993 a...

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Nigeria: The Unhappy Marriage of a Quadruple

By Ibraheem A. Waziri

Nigeria: The Unhappy Marriage of a QuadrupleByIbraheem A. WaziriIya Abubakar Computer CentreAhmadu Bello University, Zariaiawaziri@yahoo.com The ...

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Nigeria: The Palace Coup of November 17, 1993 Part 1

By Nowa Austin Omoigui, MD

November 17th has had its fair share of palace coups in history.  It was the day in 1954 that General Gamal Abdel Nasser assumed full powers as E...

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Nigeria: The Next Quagmire?

culled from AlterNet,  Posted March 14, 2006.Africa's humanitarian needs -- today the pillage in Darfur, yesterday the famine in Niger -- dominat...

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Nigeria Struggles Against The Curse Of Oil

By Jonathan Power

culled from International Herald TribuneThe gift that corrupts LAGOS Nigeria, already the world's sixth-largest oil producer and with large untap...

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Nigeria Needs A Confab of The Rich

culled from VANGUARD Sunday, December 12, 2004SOME weeks ago, I watched Tony Blair address the British Labour Union Convention in Brighton. He used th...

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"Nigeria is Poor, O!" says President Obasanjo

culled from The GuardianNovember 14, 2003Nigeria is poor, says ObasanjoFrom Madu Onuorah, AbujaPRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday painted a gloomy ...

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Nigeria: Silicon Valley Transplant

A recent Nigerian Newspaper article cited the Nigerian Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nasir El-Rufai, as saying that the Nigerian Go...

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Nigeria: Politics of Finance and Democracy

culled from THIS DAY of December 21, 2003The term 'political finance' can be defined as the use of money or the use of other material resources for po...

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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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