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WHY I LEFT NIGERIA

By Dele Igbinedion, Solicitor

In Nigeria, it is a curse if your land is rich in oil or is fertile for agricultural use. The government will forcibly dispossess you and hand the lan...

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Why Does Our Nation Have A Rendezvous With Death In The Skies On Saturdays?

By Kasirim Nwuke

My niece Ms. Chisom Awaji was killed on Saturday December, 10, 2005 at Port Harcourt International Airport.  My nephew Master Uzoma Awaji was kil...

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Why Bakassi Belongs to Nigeria

By Richard Osuolale Akinjide, SAN

Mr. President, distinguished Members of the Court. Itis again my privilege to address this honourable andaugust Court in opening the second round of o...

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Why Atiku Must Keep Faith

By Al-Amin Inuwa Bala

It is human for anyone under tension, especially when it stems from the psychological trauma of wounded pride, to lose mental balance and resort to re...

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Why Are The Hounds After Atiku's Jugular? -A Reply to Accusations on Washington Home

By Joel Isyaku

Unfortunately for Nigeria, our country enjoys the unenviable reputation of a people who delight sadistically in bringing down those who have laboured ...

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Whom Do They Think They Are Fooling?

By Gary K. Busch

Nigeria is going through yet another crisis of governance. Obasanjo is seeking a third term and has taken his plans to the U.S. and Malta to try and c...

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Why ECOMOG Is Still The Best? The Success and Failure of ECOMOG Peacekeeping Operations

By Roy Chikwem

IntroductionThe gradual abandonment of a regional security strategy led the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to seek all means to en...

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When Muslims Converge For Solutions

By Uthman Abubakar

 The Muslim Community in Nigeria is used to converging on a chosen location within the country every year under the auspices of the National Isla...

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What’s The Price Of Free Speech?

By Azubuike Ishiekwene

culled from The PUNCH, April 25, 2006The editors of ThisDay must have felt a huge sense of relief on Sunday. After four days of being alone in emotion...

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What We Owe, What We Are Doing About It

By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Nigeria's external debt stands presently at $34 billion. About $28 billion or 85 per cent of the debt is owed to the Paris Club of 15 creditors nation...

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When Will Religion And Politics Save Nigeria?

By Samuel Peter Aruwan

Today in this global world, no simple definition can describe numerous religions in the world. To many people, religion is an organized system of beli...

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What Threat Can Igbos Pose To Niger-Deltans?

By John Iteshi

I was discussing with an East African Indian, who has widely travelled across Black Africa about the failure of highly endowed countries like Nigeria ...

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Where Did I go wrong? Northerners Wake Up?

By Samuel Peter Aruwan

 " Truth Will Always Triumph Over Falsehood"    John MiltonI have witnessed so many religious and ethnic crises within these years. The...

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Where Has All the Money Gone? -The Need to Better Monitor the Fiscal Conduct of State Governments-

By Kasirim Nwuke

" We have institutions to check how it is spent; we have internal auditors of each institution, Auditor-General of the Federation and the Due Process....

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Where Is The Nigerian Left?

By Kola Ibrahim

This question requires the highest level of seriously at this point when the nation is fast descending to the abyss of dictatorship and barbarism. Mor...

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