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Chris Ngige: The Hero of the Fourth Republic

By Paul Mamza

Chief Chris Ngige, the Executive Governor of Anambra State in the fourth republic became popular through a political trial that is unprecedented in th...

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CHALLENGING PATRIARCHY AND PROMOTING WOMEN’S RIGHTS

By Otive Igbuzor PhD

1. INTRODUCTIONThe position of women in society in relation to men and the subordination, oppression and marginalisation of women has attracted the at...

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Census 2006 Counts Some Out Of Lagos Again

By Farouk Martins, Omo Aresa

On my way back to Nigeria some years ago, I was advised by a lady that I would not find a civilized person living in Lagos. Since I was hired by the F...

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Census: The Untold Story

By Tom Mbeke-Ekanem

culled from GUARDIAN, March 20, 2006Nigeria plans to conduct a head count to determine the actual population of the country on March 21 through March ...

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Celebrating Two Decades of Nigeria’s Better Life Programme: 1985 - 2005

By Maryam Babangida

Over the past two decades it is interesting to note how gradually the issue of the relevance of the female person, to sustain development and for the ...

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Chieftaincy and Security in Nigeria: An overview of non-centralized East/West Niger Igbo

By Chimaraoke Nnamani, MD

"...one of the most interesting ways in which social disruption is prevented... in Igbo society is the belief ... about the causes of death and disast...

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Census 2005: Who Is Afraid of Numbers?

By P.I. Uche

culled from Guardian, August 31, 2005The national census for any country provides a very important and indeed indispensable data source for planning, ...

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Can We Trust The MDD?

By Reuben Abati

culled from GUARDIAN, November 20, 2005The Movement for The Defence of Democracy (MDD) was launched last week in Lagos as a pressure group to rescue N...

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Can Anyone Islamize Or Christianize Nigeria?

By Chuba Okadigbo,

culled from This Day  March 21, 2003 An attempt is being made to frame General Muhammadu Buhari in the image of a'religious bigot'. His poli...

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Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission - Background

culled from United Nations Office For West-Africa websiteOn 31 January 2004 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan invited President Paul Biya of...

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A Call For Genuine Sovereign National Conference, An Alternative to Chaos, Catastrophe and Disintegration

By Chief Gani Fawehinmi

Being text of a speech delivered at a Press Conference in Lagos on  March 22, 2000---------------------------------------------------------------...

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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC: CHALLENGES TO CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS

By Otive Igbuzor, PhD

A PAPER PRESENTED AT A GENERAL MEETING OF CITIZENS FORUM FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM HELD AT DAYSPRING HOTEL, ABUJA ON 24TH SEPTEMBER, 20051.  &nbs...

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Corruption Galore And Equity

By Olu Onagoruwa

culled from Guardian, May 03, 2005A Chief Magistrate, the late Mrs. Okunuga once declared: "It seems that people nowadays find it a source of joy to c...

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COMMUNIQUE OF A THREE DAY CIVIL SOCIETY MEETING ON ADVOCACY STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE THE NATIONAL POLITICAL REFORMS CONFERENCE (NPRC) WHICH TOOK PLACE AT TRAPPCO RESORT, KADUNA BETWEEN 21ST AND 23RD OF APRIL 2005.

As part of the civil society engagement with the National Political Reform Conference (NPRC) Abuja, Global Rights: Partners for Justice in conjunction...

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Consensus On National Conference

By CHUKWUEMEKA EZEIFE

Many years ago, I gave my ideas on how to re-structure Nigeria, at the Yoruba Tennis Club, Lagos. A national dialogue was indicated. The ideas have be...

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