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Assessing States and Universities in Nigeria - Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

I.  INTRODUCTION As a teacher, I hear this kind of statement all the time from students:   “I got an A in Chemistry but the teacher g...

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ASSESSING THE FUTURE OF NIGERIA’S ECONOMY: IGNORED THREATS FROM THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE DEBACLE

By Jekwu Ikeme

Policies adopted globally to mitigate climate change (global warming) will have negative implications for specific sectors, such as the coal, oil and ...

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Atiku And The Anti-Corruption War

By Tola Alice Ogundoyin

Nigeria between 1984 and 1999 was ruled by a succession of corrupt generals who brought the country to its knees internally and made her a pariah stat...

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Atiku’s Political Antecedents

By Michael Uchebuaku

culled from SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, April 10, 2006Analysts insist that one political truth about Atiku is that he is a man gifted with a highdegree of int...

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Atiku's Sins: The Untold Story Revealed At Last

By Mohammed Sarki Bello Paiko

culled from DAILY TRUST, April 25, 2006When I watch the way that our first and second citizens air their disagreements through the media, I get very, ...

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Atiku: Between Morality And Politics

By Musa Kasimu Aliyu

Politics is not that dirty, is it? Just like there are some ‘truths’ in the advertisement, so is morality in politics and despite the great works ...

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Attitudes Towards Public Service And The Social Contract

By Michael Oluwagbemi II

Nigerians are very political animals – and we act our political ideologies in many ways than one. However, we are a case in the study of contradicti...

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Attorney-General's letter to Plateau State Speaker

Following the briefing to you and your colleagues on 8th November, 2004, I write to formally inform you of the allegations of criminal offences levell...

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Audio – Visual Voting Method

By John Iteshi

(This submission was originally made in 2001 to INEC at Abuja, but was re-drafted for presentation to the INEC chairman at the Nigerian High Commissio...

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Awo's Statue in Ibadan Felled; Ladoja Declares "War"

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

TribuneAwo's Statue Pulled DownChief Obafemi Awolowo's statue erected in front of the Oyo State Government House at Agodi, Ibadan by the administratio...

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AWOLOWO, AFENIFERE AND THE YORUBA PEOPLE

By Olufemi Tosin Aduwo

culled from VANGUARD, Sunday, November 07, 2004THE buffaloes move as a herd with unalloyed loyalty to the leader. Like the soldier ants, they move in ...

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Awolowo And The Longest Goodbye

By ADEBAYO WILLIAMS

culled from NEW AGE, March 8/9, 2004Testing times Mr Chairman, revered leaders of the Yoruba, illustrious assemblage on the high table and distinguish...

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Awolowo And The Politics Of The Next Stage

By Odia Ofeimun - culled from THE NEWS

I am still chuckling at the thought that I was the one invited to deliver this year’s Obafemi Awolowo Memorial lecture. It is definitely an honour. ...

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AWOLOWO/AKINTOLA: The Tango Between Vision and Compromise

By Taiwo Akinola

culled from VANGUARD - August 15, 2003About six weeks from today, Nigeria would be celebrating her 43rd anniversary as an independent nation. So much ...

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44 Years of “African Pride” – and Present National Embarrassments

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD

PrologueToday, on Friday, October 1, 2004, Nigeria turns 44 years old,  post-Independence.Happy Birthday, Nigeria!I am using this day as an excus...

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