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ON THE QUESTION OF PREVENTING COUPS IN NIGERIA

By Nowamagbe A. Omoigui, MD, MPH, FACC

INTRODUCTIONAlthough there is a tendency to imagine that it is indigenous to Nigeria, the "coup syndrome" has afflicted many countries, large and smal...

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Onicha by air!

By Orok Edem

"Osha by air….Osha by air...look…make u watch wey u dey go..oo""Are you talking to me""Yes, No …Sorry sir"Oga no vex, I no know say na you, sirS...

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Operation 'Aure' Postscript: An Interview with the Colonel (3)

By Nowa Omoigui

D-day and the days after Much of what subsequently transpired has previously been written [http://www.dawodu.com/omoigui13.htm].  The Colone...

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Operation 'Aure' Postscript: An Interview with the Colonel - Parts 1 & 2

By Dr. Nowa Omoigui

BackgroundJuly 29, 2003 will mark 37 years since the "northern" military counter-coup of 1966.  Already, http://www.dawodu.com/omoigui13.htm is r...

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ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF BALA USMAN AND THE BREAKDOWN IN NIGERIA’S NATIONAL CONSENSUS

By Peter P. Ekeh

In several pockets of human history, groups and individuals who assumethe status of aristocrats have claimed the significant privilege ofinsulting oth...

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Post-humous Letter To A Fallen Patriot And Hero

By Isawa Elaigwu

Dear Chuba,The news of your transition to the greater beyond came to me as a shock. From the last news I heard about you, you were very agile and heal...

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PREDICTING THE OUTCOME OF THE NATIONAL POLITICAL REFORMS’ CONFERENCE

By Paul Mamza

All is set they say, for the proposed national conference. The President had succeeded in bulldozing his ways without minding voice of reasoning and i...

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PUBLIC HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF CONFLICTS IN AFRICA

By Nowamagbe A. Omoigui, MD, MPH, FACC

WHAT IS CONFLICT? There are several definitions of conflict.  The one I like describes it as an "ongoing process of variable intensity invol...

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REVIEW: The New SOJA Magazine

By Dr. Nowa A. Omoigui

For those who like to read such material, there is a huge international industry for military magazines.  In Britain for example, there are numer...

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That Last Meeting With Bola Ige

By Prof. Sola Adeyeye,

Text of a statement by Prof. Sola Adeyeye on the face-off between Prof. Wole Soyinka and President Olusegun Obasanjo IT was a very busy afternoon...

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The Changing Mask of Fear

By Wole Soyinka

culled from British Broadcasting Corporation BBChttp://www.bbc.co.ukAUDIO VERSION I have taken myself back to the late seventies when, at the Lon...

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THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING BENIN VS YORUBA ORIGIN: REUBEN ABATI'S ANALYSIS OF SLUR AND CYNICISM

By Hilary Odion Evbayiroh

 The book of Omo N' Oba N' Edo,Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa II, the Oba of Benin, has stirred an unending controversy between the Benin and Yor...

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THE CORRUPT PRACTICES AND OTHER RELATED OFFENCES ACT, 2000.

A BILLFORAN ACT TO PROHIBIT AND PRESCRIBE PUNISHMENT FOR CORRUPT PRACTICES ;AND OTHER RELATED OFFENCES  1. Short Title and Commencement2. In...

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The Crash of NAF 911 on September 26, 1992

By Nowa Omoigu

IntroductionThe Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a versatile, high wing, turbo-prop military and civilian transport plane used by well over 60 countries. It...

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THE DEADLY EXPORT

By Bala Funsho

Despite much gnashing of teeth about Nigeria’s inability to compete as an effective exporter for products other than oil, there is something of whic...

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About Edo History and Culture

CORAL BEADS worn by OBA AKENZUA 11 and his chiefs

The Festac Mask - A carving of the Face of Queen Idia - mother of Oba Esigie

OBA OVONRANMWEN before exile

Pictography - a form of writing like the Egyptian Hieroglyphics

A TEMPLE IN OGIAMEN'S PALACE