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Why Nigeria Must Not, Cannot Break Up Elite Are Major Culprits In Nigeria's Moral Problem

By Dangiwa Abubakar Umar

Inter Ethnic RelationsIT would appear that our current democratic experiment rather than create the much expected stability has unleashed very strong ...

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National Conference: OBJ's Comedy of Errors

By Paul Mamza

In the wee hours of the birth of the present democratic model I had written a piece entitled: 1999: The year Gorbachev visited Nigeria.  It was a...

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The Place Of Armed Forces In The Emerging Regional Scene -Part 2 (Final)-

By Nowamagbe Omoigui

HAT IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH FORCE STRUCTURE AND THE ASSOCIATED FUNDING SHOULD BE ADJUSTED TO MEET CONTINUING NATIONAL COMMITMENTS BOTH INTERNALLY AND E...

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Separation of Powers and Nigerian Constitutional Democracy

By Ikenga Oraegbunam

culled from VANGUARD, January 19, 2005THE term "separation of powers" is an influential concept in modern democracies. It denotes the practice of divi...

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The Place Of Armed Forces In The Emerging Regional Scene

By Nowa Omoigui, MD, FACC, MPH

INTRODUCTION Thank you for the invitation to present this lecture to and partake in a discussion with participants of National War College Course...

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The Place Of Armed Forces In The Emerging Regional Scene -Part 1-

By Nowamagbe Omoigui

INTRODUCTIONThank you for the invitation to present this lecture to and partake in a discussion with participants of National War College Course 13.&n...

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What Manner of Dialogue?

culled from THIS DAY, January 16, 2005At last, the Federal Government appears to have succumbed to pressures on the need to have Nigerians debate thei...

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Thoughts On Sovereign

By Omo Omoruyi

culled from THISDAY, January 15, 2005Going through the various National Conferences (SNC) in the Franco-phone countries that successfully declared the...

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Nigeria Data Retention: A Cautionary Exploration

By Femi Oyesanya

The volatile nature of computerized based data, National Security considerations, and an overall Law Enforcement needs for substantive digital evidenc...

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Pro-Sovereign National Conference Coalition (PRONACO) Communique

OBSERVATIONConsidering:That after  44 years of independence of Nigeria from British rule, after a forceful merger of the indigenous peoples by fo...

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OWNERS OF NIGERIA -PART 10

By Seyi Oduyela

It is interesting seeing groups springing up again with the same people coming together to fight for “our freedom.”It seems, to me, that we are si...

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OWNERS OF NIGERIA -PART 8

By Seyi Oduyela

Before 1994, Abacha believed that to succeed, the Yoruba must be carried along; he saw the wisdom is choosing Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya as his deputy. Ini...

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The Senate in Nigeria’s Political Development: The case study of Anambra

By Uche Chukwumerije

 Culled from VANGUARD, Sunday, January 09, 2005SENATE in Nigeria’s political development: Senate, the upper tier of the legislative arm, has hi...

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Violent Agitation Not Solution to Marginalisation

By Shehu Shagari, President of Nigeria (1979-1983)

Acceptance speech at his conferment with a honorary doctorate degree by the Igbinedion University, Okada.  This day and this pleasant place ...

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Nigeria's Intemperate Politicians

By Ben Lawrence

culled from VANGUARD, Thursday, December 23, 2004Nigerian politicians must cultivate civility.DR. Emmanuel Eweka would say in those hectic days of his...

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