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The Problem With Nigeria The variegated patchwork

culled from Guardian, October 10, 2004THE British amalgamation of Nigeria was not intended to create a nation in the sense of forging the over two hun...

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Obasanjo, Ndigbo and History

By Chimaraoke Nnamani, Governor of Enugu State

With this benefit of five and half years of democratic practice, as both a leading player in my State and front row observer/participant at what obtai...

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OWNERS OF NIGERIA -PART 6

By Seyi Oduyela

The event before and after the 1983 re-election of Alhaji Shehu Shagari was a very turbulent one. The ruling NPN did everything to "capture" the UPN c...

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Rule of Law, The Bar and The Bench

By Olu Onagoruwa

culled from GUARDIAN, September 26, 2004The inference that can be drawn from the history of the Role of the Bar and Bench in Nigeria in uplifting the ...

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OWNERS OF NIGERIA -PART 5

By Seyi Oduyela

Late Chief MKO Abiola meant different things to different people. To some he was a man they hate to love and love to hate, to others he was a generous...

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OWNERS OF NIGERIA -PART 4

By Seyi Oduyela

When Babangida annulled the Presidential primaries of SDP & NRC, it angered Yar'Adua and some other politicians; he also banned them from contesti...

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Yakubu Gowon At 70: This General Is An Incorruptible Leader

By Paul Mamza

The name General Yakubu Gowon - former Head of State and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of Nigeria, first bachelor - Head of State, Internatio...

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Nigeria : Digital Divide, Technology Growth, and Technology Adoption Appropriateness

By Femi Oyesanya

Digital Divide is often referred to as the performance gaps that exist between countries with universal access to Information Technology resource, and...

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OWNERS OF NIGERIA -PART 3

By Seyi Oduyela

In October 1986, on a Sunday two things happened to Africa and one particularly affected Nigeria. Samora Machel of Mozambique died in a plane crash, D...

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The Budget: Myths, Illusions, and the Reality

By Otive Igbuzor, PhD

A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE TRAINING OF TRAINERS WORKSHOP ON BUDGET MONITORING AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA JOINTLY ORGANISED BY WOMEN ENVIROMENTAL PRO...

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OWNERS OF NIGERIA -PART 2

By Seyi Oduyela

Under Alhaji Shehu Shagari, the Chadian gendarmes invaded Borno State, and the government ordered the deployment of troops from the 3rd Armoured Divis...

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Nigeria: The Unhappy Marriage of a Quadruple

By Ibraheem A. Waziri

Nigeria: The Unhappy Marriage of a QuadrupleByIbraheem A. WaziriIya Abubakar Computer CentreAhmadu Bello University, Zariaiawaziri@yahoo.com The ...

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Urhobo and the Mowoe Legacy

By G.G.Darah

culled from GUARDIAN, August 10, 2004THE death of Chief Mukoro Mowoe (Oghenemohwo) of Evwreni on August 10, 1948, marked a turning point in the histor...

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The Caliphate and Nigeria's Future

By Wale Adebanwi

culled from THISDAY of June 22, 2004There can be no society which does not feel the need of upholding and reaffirming at regular intervals the collect...

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Two Strikes Against Halliburton in Nigeria

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

INTRODUCTIONHalliburton is in the news again – in Nigeria.  But before proceeding much further, and to assist the Nigerian public,  let us...

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