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Obasanjo In The Mould Of Abacha

By Sam Aluko

culled from NEWSWEEK, Tuesday, May 09, 2006It is often said that if mirage is repeated often and often it assumes the garb of truth and people begin t...

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Redefining National Sovereignty

By Kunle Sanyaolu

culled from GUARDIAN, May 7, 2006It is instructive that Nigeria has somehow cropped up in the discussion of some foreign super powers over the third t...

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NEPA, Ige And Secrets Behind Obasanjo-Atiku’s Feud

By Carlisle U.O. Umunnah

The multifaceted problems facing the country called Nigeria will not go away anytime soon, as long as murderers and mischief-makers are not stamped-ou...

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On the Rigging in Ekiti South Federal Constituency Elections to House of Rep. on Saturday April 22, 2006

By PRESS RELEASE:

So that the World May Know:  On the Rigging in Ekiti South Federal Constituency Elections to House of Rep.By now, you must have read or at least ...

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What’s The Price Of Free Speech?

By Azubuike Ishiekwene

culled from The PUNCH, April 25, 2006The editors of ThisDay must have felt a huge sense of relief on Sunday. After four days of being alone in emotion...

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Obasanjo's Third Term Dilemma

By Niyi Akinnaso

culled from GUARDIAN, April 24, 2006If it is indeed true, as it now appears, that President Olusegun Obasanjo wishes to continue in office beyond 2007...

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Why Obasanjo Doesn’t Want To Go

By Pekuliameesi

culled from NEWAGE, April 19, 2006 At times in the course of history, as can be verified by any amateur chronicler, some mere mortals under the i...

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What Threat Can Igbos Pose To Niger-Deltans?

By John Iteshi

I was discussing with an East African Indian, who has widely travelled across Black Africa about the failure of highly endowed countries like Nigeria ...

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YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE

By Prof. Omonhiomwan Omoruyi

Being the 2006 Malam Aminu Kano Memorial Lecture at the Centre for Democratic Research and Training, Mambayya House, Bayero University, Kano, April 17...

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The Politics Of Personality

By Reuben Abati

culled from GUARDIAN, April 14, 2006The reduction of Nigerian politics to the whims and caprices of individuals as well as personality differences at ...

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Third Term: Obasanjo Is It!

By Greg Mbadiwe

culled from THISDAY, April 14, 2006Recently, our dear country reached yet another milestone in her march to democratic fulfillment. I am referring to ...

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United By Politics, Divided By Ambition

By Levi Obijiofor

culled from GUARDIAN, April 14, 2006All through human history, ambition has defined the rise and the fall of men and women of substance. Like a horse,...

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Third Term: Masari And Politics Of Commendation

By Ibanga Isine

culled from PUNCH, April 12, 2006Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Austin Opara, his deputy, may no longer s...

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Third Term: The Unravelling Of An Alliance?

By Igenewari Wilcox

Is the alliance put together by President Obasanjo for the realization of his 3r term ambition unravelling? It has emerged that contrary to popular op...

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The Beginnings of MAD: Qui Bono?

By Azubuike Ishiekwene

culled from PUNCH, April 11, 2006After months of shadow-boxing and cloak-and-dagger politics, Vice-President Atiku Abubakar took the bull by the horns...

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