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PDP’s War Towards 2007

By Duro Onabule

His military background makes it predictable and expected. But added to these, the advantage of a sitting president, (self?) induced ambition and powe...

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Third Term: Death Pill For Yorubas

By Otunba Wale Johnson

A very dangerous, self-destructive propaganda is sweeping through Yoruba land presently with the capacity to ultimately destroy the legacy of democrat...

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The Last Days of Obasanjo

By Muhammad Al-Ghazali

culled from THISDAY, March 7, 2006If you happened to be an ordinary Nigerian battling with disease, crime, crippling effects of unemployment, or the v...

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The People’s Voices Were Muffled

By Uche Chukwumerije

Transparency and democracy seem to be the mantras of the leadership of the Joint Constitutional Conference Review. How transparent and democratic were...

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Third Term: The Making Of An Impasse

By Abraham Ogbodo

culled from GUARDIAN, February 23, 2006Not even the national census, which has taken a decade and half and billions of Naira to plan is being given so...

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Obasanjo And The 3rd Term Flu

culled from THIS DAY, February 16, 2006    Sometime in April last year, I wrote my column on the move by some do-gooders to get an...

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The Rifeness and Arithmetics of Fraud and Corruption in Nigeria

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

IntroductionIt is sometimes disheartening the news that comes out of our country.  It is not that these things occur that is worrying, but the im...

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There Are Three Investment Ratings For Nigeria

By Farouk Martins

Investment ratings are the best way to attract money to a Country, a project, or a cause. The way to grow out of poverty is through substantive invest...

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VIOLENCE And FALLING EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS – Are Professor Wole Soyinka and the Pyrates Confraternity Responsible?

By Emma Ihejieto

"Even people whose only legacy is cultism are praised and given attention. It is the pirates Confraternity that is the basis of all cultism, Cultism s...

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Nigerian Banks, E-Commerce, and Useless Credit Cards

By Femi Oyesanya

IntroductionThe general exchange of goods and services on the internet is referred to as electronic commerce, or E-commerce. The medium of trade excha...

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Quit Today, Even Now

By Wole Soyinka

Gentlemen of the Press,This is one of the gravest encounters I have ever requested with you. I would like to make yet again that demand which, to some...

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Penkelemes and Obasanjo’s Legacy

By Michael O. Oluwagbemi

“A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.” (David Lloyd George)It is sad to see what ...

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National Assembly’s Proposed Amendments To The 1999 Constitution

Clause Sub-Committee Recommendations1(3) Any person or group of person who, after the coming into force of this Constitution, breaches or attempts to ...

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The State Of Higher Education In Nigeria

By Roy Chikwem

The recent findings on the state of higher education in Nigeria as conducted by the World Bank and UNESCO had confirmed the degradation of the Nigeria...

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State of The Nation: Countdown To 2007

By Seyi Oduyela

Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu is someone I have known from my elementary school days. My elementary school, St John’s Anglican School is directly opposite h...

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