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Obasanjo: Working Hard Against Democracy

By Simon Kolawole

culled from THISDAY, December 31, 2005I envy President Olusegun Obasanjo, so to say. It’s never an easy task to be something else at home and to sim...

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What President Obasanjo Can Do to Squelch the Third-Term Rumors

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

INTRODUCTIONA few days ago, a newspaper in Nigeria reported that 30 out of Nigeria's 36 state governors were already "fixing" – allegedly for a vari...

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Who Beats Corruption?

By Jeffrey Sachs

By strengthening civil society — through legal rights and long-term economic development — and instituting clear rules to ensure accountability, p...

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The Clock Down?

By Sylvester I Ukusare

The culture of  power abuse is becoming a continuous practice in a state like Nigeria that presumed operating a democratic government but contami...

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This Animal Called Corruption

By Paul Mamza

This piece derived its inspirations from Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s book entitled "This Animal called Man". Obasanjo’s treatise captured his person...

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Why Does Our Nation Have A Rendezvous With Death In The Skies On Saturdays?

By Kasirim Nwuke

My niece Ms. Chisom Awaji was killed on Saturday December, 10, 2005 at Port Harcourt International Airport.  My nephew Master Uzoma Awaji was kil...

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Selective Justice Consolidates Corruption in Nigeria

By Franklyne Ogbunwezeh

culled from http://www.globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=1474&cid=8&sid=55 December 13, 2005In 13th century Venice of Shakespeare’...

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On Governor "Queen" Alamieyeseigha's Escape from London

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD

INTRODUCTIONThe period between September 15, 2005, when Bayelsa State Governor and former Nigerian Air Force Squadron Leader  Diepreye Solomon Pe...

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Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption War: Now That Obasanjo Is Serious

By Dan Azumi Kofarmata

I am one of the optimists who earnestly believe that, it is possible to turn around the observed defects in the current anti-corruption war being wage...

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The Rise And Fall Of Tafa Balogun

By Chris Agbambu

culled from Independent, November 26, 2005Born great and made to achieve greatness, Tafa Balogun, the 21st Inspector-General of Police was born on Aug...

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Tropical Gangsters: The Thieving Nigerian Public and Corporate Officials

By Dan Azumi Kofarmata

Corruption is increasingly recognized as a pre-eminent problem in the developing world. Bribery, extortion, fraud, kickbacks, and collusion have resul...

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Why The Paris Club Relishes Pounds of African Flesh

By Farouk Martins

One may wonder about the benefit of 12 billion dollars to developed countries from an African Continent that is well endowed but rife with famine, pov...

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Presidential Endorsement Of Plundering Of Public Funds

By Dan Azumi Kofarmata

Recently I advised President Obasanjo against being hoodwinked and outsmarted by State Governors into endorsing fraudulent white elephant projects tha...

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Why IBB May Succeed Obasanjo

By Ibekwe C. Nnamdi

culled from VANGUARD, November 23, 2005"In saner societies men like IBB will actually establish institutions where moral sanctity and uprightness will...

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Obasanjo's Presidential State Tours

By Dan Azumi Kofarmata,

As President Chief Obasanjo takes leave from his never ending foreign trips to begin an official State visit to Sokoto State, I hasten to caution His ...

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