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Third-Term Plots And Nigeria's Criminal Ingenuity

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, Ph.D.

IntroductionToday is my French day, even though I love Nigeria, I nor go lie.Up until now, there have been three events or issues in Nigeria's politic...

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The Lawmakers Who Are Plotting Third Term

culled from THISDAY of November 16, 2005THISDAY reported that the sub-committee of the National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitut...

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When Will Religion And Politics Save Nigeria?

By Samuel Peter Aruwan

Today in this global world, no simple definition can describe numerous religions in the world. To many people, religion is an organized system of beli...

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The Primacy of Political or Economic Power: The Igbo Dilemma

By Anya O. Anya

culled  from NEW AGE, November 08, 2005There is a pain in the Igbo heart. There is confusion in the Igbo mind. There are excruciating aches in th...

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While We Prepare to Indeed Emit $12.4 Billion in Nigeria for Debt Relief...

By Mobolaji E. Aluko,

INTRODUCTION I have been following with avid interest all the various essays and other contributions concerning Nigeria's latest debt forgiveness...

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Resource Control Debacle And The Mistake of 1914

By Dominic Aboro

culled from VANGUARD, October 10, 2005"I favour politics as practical morality, as service to the truth, as essentially humanly measured care for our ...

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Whether A Nigerian Governor Has Immunity Outside Nigeria? Re: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Governor of Bayelsa State

By Gani Fawehinmi

INTRODUCTIONUnder International Law, immunity is enjoyed by the Head of a Sovereign State. State here means Nation State and not a geographical or pol...

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Yusufu Bala Usman (1945-2005): A tribute

Text of a tribute by Second Republic governor of Kaduna State, Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, for and on behalf of the People's Redemption Party (PRP)It is...

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THE RIGHTS OF CHILD DOMESTICS AS VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION AND TRAFFICKING IN NIGERIA.

By DR. MUHAMMED TAWFIQ LADAN

A PAPER PRESENTED AT A TWO-DAY WORKSHOP FOR JUDGES, MAGISTRATES AND PROSECUTORS.ORGANISED BY THE ANTI-TRAFFICKINGAGENCY (NAPTIP) ABUJA IN COLLABORATIO...

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National Guard : Not Again

culled from GUARDIAN, September 5, 2005A recent report in some newspapers indicated that Governor Makarfi and some military and government functionari...

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The Case Against Atiku

By Nduka Uzuakpundu

culled from VANGUARD, September 04, 2005...and how the Vice-President begged Obasanjo for forgivenessWhen President Olusegun Obasanjo declared on nati...

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Why Are The Hounds After Atiku's Jugular? -A Reply to Accusations on Washington Home

By Joel Isyaku

Unfortunately for Nigeria, our country enjoys the unenviable reputation of a people who delight sadistically in bringing down those who have laboured ...

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The Quality Of Our Graduates

culled from GUARDIAN, An Editorial of August 21, 2005Private-sector employers have lately voiced their dissatisfaction with the low quality of graduat...

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The Death of A Sense of Outrage

By Pat Utomi

culled from GUARDIAN, August 17, 2005Many years ago I made a commitment, part of relief for the debt I owed a society that helped me discover myself. ...

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Nigeria Central The Middle Belt, Glue Of The Nation

By Chimaroke Nnamani, Governor of Enugu State

2005 edition of the public lecture series of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Plateau State Council, in conjunction with Africa Republic Founda...

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