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Task Before Tax Administrators

By Ifueko Omoigui

In my view, there are at least four principles that should guide true fiscal federalism. The first is that each federating unit continues to be as aut...

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Peter Obi, APGA Candidate Speaks

By Press Release after the nullification of the 2003 Anambra State Gubernatorial Election

My beloved people of Anambra State.Today the Anambra State Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Awka announced to the world that I, Peter Obi, am th...

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Poverty in Nigeria - We Are All In It Together

By Chimaroke Nnamani, Governor of Enugu State

Poverty survives, in part, because it provides a baseline of failure which tends to reassure the non-poor of their worth; something akin to a reliable...

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Poverty in Surplus - Water, Water, Everywhere; Little Ever To Drink

By Chimaraoke Nnamani, Governor of Enugu State

speakable poverty for the majority, who strike, claw and bicker at one another for the pleasure of that few Marius N'yoyergo ( ...in Africa is Sinking...

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The Pitfalls In Nigeria’s Debt Relief

By Chu S.P. Okongwu

culled from VANGUARD, July 24, 2005I do not wish to be a spoilsport. But I hope that there will be something to celebrate in the future; right now, ho...

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The National Political Reform Conference: Matters Arising

By GUARDIAN EDITORIAL

culled from Guardian, July 22, 2005Last week, the National Political Reform Conference (NPRC) formally closed deliberations begun five months ago on a...

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The Sacred Cows And The Culture of Impunity

By Ja'afar S. Ja'afar

A cloud of duplicity, preferential treatment, injustice, contempt to law, intractable inflation, obnoxious laws, poor infrastructure and political int...

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Resource Control And Federalism: A Reply To Mobolaji Aluko

By Omajuwa Igho Natufe

IntroductionTwenty-four hours before the first part of Dr. Bolaji Aluko's article (entitled "Mid-Week Essay: Derivation, Resource Control and the NPRC...

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Of Obasanjo, Babangida, Buhari and Misrepresentation: A Rejoinder to Dr. Abdulrahman Muhammad, Umar Bello, and Sesan Koyejo's

By Reno Omokri LLB, BL, LLM

When I read Dr. Muhammad's article on the invading forces in Aso rock, I was rather impressed at the obvious patriotism of this intellectual. He was n...

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Respect The Dignity Of Labor As Mothers And Fathers Are The Only Heroes Left To Emulate

By Farouk Martins

African fathers and mothers are not necessarily the ones that gave birth to you. They are the ones you look up to and turn to in time of need, trouble...

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Toward A Renewed Federalism In Nigeria

By Okpe Union of North America

The convocation of the National Political Reform Conference (NPRC) in Abuja was compelled by the need to review the state of federalism in Nigeria. Th...

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Why Atiku Must Keep Faith

By Al-Amin Inuwa Bala

It is human for anyone under tension, especially when it stems from the psychological trauma of wounded pride, to lose mental balance and resort to re...

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Survival Tips for Nigeria: Ban all Fourth Republic Politicians (Political office holders) from Future Politics

By Paul Mamza

The ardent readers of my column may find the current topic juddersome if not alarming but not without an iota of a stuff for exultations. Those whose ...

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Open The Ballot Box

By Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd.)

We feel highly honoured to have been invited to participate in this historic occasion of the 12th anniversary, commemorating June 12, 1993 presidentia...

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Perspectives On Democracy And Development In Nigeria

By Otive Igbuzor, PhD

As the Nigeria Political Conference winds up, there is the need to revisit the concepts of democracy and development which undoubtedly are the two mos...

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