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The essential power sharing strategy As the nation moves towards national elections and transition from one government to another, the focus is again on the issue regarded as important for smooth transition and sustainable democracy in Nigeria. By Umaru Shunkafi ...more Plundering of conquered Biafran territory Before Biafra was declared in 1967, there was no onshore/offshore dichotomy in Nigeria's derivation dictionary. By Ita Idaresit ...more Ojukwu and Igbo leadership The Igbo persevered in the fight because they believed in the superior validity of their cause. By Tochukwu Ezukanma ...more Our dear Dr. Yakubu Gowon GCFR We will not refer to you as Sir, as has unfortunately been the norm of master - servant interaction in Nigeria. By Dr. Kombo Braide ...more Vacationing in Nigeria? Don't forget a machete! As a matter of record, Muhammad- for all his I'm sure wonderful qualities - had something like 12 wives, in addition to concubines and slaves. By Kathleen Parker...more The Nigerian nation as hostage Chief Obasanjo does not appear to be bothered by any of this. His singular concern at the moment is reelection. By Chuks Iloegbunam...more The road to Lebanon I have always thought that fatwa is a very serious religious sanction that must judiciously proceed from appropriate authorities. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale ...more Miss World Riot It may be that northern Nigeria eventually will call for separation into a Muslim state, as Pakistan did when it broke off from India in 1947. By Stanley Crouch...more This Day, Miss World and Kaduna Mayhem There is a violent streak amongst adherents of Islam in some Northern towns that provokes irritation and hatred from other Nigerians. By Steve Nwabuzor ...more As the Nation bleeds The president is performing terribly below par. He is fighting below his weight.. more Path to Nigeria's re-discovery The British promulgation 102 years ago of the territorial area known as southern Nigeria was carried through without the knowledge and consent of the various and disparate peoples involved. By Chief MCK Ajuluchukwu...more Where are the impeachable offences? In 1994, as Attorney General, I told members of the Constituent Assembly that whatever they did or did not do, they must incorporate into the constitution the principle of rotation of presidency. By Olu Onagoruwa...more The impeachment myth versus the Nigerian realty The word 'impeachment' must rank as the most popular term in the post-military lexicon of Nigeria. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale ...more Effect of Onshore/Offshore judgment on Judges salaries The impact of the above judgment in Nigeria has become more real than apparent. By Akpo Mudiaga Odge...more The President's executive power to amend laws In a country with a formal democratic framework of constitutional government, autocracy usually has its incipient beginnings in the executive field. By Prof. Ben Nwabueze ...more Democracy and freedom of choice; multi party politics in Nigeria Thus by bringing leaders from the different zones of the country to brainstorm on the future of democracy in Nigeria, the ACF has knowingly or unknowingly convoked a national conference. By Chief Edwin Clark ...more Constitution amendment or a Legislators' coup The current exercise by the National Assembly to amend the Constitution is bound to fail because it is impossible to use defective building materials to construct any edifice and expect it to endure. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale...more On the issue of one term; constitutionally rotated presidency There is something that is always puzzling about the Nigerian political scene when it comes to the presentation and consideration of political ideas. By Mobolaji Aluko, PhD....more Issues in proposed Constitutional amendments An amended provision of the Constitution is still a provision of that Constitution even when a new name is given the constitution embodying both the amended and un amended provisions. By Nkem Jika...more Rejection of ICJ ruling: Where Akinterinwa got it wrong What we cannot discount is the fact that the nation should equally be prepared to take the full implication of her action. By Prof Mike Ikhariale....more Nigeria and the ICJ Bakassi Magouile The ICJ ruling on the Bakassi raises the contradictions between territory, on the one hand and people on the other. By Bola Akinterinwa...more Bakassi: The Critical Issues The decision of the ICJ has come and gone. Unfortunately, we lost, in my view, unfairly. But the matter does not end there. By Prof. Itse Sagay ...more The calculus of regime change: Abuja and Baghdad compared One thing that is clear is that no maliciously targeted regime has ever been given the real motive for the ouster. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale...more Dilemma of the Nigerian voter One major outcome of the last three years has been the realization that our politicians have not changed. By Reuben Abati...more Calling Allison Ayida Nigeria in October 1960 was not a perfect state. But the founding fathers and mothers recognized that the way to go about creating the Nigeria of our collective dreams was to begin with creating a fair and just compact between the state and the complex of communities. By Ike Okonta...more Impeachment: Facts and Fallacies The question bothers on the Constitution, which the President swore to uphold. By Ezuiche Ubani...more Just Before Midnight The issues go beyond the impeachment bogey. By Ebenezer Babatope...more Understanding the Derivation Principle We must not also fail to realize that Derivation Principle does not technically the degree of ownership or control of natural resources as is commonly misunderstood. By Clement Ikpatt...more How not to remove a President Curiously and arguably, the most political and constitutional law concept in Nigeria's 4th Republic is impeachment. By Babatunde Oshilaja...more Second Term Politics and the Atiku Factor For a man who cut his teeth for several years inside the Customs 'Long Room'. Where 'the more you look, the less you see' is the standard 'Job Description', no one should ever underrate his capacity to do anything magical. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale...more Hearing Northern Nigeria's own historians There is an almost overwhelming mist of brutality, sadness and melancholy which jumps out from writings by young historians from northern Nigeria. By Ocello Oculi...more How valid is the case for Igbo Presidency NdiIgbo must be wary of the fact that attempts to deploy unorthodox means to realize the ambition of Ohaneze and other groups that are committed to Igbo presidency can seriously destabilize Alaigbo. By Okenwa R. Nwosu ...more Sense and Nonsense of the Igbo President It is bad enough that the Igbo political elite want to earn the unenviable distinction of securing presidential power on the pages of newspapers. By Chidi Amuta ..more Registration of Political parties in Nigeria: The way forward We should jettison the military mentality limiting electoral contests to few political parties and conform with the practice of diversification which is the norm the world over. By Ahmadu Kurfi...more Before the Conquest of Iraq Soon Saddam Hussein regime will be history, except there is a sudden realignment of international forces on its part. By Sylvester Odion-Akhaine...more Obasanjo, the legislators and the People Let me begin by stating that President Obasanjo is a bad case, the type no regular advocacy can easily redeem. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale.. more Professor Yakubu and the South-South To the indigenous colonizers represented by the Arewa zealots, we warn that the days when we were forced to sleepwalk our way towards political, economical and environmental extinction are over. By Dr. Williams Wodi...more Operation 'Aure': The Northern military counter coup of July 29, 1966 The majority of those murdered were northerners, accompanied by some westerners and two mid-westerners. No easterner lost his or her life. By Dr. Nowa Omoigui....more Obasanjo and the Prophecies of Yomi Tokoya It is indeed an irony that Yomi Tokoya could make such a brilliant analysis of the Segun Obasanjo's presidency even before it began, when a whole professor of economics could not grasp the fundamentals of the governments' shortcomings. By Ujuddud Shariff..more The Bicycle Man's Secession Theory In the last few years, the drum of secession have been beating in the land. The latest of course is that of a retired general of the Nigerian Army. By Max Amuchie...more State of the Nation The state of the nation's economy is of grave concern to all patriotic souls in Nigeria. By Clement Akpamgbo...more The Osu Caste System in Igboland: Discrimination based on descent A relic of the indigenous religious practice of the Igbos is the dehumanizing Osu caste system which has divided and alienated the Igbos. By Victor E. Dike....more Neither a candidate nor office holder be[1] Obasanjo as the PDP President, and as the PDP candidate, would ruin his legacies. By Prof. Omo Omoruyi....more Neither a candidate nor office holder be [2] Those who went to the NPN believed then that after the apprenticeship for an undefined period, the Hausa man would call on the Igbo to produce the President of Nigeria. By Prof. Omo Omoruyi....more Neither a candidate nor office holder be [3] President Obasanjo can be a presidential candidate. But he should understand that in order to make the 2003 contest a credible affair, he would have to make some fundamental decisions. By Prof. Omo Omoruyi...more The Niger Delta Struggle and the 'Weapon of Nakedness' Offshore or Onshore sophistry has no meaning to these people who were born and raised inside the waters of the Niger Delta. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale..more Once Upon a Cadillac Part of the story which is not yet clear to me relates to the ownership of this inestimable jewel of a car. By Amoo Apampa...more Obasanjo's election manifesto Both seekers and defenders of power employ violence and anti democratic instincts are not confined to one side. By Edwin Madunagu....more African Midsummer Blues or Madness Before the actualization of this mid-summer dream of unification and presiding over the African Empire by the various African despots, a burning question answered. By Chike Okafor...more BUHARISM: Economic Theory and Political Economy Buharism therefore, was a crisis in the dominant class, a fracturing of its members into a patriotic nationalist group and a dependent parasitic and corrupt one. by Sanusi L. Sanusi....more Between reason, rhetoric and a well thought out diplomatic offensive I remain positive in a pragmatic sense about the Nigerian government's reaction to the mistreating of a Nigerian citizen. I think the trade off in the Doruwa's case is way too huge from a futuristic perspective. By William Etim-Bassey...more Hegemony through elections If a saint is inserted into the Nigerian social system to regulate the struggle for power he or she will emerge from the exercise painted devil black. By Edwin Madunagu...more A ghost on the prowl And, if by his death, his killer had meant to silence the man who heralded a new dawn for Nigerian journalism, it is clear by now that only his physical body was blown to pieces that Sunday morning. By Ufot Essien...more Indigenous people and the African situation It has been stated that one of the problem Africa faces is that of ethnic and indigenous pluralism. By Alfred Ilenre....more 2002: National year of Sovereign Conferences It is often said that when accidental fire burns down a palace, it gives the community a special opportunity to build a more beautiful modern palace benefiting an important and beloved king. By Sam Abbd Israel ...more Search for ideal political parties Nigeria is not new to the formula of political parties, many of which had existed in the pre-colonial days. By Olorunnimbe Farunkanmi...more OBASANJO'S CONTEMPT FOR THE MIDWEST: A reminder of Alake's 'Insult of 1952' It should be noted that as of January 7, 1952, the Western Region was an administrative arrangement created by the British colonial administration to house the Yorubas and non Yorubas of the Benin and Delta Provinces. By Prof. Omo Omoruyi....more My Stewardship: Beyond the Tripod To them it was not necessary to send an educated person like me to Lagos unless he was made to subscribe to an oath. By Prof. Omo Omoruyi..more Igbo Presidency: Why Not? I continue to read with amusement the reasons advocated by most of the proponent of Igbo presidency. By Dr. Debo Awosika-Olumo....more ON ABURI WE STAND I do not really see how an SNC could discuss anything that has already been covered in the previous constitutional debates. By Max Siollun...more Abel Alalade, General Malu, the Nigeria Army and Coup Threats When Yorubas introduced OPC, the first ever Militia in Nigeria and launched a deadly assault on Northerners in the West, I did not hear any wisdom from Mr. Alalade... By Zaiyol Karl.....more Towards a stable democracy The political history books are there to confirm that the coups which ousted civilian governments in the past were popular and welcomed by public opinion. By Anthony A. Akinola...more The Curse of Odi Could Mr. Malu tell us how many soldiers were lost under his command apart from the 800 whom he claimed he buried? By Kayode Nathan...more A history of Institutionalized ad hocism, Selective Amnesia, Executive Impunity and Group Euthanasia No amount of semantic manipulation of the usual smokescreen of 'overall national interest', 'nascent democracy', 'law and order'. 'restive youths', ad nauseam ad infinitum can obscure the fact that the Niger Delta is a militarized colony. By Dr. Kombo Braide...more An analysis of the Supreme Court judgment in the Derivation Suit Funds from natural resources payable into the Federation account must be derived from a state of Nigeria and if it is not derived from a state of Nigeria or Abuja FCT, such funds cannot find its way into the federation account. By Ekong Bassey SAN ...more Nigerian Leadership Vacuum: Reasons why Obasanjo must go Obasanjo suffers from the same acute spend and spend without documentation infection afflicting developing nations where prioritization of national needs is absent. By Chike Okafor...more Seeking a political solution after the supreme court's ruling The Federal Executive and the National Assembly have both the knife and the yam, they can cut it any how they feel. By Sebastian Hon, Esq....more Ikhariale's pseudo intellectualism Perhaps, Ikhariale needs to be re-educated - that 'to urge', which is what endorsement connotes, is not necessarily the same as 'to beg'. By Ade Akintiilo ....more A History of Corruption To fight corruption in society at large, successive governments must identify policies that seek to eradicate ignorance and poverty. By Anthony Akinola...more Democracy and Media Rights Violations The reality is that not much lesson has been learnt, human rights violations are still commonplace and the media is not spared in Nigeria and elsewhere. By Tokunbo Awoshakin ...more What is a free and fair election? Beyond popular slogans and official cynicisms and deception, let us try to articulate the features of a free and fair election. By Edwin Madunagu...more Lectures from the Ivory Tower The three professors obviously don't see anything egregious in the judgment handed down by the Supreme Court on the issue at stake. By Okenwa Nwosu, MD.....more More on Resource Control: A few 'Last Words' Those who are unhappy about the resource control suit should buckle down to political solution and stop threatening the universe. By Bolaji Aluko, PhD ...more The Techniques of subliminal political seduction in Nigeria Nigerians as usual, will be inundated with disinformation overload inflicted relentlessly on their senses in the months leading to the elections in 2003. By Dr. Kombo Braide....more American Africans and Continental Africa Legacy Month There is therefore the need for the American African to revisit the legacies of their heroes past to include everything African from the dawn of mankind. By Dr. M. O. Ene...more Testament of a wasted generation It will be foolish to wait on my generation for answers to the problem of Nigeria. We have none. By Sam Abbd Israel ...more Case for a South-South Presidential Candidacy Geographically, the south South almost surrounds the South East but for the latter's northern border with Kogi and Benue states. Historically... By Okenwa R. Nwosu, MD.. more Onshore/Offshore: Illogical Reasoning I cannot help but admit that I do not share the view of the honorable justices of the supreme court. By Justice Atake...more Supreme Court's verdict on resource control: The political imperatives To conclude the way forward, we shall take some inspiration from the autobiography of Sir Ahmadu Bello. By Chief David Dafinone....more Supreme persecution of the Delta peoples The argument adduced by the Supreme Court that the continental and territorial waters belong to the federal government is absolute rubbish. By Leburah Ganago...more The Supreme Court is Inconsistent The littoral states you are talking about, did not cede their territories to the British Crown. By Chief GBA Akinyede, CON...more Renegotiate Nigeria We must all be grateful to the supreme Court of Nigeria for forcefully drawing our collective attention to the depth of inequities of the Nigerian legal system. By Chief Bassey Ekpo Bassey....more A STATEMENT BY ARC OBONG VICTOR ATTAH ON THE SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT Resource Control agitation not resolved If what the court has settled in this case is the legal boundary, who and how will the factual boundary of the littoral states be determined? By Gov. James Ibori....more Supreme Court as Final oppressor The Niger Delta people will be the greatest fools if they once again vote en masse for this president that hates them so much. By Mideno Bayagbon....more Of Obasanjo, Babangida and other vermins I think it is time we close our minds to the strident pleas of taking case studies in abject failures in leadership as our only leadership options. By Kwapchi Bata Dibal...more Simplifying our revenue allocation formula: Pertinent issues The federal government seems to have bitten off more that it could chew, what it now has is a serious concern over the fiscal structure of the country as a whole. By Mobolaji Aluko, PhD....more Israeli-Palestinian Crises: Legal Issues Involved This paper has as its fundamental bedrock, the notion that peace would only be achieved in this region as a result and appliance of the spirit of give and take. By Audu Echono, Esq....more Religion, Governance and the Politics of Religious Crises in some States What has been going on so far in some states in the North is not about religion. If Nigeria does not sieve the chaff from the grain early enough, we would end up in far greater trouble than we can imagine. By Fr. Mathew Kukah...more Awakening Africa's Sleeping Giant Lets not forget that this sleeping giant is not only complex and of gargantuan proportions, but has been put to sleep for quite a while. To awaken her, we must proceed with caution, do it right and keep prodding it to stay awake. By Andrew Young, Jr. ....more Between Onshore property and Offshore castle Notwithstanding the rhetoric's of the last three years, it would appear there is no real commitment to the anti-corruption crusade for which the Independent Corruption Practices and other offences was set up. By Olu Adeniyi...more Legal Limits of Resource Control It is generally agreed that what the Supreme Court did in its judgment on the resource control suit is to affirm the position of the country's various laws relevant to the issue. By Kunle Sanyaolu ...more Another look at 'the turn by turn' philosophy It is evident everywhere that second term has become an albatross weighing heavily on the neck of the nation. By Pini Jason.....more Solving the Presidency Problem We have completely ruled out twenty year old Yorubas for example, from aspiring to the presidency until forty years after 2007, granted Baba Aremu does tazarce in 2003. By Abu AlBashir....more Presidency 2003: South South in a dilemma Even the governors of Edo and Rivers had cast their votes for Obasanjo in 2003. With such powerful friends, the South South needs no further enemies. By Dele Shobowale ...more Much ado about Nigerian Identity and Citizenship Today in Nigeria, it is no longer fresh to declare that group identities have assumed not only a primary means of social expression, but also of rights and privileges in the polity. By Tokunbo Awoshakin ...more E tu, Gowon! It is necessary to postulate that those who kicked him out of office did him more good than he imagined. By Harry Mukoro...more The rule of law triumphs as the Supreme Court nullifies obnoxious sections of the Electoral Law It is our hope that, at the end of the day, Nigeria, both the leaders and the led alike, would begin to understand the value of civilized resolution of dispute, no matter how contentious or, as we are wont to describe our disagreements, volatile. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale....more Equatorial Guinea and the Bakassi Dispute No amount of Cameroun's unilateralism can solve the problem or intimidate either Equatorial Guinea or Cameroun. By Bola Akinterinwa...more Nigeria: The Darkest Moment, 1985-1989 [2] Ibrahim Babangida and Abacha the two military demagogues were not patriots in any debased sense, neither were they interested in protecting the North or anybody for that matter from any 'foreign' domination. By Sam Abbd Israel...more Sharia: Ba mu so! Sheik Sani of Zamfara has offered a typical northern HausaFulani response by dismissing the Attorney-General as ignorant and by purporting to educate him on the fine points of law. By Reuben Abati...more A critique of Peter Ekeh's 'British Imperialism in Urhoboland' [2] To a long lasting health of Urhobo-Itsekiri relation! Amen. By Chief J.O.S. Ayomike....more A Prefatory Statement on 'British Treaties on Protection in Western Niger Delta and Rival Ethnic Claims on 'Ownership' of Warri What makes the problem of the conflict over the ownership of Warri so very intriguing is that 'OWNERSHIP' has various meanings to the different sides to this dispute. By Urhobo Historical Society...more Nigeria: The Darkest Moment, 1985-1989 [1] "Holding this country together is not possible except by means of the religion of the Prophet... If they want political unity, let them follow our religion." By Sam Abbd Israel ...more Zimbabwe and Democracy In 1922, a self governing colony was proclaimed separate from the Union of South Africa. Most blacks were not allowed to vote, which reminds one of Florida's voting regime. By Harold Smith...more Assault on the Academy The options are clear, ship out; remain, collude and vegetate or struggle to improve the system. By Prof. Poju Akinyanju...more Anthony Enahoro speaks again It is that he sees ethno-linguistic autonomy and self determination within the federation of Nigeria and hence, the geo-political restructuring of the country along ethno-linguistic lines as the dominant political question at this time. By Edwin Madunagu....more Where are the figures? Something has to be done about our national celebration of imprecision and vagueness, if Nigeria is to have any real chance at true development. By Paul Nwabuikwu.....more Reflections on the Nigeria Police strike We understand money meant for the police was lodged in a private bank account by a privileged officer to generate interest for himself. By Abubakar Tsav...more Of salaries, pension and unemployment in Nigeria If we continue along the path that we are going without remedies, we may eventually end up having 70-80% of our budget on recurrent expenditure, with 70-80% of that on salaries and pension alone! It will then no longer be Obasanjo's headache - but that his successors! By Mobolaji Aluko, PhD...more In the event of Nigeria-Cameroun War Any ICJ ruling is not likely to change the situation. It will be absurd to ask the inhabitants to leave their land so that the land can belong to Cameroons. By Bola Akinterinwa...more A response to an intellectual challenge I will also concede that I am "ignorant", like most of the "gardawas". Since I cannot comprehend "hermeneutics" and "epistemology". By Danladi A. Mohammed...more Discourses, Subjectivities and Muslim Family Law in Nigeria The needs and aspiration of society cannot be, in Islam, the exclusive determinant of the law; they can legitimately operate only within the bounds of the norms and principles irrevocably established by the divine command. And, it is precisely the determinant of these limits which is the unfinished task of legal modernism. By Sanusi L. Sanusi...more Why Newspapers fail in Northern Nigeria The Yoruba who control the economy, control advertisement the major source of funds for any newspaper. Therefore, whoever wants adverts must dance to the tune of the Yoruba agenda. By Danladi Mohammed....more Supreme Court after Justice Karibi-Whyte Mr. Adolphus Godwin Karibi-Whyte made history last month as the first person to remain on the Supreme Court of Nigeria until the age of 70. By Solomon Ukhuegbe...more Insisting that Nigeria's unity is not negotiable is a sure route to violent balkanization I am not against the unity of nigeria, but any unity based on falsehood, distrust, disillusionment, disharmony and disinclination, is bound to lead to disaster. By Debo Awosika-Olumo ....more Sunday Awoniyi, the Arewa tragic phenomenon It is very difficult to rationalize the press utterances credited to Sunday Awoniyi in the aftermath of the latest bout of Hausa genocidal violence in Idi Araba. By Femi Awoniyi.....more Bola Ige and the path to political perdition The poser should be would Ige have died if he did not join Obasanjo's government? By Peter Oparah .....more Uwazuruike, Ojukwu and the Biafran House So, despite the dilettantism of its leadership and the impracticability of its objectives, MASSOB remains a necessary political force because the Igbo needs agitators. By Tochukwu Ezukanma.....more Blair's travels and the African question Maybe you now see why I am skeptical about your trip. But, I am not against it, at least it helped my president to justify his own strip teasing across the world. By Bolaji Abdullahi....more Ten reasons why Obasanjo's regime would fail If Obasanjo is overthrown today, nothing will happen. If he is killed today, nothing will happen. If he is imprisoned today, nothing will happen. The international community lacks the tactical and logistical capacity to sustain democracy anywhere. By Prof. Ndiribe A.A. Ndiribe....more Exposing revisionists of South-South history In an era of revisionism, truth is of no premium. By Ben Lawrence....more Winners and Losers [5] The Caucasian countries and their banking and financial industries were guided by one important historical and legal fundamental principle, when they conned and granted so much loan to Nigeria and other poor countries. By Sam Abbd Israel..more Winners and Losers [4] Nigerian leaders, at least Murtala meant well but his group only had brawn but lacked wisdom to go with it. And for their stupidity and foolishness, Nigeria have been dragged back into the reformed slavery of the 20th century. By Sam Abbd Israel.....more Winners and Losers [3] Counting the cost of mismanagement. By Sam Abbd Israel...more Winners and Losers [2] The consequences of mismanagement. By Sam Abbd Israel...more Winners and Losers 1 [Serialized] An Essay on The Contribution of International Trades and the Mismanagement of Oil Resources to the Problems of Nigeria By Sam Abbd Israel...more Neo-Biafranism and the Illusion of Secessionism in Nigeria For the neo-biafrans, new hope of a separate nation is even less realistic than their first attempt. Those who clamor for secession clearly haven't done their arithmetic. By Dr. Tunde Arogundade....more The Explosive President How could any rational listener not think that such a terse statement was by a reclusive and anti social practitioner of the science and art of sadism. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale...more The 'True Believers' and anti-Intellectualism Islamization is not about retaining all the structures of alienation in the political economy while introducing a stiff code. By Sanusi L. Sanusi...more No oil in the north? There's a lesson for us Oil has not been particularly beneficial to nigeria. One might even argue that the discovery of oil in the North could lead to the final break up of Nigeria. By Chudi A. Okoye, PhD...more "Cry, my beloved Ugborodo" A diary of a painful visit to Itsekiri Homeland made desolate by oil pollution and inter ethnic conflict. By Oritsegbemi O. Omatete, PhD...more Deconstructing Nigerian Symbols of National Identity The gravity of the insults heaped on the collective intelligence of Nigerians by the subliminal symbolism embedded in our national flag, national anthem, coat of arms, corporate logos and currencies is unbelievable. By Dr. Kombo Braide...more The Yorubas, the Hausa Fulanis and Nigeria's destiny If older Nigerians can be fair to history and say the truth on how that war started, they will tell you that it was the Yorubas and Hausa Fulanis who were struggling for power in the then wild wild west. By Prof. Boniface Egboka...more Ajibola Ige: An ecumenical spirit The murderers are among us. Let no one be in any doubt-they sit among us right within this sombre gathering. By Wole Soyinka...more Oil price increase in Nigeria: A policy for the mendicant In the past 15 years in Nigeria, a lot of mendacity has been introduced into the socio economic policy of oil price increase at the pump in Nigeria. By Debo Awosika-Olumo....more From the barrel of a gun: The Benue genocide and Nigeria's concept of peacekeeping The most damage done is to the credibility of the United States sponsored re-professionalization program. By William Etim-Bassey...more Governance at the third tier The crisis ravaging the local government system across the country since the beginning of the present political dispensation lead directly back to the 1999 Nigerian constitution. By Edwin Madunagu...more The Struggle for the soul of the 21st century We now live in a world without walls, that we have worked hard to make. We have benefits, we have burdens. We have to spread the benefits and shrink the burdens. By Serikin Ushaffa...more Under the sign of the iconoclast We insist however, that the passages to truth are myriad and forever open; they are clogged only by the spume of dogmatism. By Wole Soyinka...more Ogiso Times and Eweka Times: A preliminary history of Edoid complex of cultures There should be little doubt that the original intention of these fabulous migration stories was to establish the specious point that all Nigerians were after all migrants, as the Fulani overlords of the Sokoto Caliphate undeniably where. By Prof. Peter Ekeh ... more Theatre and the rites of post-negritude remembering To judge from all the clamor in contemporary literary discourse, it would seem that we are back, we black writers, to the days of Negritude. By Femi Osofisan ...more Safiyatu's conviction untenable under Sharia The only evidence or issue for determination before the court, therefore, was the issue of paternity of Safiyatu's baby which neither Safiyatu nor her former husband ever complained of. By Buba Iman..more Nigerian politicians are their own worst enemies The political class lacked the astuteness to alter the fait accompli put before them by the military. By Gen. Muhammadu Buhari...more Can President Obasanjo organize a 'succession election' in 2003? Plea for internationalization of process There is an increasing feeling among Nigerians that the present dispensation is not a system that would last. By Prof. Omo Omoruyi....more Shariacracy in Nigeria: The intellectual root of Islamist discourses Until shariacracy focuses on the true problem of the north, the condition of its people, it will not in my book be serving its purpose. By Sanusi L. Sanusi ...more Season of violence It appears that the various centres of violence in the North are competing among themselves to establish a notorious reputation as the killing fields of Nigeria. By Levi Obijiofor...more Nigeria's Politics and the Vicious Cycle Kabir Galadanci Democracy and the challenges of succession in Nigeria The forced amalgamation by imperial Britain of the various nationalities of Lagos, the North, and the South in 1914, was the genesis of our present crises of confidence and political succession. By Richard Akinjide...more Northern Counter coup of 1966 - Putting the records straight The cabinet minister signed a document which vested governmental authority in the military. Among those present at the 'handover' was a gentleman named Shehu Shagari. By Max Siollun...more COUPS: THE VICTIMS, THE SURVIVORS The gathering storm Those who think that these are normal times, or that the gathering storm will dissipate or drift away without breaking into a furious thunderstorm, had better peep into our recent history. By Pini Jason ...more Violence against Igbos in 1966 is unjustifiable Fulani colonialism turned Hausa to a people without an ethno cultural consciousness. Even in the Hausa Hall of Fame on Hausanet.com, most of the entrants are Fulanis. By Femi Awoniyi...more Between terrorism and global dictatorship There is no state in the world without designated terrorists, enemies of the state that should be liquidated. By Edwin Madunagu...more National Security Commission: Equity not Commission Nigeria is challenged in every context by numerous conflicts but in truth, creating a National Security Commission isn't directionally an expedient policy responsive initiative. By William Etim-Bassey....more How we run Nigeria Policy formulation , therefore is seen as a rational outcome of detailed analysis with choices optimized to suit existing circumstances. By Chief Ufot Ekaette...more Between Akintola and Enahoro - A rejoinder In the civilized world, when you arrogate for yourself the nobility of an invention or writing by someone else, you are charged with copyright violation or plagiarism. By Osajele Ehikhamenor...more Towards a lasting peace in the Niger Delta Lasting peace in the Niger Delta: A collective responsibility. By Akpobibibo Onduku...more Welcome, General Malu The writer's confidence on Nigeria was lost more than thirty years ago. By Ocherenome Nanna...more Yoruba and Politics The south south has shown the worst political proclivities. The absence of organized interest in this zone makes it a perpetual prey for the puppeteers of Nigerian politics. By Mike Igini...more How to reconstruct the Nigerian Nation Whereas the north increased from one region and 14 provinces in the pre 1967 [before the military struck] to 20 states [an increase of 43% and 414 local governments in 1999, the south increased from 3 and 21 provinces in the same period to 17 states [ a decrease of 14% and 355 local governments in 1999. By Joe Igbokwe....more Obasanjo: Commander in Chief of Aso Rock? Obasanjo, like his predecessors might be C-in-C of Aso Rock, but his influence beyond the gates of the Rock over the armed forces is doubtful. And he has the embodiment of military indiscipline in 1966 as his Defense Minister. By Dele Shobowale...more The meandering pains of resource control However you look at it, the issue is not so much a matter of legal systems or judicial rulings. It is much more a matter of simple fairness. By Prof. Mark Nwagwu...more Ethnic conflict in Warri Are there no daughters of Itsekiri, Urhobo, and Ijaw Kingdoms who can undertake the delicate duty of invoking the spirit of the first generation of Warri settlers? By Harry Nwana...more Between Akintola and Enahoro I stated that Ladoke Akintola was the one who successfully moved the motion that resulted in Nigeria's Independence. By V. L. Akintola...more A case for a democratic audit of Nigeria In our judgmental exercise, we seem to have habitually confused growth with development, progress with propaganda, planned development with chance happenings. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale..more
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If democracy must survive Nigerians always cheered a new government and exulted the new government over the latter's fall. By David Ifode...more The National Question: Separating the chaff from the grain One doesn't need to be a cynic or pessimist to feel jittery about the immediate future of this country. By Usman Bugaje...more Ethnic nationalities and the Nigerian State With all the manifestation of modernity and of the effect of globalization, the Nigerian State is heavily traditional in structure, thought process and perspective. By Gen. Ibrahim Babangida rtd....more Niger Delta and Environmental Issues Those who do not come from the area have different interests and perspective that defines their levels of assessment of the merits and demerits of investing on environmental programs. By David Ifode...more Further to the London round table conference on the agenda for the Edo nation Dr. Ogbemudia is downright disingenuous not to appreciate that there is nothing like the so called zoning arrangement that gave the presidential slot to the south west for two terms. By Prof. Omo Omoruyi...more Why Kaduna is always boiling A far more dangerous trend is the decision to try the suspects according to highly divisive legal mechanisms. By Fr. Matthew Kukah...more Bakassi: Legal options for Nigeria The present situation where the judgment was aired on CNN for just one day and then forgotten cannot bode well for Nigeria's strategy to capture the world's attention and conscience. By Nella Andem-Ewa...more ICJ judgment on Bakassi: How enforceable? However, like its municipal counterpart (the onshore/offshore judgment) the Bakassi judgment might as well be incapable of enforcement. By Akpo Odje...more After the final ruling "On Bakassi" My take is that the French would rather walk the fine line especially if Nigeria initiates rapprochement even if there's nominal and clandestine support for Cameroun. By William Etim-Bassey ....more Bakassi at the bar of politics The trouble with the decision of the ICJ does not lie in its insistence that colonial treaties matter. By Solomon Ukhuegbe ...more Patriots' Counsel: Epitome of political myopia It is naive for anyone to believe that one single gesture from an incumbent head of state is all that Nigeria needs now to resolve the current political impasse. By Dr. Okenwa R. Nwosu...more The Resource Control Conundrum When you dig a hole for your enemy, dig a shallow one, for you never know, you might fall into it. By Mohammed Haruna...more Obasanjo must not get another term. [Interview] He will wake up one day and say to hell, I am going back to Otta farm. But he will not arrive there safely! By Sunny Okogwu....more Oil, People and the syntax of anger Indeed by that ruling, the paradigm of the fiscal relations between the Niger Delta and the Nigerian nation was supposed to have shifted drastically. By Louis Odion...more The Wase Crisis and Taroh people: The truth of the matter Human tragedy of holocaust proportions is unfolding in Wase LGA, Plateau State and most incredibly, it is at the instance of those with moral, political and legal obligations to prevent it. By Rev. Canon S. Miner ...more An Appeal to the Ummah (2) What does the Shariah say about Resource Control? By Orok Edem....more Amina Lawal and the National Question In their fits of blinding demagoguery, they speak as if there was no life lived before the new faith arrived. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale...more Mr. President Sir, Your time is up! If our president is not junketing and marrying off his daughters to foreigners, he is passing off Gbenga his eldest son around world capitals as a top businessman. By Sam Nda-Isaiah....more The 'North' What is the 'North' Who are the Northerners? Tun da yanzu mu 'Yan Arewa mun zama saniyar tatse - a tatse mu, a yar. By Dr. Ibrahim Ayagi...more Resource Control: Matters Arising In my humble opinion, the decision was also given 'in ignorance or forgetfulness' of Sect. 3 & 8 of the 1999 Constitution. By Fred Agbeyegbe....more A portrait of the Nigerian Politician The successful Nigerian politician is the one who has access to a lot of money and is willing to spend it. By Reuben Abati...more If in doubt, blame the crafty Nigerians Nigeria undoubtedly is the one African country we love to hate-except when it comes to its soccer team By L. Muthoni-Wanyeki...more Is Igbo-Yoruba rapprochement feasible or desirable? It is trite to continue to blame the possible disagreements between our founding fathers, Azikiwe and Awolowo, for the perpetuation of misunderstanding between NdiIgbo and Yorubas. By Dr. Okenwa R. Nwosu..... more Betrayal or Water Power: Igbo-Yoruba Imbroglio There are many myths and propaganda used and currently being used by both dead and still alive political jingoists to further their own selfish interests. By Dr. Debo Awosika-Olumo...more Corruption in Nigeria: A new paradigm for effective control There are many unresolved problems in Nigeria, but the issue of the upsurge of corruption is troubling. By Victor E. Dike.....more Unraveling the nation's foreign debt The overall debt size has been rising despite the billions of dollars repaid and several years of ban on new loans. By David Edevbie...more THE BENDEL AGENDA: A HALF CENTURY VISION REVISITED A vision informed by ideas, conviction and common public interests never dies. By Prof. Oje Aisiku ....more Resource Control and the Mistake of 1914 These same internal colonisers using their control of the military, smuggled these obnoxious policies into the 1979 and 1999 constitutions. By Okon Osung ...more The 'Arrangee' Presidency There is no apriori guarantee that a rotational presidency, with the potential of further fragmentation of the country, will not perpetuate, aggravate and institutionalize habits more fearsome. By Isaac Sagay....more THE ORIGIN OF NIGERIA The southern disunity has too long been associated for lack of rigorous scholarship with the rift between Dr. Azikiwe and Chief Awolowo. By Prof Omo Omoruyi...more Why I love my country To the eternal shame of cynics and mischief makers, the faith and love which some of us have for the great experimental concept publicly known as Nigeria but privately called 'Looters Territory'. By Hope Eghagha...more Conflicting personal agenda not an alternative to President Obasanjo but a recipe for disaster Specifically, Edo and Delta states should come up with their state agendas as part of the 'south-south' agenda within the overall Minority in Nigeria. By Prof. Omo Omoruyi...more The National Question Our movement insists that Nigeria needs a constitution that will endure, one that will reflect the aggregate aspiration and experiences of all the Nigerian people. By Chief Anthony Enahoro....more Between Whitewashing reality and Controlling entropy Nigeria, particular its rulers, must realize that there is nothing sacred about any country. By Dr. Kombo Braide...more The Minority Question and Development in Nigeria The minority question or agitation by these groups are centered on the continued dissatisfaction by the ethnic minorities with the distribution of power and resources in the nation. By Oche Onazi Esq. ....more Which one is 'Northern Interest'? As for northern interest, I say with all emphasis that there is none, but that of the north west. By Sebastian Hon Esq ...more Can IBB really go free? Since coming to power, Obasanjo has looked the other way in the matter of our looed funds, especially when the name IBB is mentioned. By Hilary Evbayiro ...more The Benue Massacre: Matters Arising Initial attempts by the federal government to deny and cover up this ignoble and criminal role of the army here, did not succeed. By Zacharys Gundu...more An analysis of Nigeria's Super Eagles at the World Cup 2002, and the future of our national team After the performance of the Super Eagles at the Mali 2002, African Nations Cup, many of us didn't expect anything satisfactory from our national team at the ongoing world cup. By Oche Onazi Esq.....more Land Ownership vs. Oil endowment/Oil production in Nigeria Certainly, any financial statement which shows that oil revenue for Nigeria was less than that of agriculture or customs and tariffs, is decidedly cooked. By Ogaranya Uju Afulezi, PhD...more There are no oil producing states....Ughh! A country or state is commonly referred to as a 'producer' of economic resources she is 'endowed' with. By Clement Ikpatt....more Towards a Better Nigeria As the countdown to Nigeria 2003 commences, the forces that will supply the fire-power back up to their Nigerian surrogates, the feudal oligarch, are made up of the following rogues. By Colonel Tony Nyiam, [Rtd]....more The making of illiterate graduates and graduate illiterates No education, no knowledge; no knowledge, no understanding; no understanding, no freedom; no freedom, no future. By Dr. Kombo Braide ....more Buhari: Nationalist or protest politician Where many parted with Buhari was when his encroachment on the liberty of Nigerians had become deliberate, unreasonable and intolerable. By Anthony Akinola....more A review of HRW's and CLEEN's report on the Bakassi Boys The prime lesson that flows from the rise of Bakassi Boys and other vigilante groups in modern Nigeria, is that towns and villages all over the country are yearning to have their own police formations. By Prof. Peter P. Ekeh...more Supreme Court Verdict on Resource Control I ambled through the recent judgment of the Supreme Court on an aspect of the vexed issue of resource control. By Chris Akiri ...more Akwa Ibom State: The Nigeria Scapegoat How can political solutions, whatever these means and may be - as advocated by the President- reverse a Supreme Court ruling? By Clement Ikpatt...more Akwa Ibom State: The Nigerian Scapegoat [2] Akwa Ibom people have had it and it remains that truth must be told and clear lines drawn for others to respect and cut out their crap. By Clement Ikpatt...more Akwa Ibom State: The Nigerian Scapegoat [3] Our constitution should not say, on one hand, that Nigeria is a Federal Republic while the Supreme Court and governing practices suggest a crude deviation and mockery of that concept. By Clement Ikpatt ...more The Oputa Reports: The Unfinished Job Compensation to us, is a minimal requirement for the bona fide fulfillment of the Constitution and the universal requirement of human rights. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale....more Proactive United Ijaw: A perspective [1] This was the experience during the Ojukwu rebellion and it will happen again unless the Ijaw commit to preventing it. By Opubo Benebo....more Proactive United Ijaw: A perspective [2] I advance that from the interactivities that obtains from this merger of the organization will result a more effective coordination of strategies consequent. By Opubo Benebo...more A proactive United Ijaw: A perspective [3] The first step to Ijaw unity, as I see it, lies in the hands and minds of every well meaning Ijaw. By Opubo Benebo...more The impact of voodoo economics on the politics of some emergent banana Republics in the Gulf of Guinea A giant that cannot feed itself properly ends up being a dwarf, and a laughable citizen of a banana republic. By Dr. Kombo Braide....more The 'North' also cry Bafarawa cannot, does not and did not speak for the North when he said political power in Nigeria belongs to them. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale....more My action on Section 207 [2] in the 1978 Constituent Assembly Further to my rejoinder to Mohammed Haruna's factual errors. By Prof. Omo Omoruyi...more Decamping and the fruits of fair weather politics Politics and Prostitution are two seemingly parallel professions. By Fabian Odum...more Ndi'Igbo and Obasanjo It also needs to be stated devoid of sympathetic considerations, the scenario of an Igbo president in 2003 is not realizable. By Sen. Francis Nzeribe ..more Thoughts on the 2003 election Political thoughts, like political practice in Nigeria is of appalling low quality. Any wonder then why we are so blest. By Ike Okonta...more Notes on political religion The demand for the secularity of the state is the demand that the state, as state, should be separated from religion. By Edwin Madunagu...more September 11, Islamism and the Western response Poor Palestinians. How I wish they realized the forces that were arranged against them and why it came so heavily. By Prof. Mike Ikhariale...more Littoral or Traditional Boundaries: Questions bordering on intellectual merit and discrimination How did Nigeria come about having the right to make any claim in the disputed geographical areas under discussion? By Kayode Ososanya...more The Social and Economic Implications of Sharia Law Muslims cannot therefore operate full Islamic law of sharia, except in an Islamic state. By Prof. Sam Aluko...more Political Empowerment in Contemporary Nigeria It has been canvassed by some that part of the political undoing of Ndigbo is their extreme republicanism wherein every man is at once a major player in every sphere of life. By Achike Udenwa ...more Political Parties in Nigeria: Historical Perspectives The political AIDS virus called party registration was alien to our political culture. It was never indigenous to it until the trio of Obasanjo, Danjuma and the late YarAdua militarily smuggled it into the system. By Abu AlBashir ....more Pitfalls in J.O.S. Ayomike's critique of British "Treaties of Protection" with Urhobo Communities in Warri He has raised 2 sets of issues which should be addressed because they are important in [a] the historical scholarship of the western Niger Delta and [b] contemporary affairs of that region of Nigeria. By Prof. Peter P. Ekeh...more Civil Society in Nigeria: A requiem in C-minor [2] All we need is a disciplined and determination to sanitize and re engineer our character and thoughts to morally harmonize the things we ought to and ought not do. By Ibok Ekpenyong ...more Before the final ruling: On Akinterinwa's 'Before the Nigerian - Cameroun war' International legal dispute settlement mechanism is incapacitated by a lack of enforcement mechanism. Implying, primarily, that the expected ruling might not be binding on both sovereign's. - Nigeria and Cameroun. By William Etim-Bassey...more Civil Society in Nigeria: A requiem in C- minor [1] The Senate and the State Houses of Assembly are the primary suspect in the murder of our civil society. In the last two years, several of their undemocratic actions have gone a long way in rubbishing the ideals of civil governance. By Ibok Ekpenyong...more Globalization, Secret Societies and Good governance The fact remains that irrespective of one's choice of action, such action must be exercised within the framework and constraints of the law and without jeopardy to other people's fundamental right. By Dr. Kombo Braide...more An alternative review of land grabbing propensities across Africa: From Zimbabwe to Nigeria The British had invariably sentenced Alhaji Tafewa Balewa to a certain death when they rigged the general elections in his favor at Independence. By Dr. Kombo Braide....more A critique of Peter Ekeh's 'British Imperialism in Urhoboland' [1] Who owns Warri? Chief J.O.S Ayomike.....more Why Mugabe 'Won' again Only an incurable fool would believe, hook line and sinker, that the BBC and other Western media that strenuously lampooned the recent electioneering process in Zimbabwe did so out of legitimate concerns. By Prof Mike Ikhariale...more How Awolowo became the Leader of the Yoruba and the lessons for today The Yoruba have only come up with this title when there is a need for a leader to speak for and articulate the political line of the Yoruba nation. By Dr. Ibiyinka Solarin...more Afrocentric chauvinism and the glorification of geriatric politics Black rulers who vehemently resisted the call for sanctions on Zimbabwe at the CHOGM in Australia, are themselves the very promoters and bastions of all manner of anti democratic practices. By Dr. Kombo Braide...more Revisiting Nigeria's political history The generation of Nigerians who made political history in the colonial days has fast dwindled. By Ben Lawrence...more Sovereign National Conference Our problem is not the constitution. No matter how one views it, and no matter what side of any divide [social, political, status, ethnic, economic] that one is, that statement holds true. By Godwin Ndubuisi Kanu....more National Conference: Need to make Nigeria a political reality Until this is done, Nigeria will remain a mere collectivity of disparate and mutually indifferent ethnic nationalities, interacting through sheer habit but engaged in conflict over the control of national power and resources. By Frederick Faseun...more Redesigning a Nation I do not care quite frankly, if the reins of government through out my lifetime, comes only from one obscure corner of the land. By Wole Soyinka....more Issues in privatization and structural adjustment in sub saharan Africa [5] Much of the privatization carried out in sub-saharan Africa can be described as 'donor' privatization. By Akpan Etukudo....more Issues in privatization and restructuring in sub saharan Africa [4] In cases where privatization turns public monopoly into private monopoly, there is need for some form of regulation in order to ensure a successful management of the market based economy. By Akpan Etukudo...more Issues in privatization and restructuring in sub saharan Africa [3 ] The rigidity of control and the establishment formalism which | |