The elation over Nigeria’s experiment in democracy is over. Reality is once again at our doorstep with the worrying questions about our future – the calibre of those running (or …
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How can we get Nigeria right? It has been 57 years of turbulence. It has been five decades of uneasy peace and frustrated aspirations! How do we get Nigeria right? …
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Perhaps it is not irrelevant to begin this essay by making a confession: I had a little problem deciding on the title of this article. Many captions were competing for …
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History is always available to teach how to do the right thing in the right place and at the right time. In 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered the landmark …
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The principle of autonomy and/or self-determination is viewed as foundational in any true democracy. It is however worrying when democracy becomes a millstone around the neck of those who are …
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At the end of last week, Nigeria’s Supreme Court gave a judgment that many newspapers and online groups interpreted rather decisively and excitedly. Headlines declared that the court had dismissed …
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Ever since Nigeria’s Independence in 1960 and becoming a Republic in 1963, the country seems to have been living on the edge; living dangerously, like the adrenalin-junkies of the extreme …
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Delinquent political leaders like Idi Amin, Jean Bokkasa, Mobutu Sese Sekou, Laurent Gbagbo, Pol Pot, Adolf Hitler, Heinrick Verwoerd, Augustino Pinochet, Blaise Campore, were decadent political leaders. In contemporary Nigerian …
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After years of military coups and unsuccessful attempts to establish civilian rule, Nigeria eventually made another transition in 1999, with much expectation to end for good military rule in the …
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