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Emi Lokan: Between Elite Political Settlement and the Real Politik of Individual Ambition

Posted By: adminon: June 24, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: BAT, June 12 annulment, MKO Abiola, Odua, UN, World War 111No CommentsViews:
Emi Lokan: Between Elite Political Settlement and the Real Politik of Individual Ambition

By E. Remi Aiyede  “I don’t think any person in Nigeria today of 200 million people, can say this is my turn. Now, it is never your turn. Even if you want to say it is the turn of the people... Read more

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Conceptualising Foreign Policy and Diplomacy

Posted By: adminon: June 22, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: Diplomacy, Monsieur Callieres, Russia, Ukraine, WARNo CommentsViews:
Conceptualising Foreign Policy and Diplomacy

By Ambassador Usman Sarki There is the need to define the parameters of the concepts of foreign policy and diplomacy as they relate to the practical conduct of inter-state relations. While p... Read more

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Why the PDP Vice-Presidential Cap Fits Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State – Atiku Abubakar

Posted By: adminon: June 16, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: No CommentsViews:
Why the PDP Vice-Presidential Cap Fits Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State – Atiku Abubakar

“In arriving at the decision, I held wide consultations with various stakeholders in our party including our Governors, National Working Committee, Board of Trustees, and other leaders to se... Read more

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An Absence Of Developmental Politics

Posted By: adminon: June 14, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: "Yes we can", APC, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu, Claude Ake, Democracy and Development, PDPNo CommentsViews:
An Absence Of Developmental Politics

By Ike Okonta It was the late Claude Ake, one of Africa’s foremost political economists, who observed in his book ‘Democracy And Development in Africa’ that Africa remained underdeveloped be... Read more

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The Ill-fated Goat

Posted By: adminon: June 08, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: Apiti’s Goat, CSP, Development, First Lady, Koko Local Government Council, PANo CommentsViews:
The Ill-fated Goat

Lagos lawyer and writer makes a literary intervention in the crisis of mission circumscribing elite leadership and politics in Nigeria, well, Africa if you like! By Chiemeke Onyeisi “Power h... Read more

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Building Universal Social Protection Systems for All: What Role for Targeting?

Posted By: adminon: June 05, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: COVID-19, ILO, Targeting, USP2030No CommentsViews:
Building Universal Social Protection Systems for All: What Role for Targeting?

The piece below is considered a very comprehensive and well written review/critique of the recent World Bank’s report on targeting. The authors are Shahra Razavi, Christina Behrendt, Valeria... Read more

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Ashiwaju Tinubu As Buhari’s Unique Opportunity to Transcend Typicality

Posted By: adminon: June 05, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: 1 CommentViews:
Ashiwaju Tinubu As Buhari’s Unique Opportunity to Transcend Typicality

It is good that President Buhari has not spoken in direct reply to Ashiwaju Bola Tinubu’s Abeokuta outpouring last Thursday. To that extent, the president has a unique opportunity to go beyo... Read more

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Political Parties, the Constitution and Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Cum National Interest

Posted By: adminon: May 29, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: Chapter 2, COVID-19, Directive Principles of State Policy, Foreign policy, National interestNo CommentsViews:
Political Parties, the Constitution and Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Cum National Interest

By Ambassador Usman Sarki The preamble of the 1999 Constitution has outlined the aspirational principles of the Nigerian State and its core national interests. They include the attainment of... Read more

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Veritas University, Abuja Celebrates Its Championship in Nigerian Universities Debate Contest

Posted By: adminon: May 26, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: Divine Enekole Abah, Edwin Ocheido, Emmanuella Brown, Grace Uguru, Mrs. Abiodun Ayeni, NDS, Prisca Chiamaka IwendiNo CommentsViews:
Veritas University, Abuja Celebrates Its Championship in Nigerian Universities Debate Contest

By Cyril Oleh It has left no one in doubt that it aspires to be the Harvard of Nigeria. That confidence of success that often leads to success might have started manifesting. The Abuja based... Read more

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NIIA Takes on Democratic Consolidation and Rising Coup Phenomenon in Africa

Posted By: adminon: May 15, 2022In: Words and WorldTags: Democratic consolidation, Military coups, NIIANo CommentsViews:
NIIA Takes on Democratic Consolidation and Rising Coup Phenomenon in Africa

The Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA) appears shifting its focus from dialogic engagements of bilateral nature to conferencing. And the topic of the one scheduled to hold T... Read more

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