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So, What is Terminally Ailing NIIA, NIPSS, IPCR and Other State Owned Think Tanks in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: February 12, 2021In: SpectacleTags: BBC, CDD, Chatham House, ECOWAS, FASS, IPCR, NIIA, NIPSS, NISERNo CommentsViews:
So, What is Terminally Ailing NIIA, NIPSS, IPCR and Other State Owned Think Tanks in Nigeria?

It has become a badge of some reference to be invited from Nigeria to utilize the Chatham House platform in London. Most politicians and intellectuals of statecraft who manage to get invited... Read more

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Another Blow As Nigeria Drops Further in Global Corruption Perception Index

Posted By: adminon: January 28, 2021In: FlashbackTags: BudgIT, CDD, CFR, CISLAC/TI, Perception, World BankNo CommentsViews:
Another Blow As Nigeria Drops Further in Global Corruption Perception Index

In addition to banditry, kidnapping and generalised insecurity, the magnitude of corruption in Nigeria is back in the news with the 2020 corruption perception index ranking the country worse... Read more

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Why the Media is Not Complicit in Conflict As People Think

Posted By: adminon: November 28, 2020In: FlashbackTags: 'CNN Effect', CDD, Danish Cartoon, Johan Galtung, Rwanda, Somalia, ‘Sociology of the newsroom’No CommentsViews:
Why the Media is Not Complicit in Conflict As People Think

By Adagbo Onoja As a panelist on a recent CDD event, one came face to face with a totally surprising clamour for media reports that are not sensational but objective and balanced. This was n... Read more

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NLTP Now Accepted By All 19 Northern States – Dr. Andrew Kwasari

Posted By: adminon: November 21, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: CDD, MACBAN, NLTP1 CommentViews:
NLTP Now Accepted By All 19 Northern States – Dr. Andrew Kwasari

All the 19 states that make up the defunct Northern Nigeria have accepted implementing the National Livestock Transformation Plan, (NLTP), Presidential Aide on the NLTP, Dr. Andrew Kwasari h... Read more

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3rd and 11th Anniversary of Abubakar Momoh and Tajudeen Abdul-raheem Respectively

Posted By: adminon: May 29, 2020In: People in ActionTags: AAPS, ASUU, CDD, CODESRIA, INEC, LASU, MIMEC, SAP, TEINo CommentsViews:
3rd and 11th Anniversary of Abubakar Momoh and Tajudeen Abdul-raheem Respectively

It is exactly 3 years today, May 29th, 2020 when Professor Abubakar Momoh died suddenly in 2017. He is still remembered across the many spaces he traversed as a scholar, activist and adminis... Read more

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Intervene Now, MABICACK Tells Kano Intellectuals, Captains of Industry and Leaders of Thought

Posted By: adminon: April 22, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: BUK, CDD, CITADNo CommentsViews:
Intervene Now, MABICACK Tells Kano Intellectuals, Captains of Industry and Leaders of Thought

Adding “widespread complaints of hunger” to its observed list of disturbing indicators in Nigeria’s Kano City, an intellectual crew of five is insisting on all academics, intellectuals and l... Read more

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Prof Jega’s Wager and Summoning on Electoral Anarchy in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: November 20, 2019In: SpectacleTags: Bayero University - Kano, CDD, Humpty Dumpty, Kogi Guber Poll, University of Ibadan Convocation LectureNo CommentsViews:
Prof Jega’s Wager and Summoning on Electoral Anarchy in Nigeria

It could be the ways of God or just a happenstance. Whichever one it is, it is a very powerful convergence of angst against the conduct and outcome of gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa and... Read more

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CDD Calls for Extra Measures By INEC, Police in Kogi Guber Poll

Posted By: adminon: November 14, 2019In: SpectacleTags: APC, CDD, ICPC, INEC, PDP, RFCC, SDP, SFCGNo CommentsViews:
CDD Calls for Extra Measures By INEC, Police in Kogi Guber Poll

Less than 48 hours to November 16th, 2019, Governorship election in Kogi State in North Central Nigeria, the alarm bells are ringing from the Centre for Democracy and Development, (CDD), the... Read more

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ECOWAS, CDD, WANEP, LSD Give Last Saturday Election Pass Mark, Asks Nigerians to Refuse Being Provoked

Posted By: adminon: February 25, 2019In: SpectacleTags: CDD, EAC, ECOWAS, INEC, LSD, WANEPNo CommentsViews:
ECOWAS, CDD, WANEP, LSD Give Last Saturday Election Pass Mark, Asks Nigerians to Refuse Being Provoked

The first set of Election Monitors, Observers Teams and sundry assessors of last Saturday poll have passed the election as well conducted. The ECOWAS Observation Mission headed by Ellen John... Read more

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INEC: Incompetence or Sheer Weight of the 2019 Elections or Rigging Script or All of the Above?

Posted By: adminon: February 16, 2019In: SpectacleTags: CDD, CISLAC, CNN, CSOs, EAC, INEC-quine, PVC, Transcorp HiltonNo CommentsViews:
INEC: Incompetence or Sheer Weight of the 2019 Elections or Rigging Script or All of the Above?

In the posh Transcorp Hilton in the heart of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city is located the Civil Society Situation Room on the series of elections that were to have started earlier today, Feb... Read more

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A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday
A Tribute to Prof Sam Egite Oyovbaire, an Honoree of the NSIA, at 85th Birthday

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Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Partners University of Abuja Grounding the Youth for Nigeria's 2027 General Elections
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Nigerian Left Commences Writing the Struggle 
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Senator Jonah David Jang, an Extraordinary Statesman, is 80
Senator Jonah David Jang, an Extraordinary Statesman, is 80

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