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Political Power in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: November 06, 2026In: BookspaceTags: 'Lugardian architecture', Atiku Abubakar, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, CORRUPTION, Igbo strategy, Neopatrimonialism, North, Peter ObiNo CommentsViews:
Political Power in Nigeria

By Muyiwa Jimoh Sylvester Odion Akhaine’s Political Power in Nigeria is a significant contribution to the understanding of Nigerian political development, particularly the relationship betwe... Read more

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Who Lights A Candle of Hope As Darkness Thickens Over Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: January 22, 2026In: GovernanceTags: Awakened citizenship, CORRUPTION, Darkness, Fragmentation, Humane nation, Light, Patriotism, Recovery, UnemploymentNo CommentsViews:
Who Lights A Candle of Hope As Darkness Thickens Over Nigeria?

Comrade Sanusi Maikudi, FNIM Nigeria stands today in a season of gathering darkness, marked by economic hardship, pervasive insecurity, social fragmentation, and a deepening crisis of trust... Read more

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Pitfalls of ‘Governed’ and ‘Ungoverned’ Spaces in Analysing Security in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: May 06, 2025In: Words and WorldTags: 2002 U.S. National Security Strategy, BOKO HARAM, Borno State, CORRUPTION, Neoliberal economic reforms, Post 9/11, Sovereignty, The Nigerian StateNo CommentsViews:
Pitfalls of ‘Governed’ and ‘Ungoverned’ Spaces in Analysing Security in Nigeria

By Hussaini Abdu (Ph.D) “Governance … has been turned into a mad rush to empty the treasury for private use. This means the core business of governance has disappeared for decades, and the o... Read more

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Justice James Ogebe (rtd) and Prof Okwudiba Nnoli as Questions

Posted By: adminon: March 23, 2025In: SpectacleTags: 9/11, CORRUPTION, ethnicity, Fantasy, Knowledge/power, Okello Oculi, Supreme Court, Things Fall Apart, USSRNo CommentsViews:
Justice James Ogebe (rtd) and Prof Okwudiba Nnoli as Questions

By Adagbo Onoja Saturday March 21st, 2025 happened to be the 85th and 86th birthday anniversary of two Nigerians who are eminent in different ways. One is Justice James Ogebe, a retired Just... Read more

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Thoughts on Approaches to the Study of Nigeria (and Africa Generally)

Posted By: adminon: January 11, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: African development, Afro beats, Bjorn Beckman and Gunilla Andrae, Botswana, Brazil, Columbia, Containerisation, CORRUPTION, Home market, Industrialists, Jamaica, LAGOS, Mexico, Poverty, Sierra Leone, Social scientists, SOUTH AFRICA, Trinidad, Uganda, Underdevelopment, UNRISDNo CommentsViews:
Thoughts on Approaches to the Study of Nigeria (and Africa Generally)

In Three Surprises From Our Two-Week Visit to Nigeria, Dr. Yusuf Bangura and wife “were struck by the easy availability of well processed and packaged foods with local flavours; the se... Read more

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Nigeria at a Cross-road: A Policy Direction

Posted By: adminon: August 07, 2024In: GovernanceTags: (In) security, Beta Edu scandal, CBN, Controversial coastal highway, CORRUPTION, High inflation, NSIP, Operation Clean Sweep, Presidential yatch, UNCAC1 CommentViews:
Nigeria at a Cross-road: A Policy Direction

A policy direction is on the table of the Nigerian governments, particularly the federal level and the power elite on how to move from the current stalemate, most manifest in a week of mass... Read more

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Former Chinese Defence Minister Faces Corruption Probe

Posted By: adminon: June 28, 2024In: SpectacleTags: Communist Party, CORRUPTION, Li Shangfu, Ministry of Defence, PLA, Xi JinpingNo CommentsViews:
Former Chinese Defence Minister Faces Corruption Probe

China is probing a former Defence Minister, Li Shangfu. He was not only dismissed last year, he has since been expelled from the Communist Party for allegedly tasting the forbidden fruits. S... Read more

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Can the Military and the Profit Calculus Go Together in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: June 07, 2023In: BookspaceTags: Civil society, CORRUPTION, MIC, Oversight function, Profit calculus, TransparencyNo CommentsViews:
Can the Military and the Profit Calculus Go Together in Nigeria?

It will be very interesting to know what the military establishment thinks about the conclusion of this policy brief on the topic. It is not so much about whether the military establishment... Read more

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Memories of Obasanjo @ Arewa House

Posted By: adminon: February 19, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Citizenship, CORRUPTION, ethnicity, Imperialism, Leadership, North, South1 CommentViews:
Memories of Obasanjo @ Arewa House

A time of widespread discontent and temptations to violence as at today forces back to memory the portion of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s speech to the Arewa House ‘State of the Nation’ Confere... Read more

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Rising Up to Severe Acute Malnutrition, (SAM)

Posted By: adminon: January 09, 2022In: GovernanceTags: CORRUPTION, SAM, SDGs, UNICEF, WHONo CommentsViews:
Rising Up to Severe Acute Malnutrition, (SAM)

By The Woman Today* (SAM) is a killer that must be stopped and banished to the annals of history. This killer ignored by successive governments of Nigeria, SAM results from the absence or sh... Read more

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