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  • Chris Ngige and  Peter Obi Class Acts in Anambra State
    by Samuel Obukwelu, Sr
     March 23, 2006
     The entry of Dr. Chris Ngige into the political arena of Anambra State, no matter how surreptitiously,  has been the best thing to happen to that State. NigerianNews Special
     

  • Woman: The enigmatic Being.
    by Chinyere Ojide
     January 08, 2006
    “Show me a virgin in a maternity ward, show me a woman who has never fallen in love”, goes a popular music. We could  reset this to say, “show me a woman who is not overtly or tacitly conceited,  greedily jealous, cantankerous, deceptive,  materially insatiable, subtly callous, naïve and incapable of any form of  harm”? NigerianNews Special
     

  • Response to French BBC Guest of The 13th of November 2005 regarding the recent Catastrophe in France
    by Prince Okoro Monday Akinyemi
    December 10, 2005
    In response to the statement made by the French representative interviewed on BBC talking point of the 13th of November 2005, I would like to use this medium to advice French government to solve their problems instead of apportioning blames on Black Africans. NigerianNews Special
     

  • THE  FUGITIVE  ALAMIEYESEIGHA
    by Ayoade Babatunde
     November 27, 2005
    It is no longer news to everyone how Alamieyeseigha was caught in Britain with tax payer’s money and the subsequent trial that trailed his arrest. NigerianNews Special
     

  • Alamieyeseigha’s Criminal Escape – A Passionate Plea To The National Assembly.
    by Udeme Joseph
     November 24, 2005
    Alamieyeseigha is on the news again!!  The pathetic death of 118 Nigerians in within 48 hours and the concomitant mourning and groaning pushed Alamieyeseigha to the back burner.  As if to say ‘don’t forget me folks’ he has staged the mother of all criminal escape since the start of this millennium. NigerianNews Special
     

  • NIGERIANS ARE BECOMING DISPOSABLE PEOPLE...value of life hits lowest scale in the face of bottomless crimes.
    by Chinyere Ojide
     November 23, 2005
     Everybody who comes back from Nigeria laments the sky rocketing death toll, especially in the villages where basic health facilities are  in constant depreciation in a society with very poor maintenance culture. NigerianNews Special

October 27, 2005

  • Who says Nigeria is unsalvageable?
                    
                                    Mr. Frank Abu
    We witnessed a ray of hope of decency at the Nigerian Consulate in New York on Wednesday, as a journalist disguised his identity, although well prepared to expose wrong doings at the  Nigerian Passport renewal Office. NigerianNews Special Periscope
     

  • SEASON OF DEATH
    by Dare Lasisi
    In a season like this, there exists no reason why we cannot all reflect on the two monumental tragedies that enveloped the whole nation of Nigeria. We need to re-value our existence on planet Earth and be getting ready for the hereafter. Who knows tomorrow-as the saying goes! NigerianNews Special
     

  • NIGERIA NEEDS NEW ORIENTATION
    by Kehinde Adenuga
    I am really a beginner, not yet versed in criticism either but could tell what is good from that which is bad and for that reason thought for a couple of years one has spent on the surface of the earth, one should be able to tell those that are concerned the piece of one’s mind NigerianNews Special

 

  • Nigeria's 45th Independence Anniversary Speech
    by President Olusegun Obasanjo
    My dear fellow Nigerians, I address you today as we celebrate our 45th independence anniversary with gratitude to God and full appreciation of the resilience, patriotism, and commitment of the Nigerian people. October 01, 2005 NigerianNews Special
     

  • Obasanjo's faulty arithmetic of puppetry & deception by Ikenna O. Ezenekwe
    W    hile obstructive name-calling has taken to the air with careless desertion, the responsible parties have hidden under the pledge of ignorance of the uproar resulting from a yearning to engage in a carnival of half truths allover the press. September 21, 2005 NigerianNews Special
     

  • Godfatherism of Mandate and of Legacy
    by Ikenna O. Ezenekwe
     Recently the subject of democracy and the role of godfathers in Nigerian politics tossed its weight around at a night lounge where many political heads often gather to analyze the latest political undercurrents of Nigeria. The discussion was sparked by the issue of godfathering posing cancerous or beneficial to the democratic system of Nigeria. September 21, 2005 NigerianNews Special
     

  • Madunagu and our imprisoned future: A rejoinder to Nigeria and American prediction
     by Kenedy Emetulu
    Dr Edwin Madunagu’s Nigeria and the American prediction, published in The Guardian of Thursday, June 23, 2005 has left me with mixed feelings. July 02, 2005 NigerianNews Special

  • Broadcast on Corruption in the Ministry of Education and the National Assembly over Budget Processes 2004 and 2005
    by President Olusegun Obasanjo
    It is with a heavy heart that I have to address the nation today. As you know, the issue of transparency, accountability and eradication of corruption assumed a central place in the policies and programmes of this administration from its inception. March 22, 2005 NigerianNews Special

  • GOVERNORS ARE WARNED NOT TO COMPROMISE YORUBA INTEREST - A PRESS RELEASE
    by Yoruba in Diaspora
    The Yoruba in Diaspora held an extraordinary meeting in London, on Saturday, March 12, 2005, to review the state of the Yoruba Nation in relation to the importance of presenting a common Yoruba Agenda at the on going National Political Reform Conference (NPRC) March 17, 2005. Press Release

  • Mocking the rule of law
    by Segun Gbadegesin
    The significance of the age-hold notion of the rule of law was demonstrated in an unusual situation that was as sad as it was ironic. The major actor in the real life drama was the historical Socrates of Athens. It was ironic because Socrates was recognized as the wisest man of his time and Athens gave the world the first theory and practice of democracy. NigerianNews Special

  • Proposal for the Nigerian Constitution
    by Ayodele O Mobolurin, PhD
    Laws are made to constrain undesirable behavior, and sanction such behavior. They also serve as guidelines for the benefit of disciplined citizens, who have a sense of fairness and equity and concern for their fellow citizens.  Similarly, a Constitution is made to constrain and sanction bad or mediocre leadership from doing irreparable damage to society and important institutions. February 24, 2005 NigerianNews Special

  • Dictators in civil clothing - a letter to President Bush
    by Emmanuel Ukpe
    Dear President Bush,
    When I listened to the second inauguration and state of the union speech, I was totally convinced of your position regarding freedom for the citizens of the world, freedom for the oppressed, freedom from dictators in uniforms and the ones who traded their uniforms with intent to return to power as civilians. July 19, 2005 NigerianNews Special

  • IF WE WANT TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY.
    by Engr.  Ndukwe (ND) Uche
    As above headlines from recent editions of national dailies indicate, our news items on budgets, revenue allocation and major national or state projects are almost always tall on the billions and trillions of Naira earmarked for things but pitifully short on the specifics the xillions should deliver for us to eyemark. NigerianNews Special August 17, 2005

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  • On Indigenes and Settlers
    by Iorkam Azoom
    I agree totally with NigerianNews views on the settlers and indigenes issue in Nigeria. You brought out the heart of it, which is the issue of domination  -culturally, politically and economically- of the big tribes over the small tribes. NigerianNews Special

  • Democracy Day Devoid of Democracy