July 2016

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INSURGENCY; LESSONS FROM ABROAD

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“Nigeria stands to learn a lot from countries like Colombia which have contended with insurgency over the years. While some have advocated a more high handed approach including further militarisation of the region, others have advised that the insurgents be engaged in dialogue” On Monday 12th October 2015, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo paid a...
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INSURGENCY; LESSONS FROM ABROAD (3)

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  “It takes a man of courage, patriotism, and altruism to go all out to preach the gospel truth on how to end insurgency with our own local or native intelligence to the government”. Over the past couple of weeks I have examined the current efforts of government to combat the book haram insurgency particularly...
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SENATE SCREENING OF MINISTERIAL NOMINEES:

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  MATTERS ARISING “What the senate resorted to was to ask such nominees to react to allegations or petitions pending before other statutory bodies. Naturally the concerned nominees denied the allegation but in law, mere denial does not amount to full proof that the allegation is not true”. Upon the assumption of President Muhammadu Buhari...
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SANUSI’S CALL FOR FURTHER DELVAUATION:

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  A REQUEST BUHARI MUST REJECT   Further devaluation will inflict irreparable damage on Nigerians and every sector of the economy as well as the collapse of education and the middle class Recently I commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his decision to put a halt to further devaluation of the naira. I discussed the effects...
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NATION NIGERIA: MANAGING DIVERSITY – THE BIAFRA ISSUE AND WAY OUT (1)

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“At the heart of the current protests and agitations are the same questions which have for long plagued Nigeria and which have over the years resulted in one form of violence or the other”. Over the past couple of weeks several states in the East and in the South- South have witnessed protest marches involving...
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NATION NIGERIA: MANAGING DIVERSITY – THE BIAFRA ISSUE AND WAY OUT – (DEVOLUTION OF POWER) (3)

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“I remain of the view that the recommendations of the Conference particularly the issue of devolution of power need to be revisited. If considered and adopted most of the recommendations will address the issues of marginalization and other problems underlying most ethnic agitations in Nigeria”. Last week I identified the over emphasis on the national...
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BUDGET TRANSPARENCY AS A MEANS OF CURBING MISAPPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS: THE EKITI EXAMPLE

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“It is heart-warming that the 2015 Nigerian States budget transparency survey report declared Ekiti State as the most transparent state in Nigeria. When in 1996, I prepared and defended the memorandum for the creation of Ekiti State before Mbanefo Panel, I was asked, what qualified Ekiti for a state. Part of my answer was the...
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THE MARCH 2014 CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE- FINALITY OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE CONSTITUTION (2)

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“The delegates must resolve that the constitution they make shall not be varied nor panel-beaten by any other body whatsoever”. CONSTITUIONAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE. Last week, I suspended my 8 month old discussion of the problems afflicting education in Nigeria in order to reiterate some of the pitfalls in the 1999 Constitution and the...
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RESCHEDULED ELECTION DATE AND THE LAW

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“Generally, it is necessary to ensure that any election conducted is done in a way that would substantially ensure that the main objective of a free and fair election is achieved”. In this edition, I intend to consider two issues namely: Whether Nigeria is in a state of war and Whether or not election can...
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LESSONS FROM 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CONCEDING DEFEAT AT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: A HEROIC DECISION

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The 2015 Presidential elections have been keenly contested, won and lost. As noted by local and international observers, this is the first time that a change would occur in federal government in Nigeria from the ruling party to the opposition through the means of an election. World over, an event like this is seen as...
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