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Nasiru Garba Dantiye, a member of the House of Representatives (ANPP, Jigawa, 2003-2007), had lofty ambitions for his constituency. When he received the mandate of the people of Garki/Babura Federal...
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Pfizer Faces Criminal Charges in Nigeria
Washington Post - Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Officials in Nigeria have brought criminal charges against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer for the company's alleged...
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As much as possible, influential politicians in Nigeria, like President Olusegun Obasanjo, would do all they could to avoid the nation’s bad roads. Travelling on those roads endanger their...
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As a public figure, Olusegun Obasanjo—who vacates the presidency today—has been indubitably lucky. For a man whose self-confessed childhood fantasy was to make a career as a roadside...
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Give it to expired President Olusegun Obasanjo: the man has a promising career as a dramatist. He spent most of the last week of his tenure weeping and yapping, two attributes of a man of theatre.
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The Guardian
Dear Compatriot:
I wonder what you have. I have a hangover, although I did not drink anything.
Actually, that is not completely correct. I did drink. I drank a lot of promises...
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Shortly after swearing-in the new governor –elect of Abia State. Mr. Orji Kalu has left Nigeria in anticipation of early arrest by the EFCC, who had promised to arrest and prosecute him upon...
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Contrary to earlier reports that Governor Orji Kalu fled Nigeria yesterday, Saharareporters has since confirmed that the Abia State governor was still in Nigeria as of 11:00 PM on Saturday May 26...
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The threat by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest corrupt governors has led to the sudden escape of the two governors from Nigeria.
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National Endowment for Democracy
Democracy Newsletter
May, 2007
Serious Flaws in Nigerian Elections Reported by NED Partners and Grantees
"Elections do not a democracy make," says Chris Fomunyoh...
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One insistent question raised by the mode and turn of Nigerian public affairs is: Whose country is it anyway? In the waning hours of his administration, Olusegun Obasanjo is presiding over a blatant...
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A fresh scandal has engulfed Mr. Joshua Dariye the newly re-instated governor of Plateau state over his involvement in the conversion of charity donations from the US.
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