The Paradigm of Change in Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Speaking recently at a public event, Nigeria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe articulated what is now emerging as one of the focal points...
“Citizen-Centred Diplomacy”
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Current Affairs
This Ribadu Again!
Dele Momodu, publisher of the Ovation magazine and most lately a columnist of THISDAY newspaper, attempts, through his piece of last Saturday [Anti-Corruption War as a Cliché], to heighten the frantic,...
Etteh’s House Of Spin and The Gladiators
The fracas in the House of Representatives in Abuja, on Thursday, September 20, at the sitting of the panel that was set up to investigate the N628 million House renovation scandal involving the Speaker, Mrs Patricia...
Fiscal Federalism, Resource Control and Violence in the Niger Delta
Being text of paper presented by Dr. Ekeng A. Anam-Ndu, Director, Center for Minority and Development Studies, Uyo, at the National Association of Seadogs' Town Hall Meeting held at Eden Hotel, Eket on Saturday,...
Demystification of Received Orthodoxy: Strategies for a New Political Renewal
Being text of the paper delivered by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the 3rd Ralph Okpara Memorial Lecture of the National Association of Seadogs at the Nigeria...
Religious and Ethnic Versatility: The Nigerian Experience
Being text of a lecture delivered by Hon. Musa Ibrahim Ahmadu, Member, Federal House of Representatives, at the 2007 Annual Lecture of the National Association of Seadogs, Aba Chapter, on Saturday, March 10, 2007 ...
Achieving A Nation Of Our Dreams
Being text of the welcome address delivered by Prof. Olatunde Makanju, NAS Capone, National Association of Seadogs, at the 3rd Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture on Friday, November 3, 2006. The National Association of...
Gone But Not Forgotten
Being text of the remarks by Prof. Olatunde Makanju, NAS Capone, National Association of Seadogs, at the memorial event organised by the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) in honor of Late Chido...
Peace Legislation and the Island of Pyrates
Being text of the welcome address delivered by Prof. Olatunde Makanju, NAS Capone, National Association of Seadogs, at the 10th Annual Wole Soyinka Lectures Series, held at the Council Chambers, North York Civic...
Utomi Calls for Increase in Police Funding
Prof. Pat Utomi, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) party hereby calls on the federal government to as a matter of urgency activate a dramatic increase in funding allocations to state...
Uncle Sege: Nigeria’s Award Winning Comedian
Over the last few weeks the former democratic dictator of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo Matthew Okikiola Aremu aka Baba Sege has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Interestingly I read a wonderful piece in...
AU and the Darfur Chad crisis
We are eight women leaders representing eight different countries. Five of us are African. We have just returned from the camps of eastern Chad, where we have been meeting the women victims of the Darfur conflict. We...