On 23 January 2006, “This Day” the national newspaper carried a report attributed to the Federal Minister of Information, Mr Frank Nweke Junior in which he alleged that the “Pirate...
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“HEAR OUR VOICES” – A PETITION FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SEADOGS AS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIAIN THE MATTER OF A PETITION INTO THE PRESENT AND FUTURE STATE OF THE AVIATION & TRANSPORT INDUSTRY“HEAR OUR...
BUDGET 2006: Observations on Spending Options
On 5 December 2005, President Olusegun Obasanjo addressed a joint session of the National Assembly in which he presented the 2006 Appropriation Bill. This project contained a number of remarkable if not unique...
HEAR OUR VOICES – A Nation’s Reaction to Tragedy
On 22 October 2005, the nation experienced one of its darkest days in contemporary Nigeria. 117 passengers on board a Bellview Airlines 210 on its way to Abuja crashed. The effects of this accident shook the nation....
AGAINST THE ROPES – A Nation’s Response to Adversity
By quirk of unusual coincidence, the Nigerian Nation was thrown into mourning with the loss, on Saturday, 22 October 2005 of 117 persons who died when Belleview Airlines Flight 210 en route Abuja from Lagos, crashed in...
HIGHER AND HIGHER – The Trauma of Fuel Prices & Hikes
Yet again, the Nigerian nation has been roused into protest mode. The reason for this is the recently publicised increase in the pump price of petroleum products. Petrol and diesel previously sold for approximately N51...
Turmoils of Nigeria’s Statehood: Views on Emerging Trends in Africa
The recent United States National Intelligence Council report that predicted, amongst other things, an outright collapse of Nigeria as a nation state within the next 15 years was received with a range of responses...
THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION: WHAT ARE WE AFRAID OF?
The controversy surrounding the emergence of the document headed “Draft Constitution” has been very well documented. The document refers to one ostensibly produced by an All Party Committee on the...
REMOVE THE SPECK… THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND ITS EXCESSES?
The news has recently been awash with stories of disciplinary or control actions emanating from the National Assembly. On Thursday 17 February 2005, Dr Haruna Yerima, an elected member representing ANPP from Borno...
RIGHT TO REPLY – “We regret forming Pirate Confraternity”
NAS' Response To An Article Published by THIS DAY NewspaperOn 23 February 2005, you published an article headed “We regret forming Pirate (sic) Confraternity”. The article was written by one Adebayo...
National Conference – How National?
Government, through the National Council of States has approved guidelines for convening the much clamoured and desired National Conference. The Conference, to be known as the “National Political Reform...
Open Seasame – The Presidency & PDP: What Next?
The events of the political upheaval in Anambra state have attained the dubious distinction of representing one of the most visible reflections of the deterioration of the Nigerian political ethos. We all recall with...