Ngozi's bid for World Bank Presidency
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- Published on Sunday, 01 April 2012 17:37
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The recent nomination of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala by South Africa, Nigeria and Angola for the World Bank presidency has been generating intense conversations internationally and among Nigerians.
JW_DISQUS_ADD_A_COMMENTThe Politics Of Same Sex Marriage
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- Published on Saturday, 10 December 2011 21:09
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The bill passed by the Senate on December 1 2011 banning same sex marriage has continued to generate furore. While some question whether such legislation merited to be an issue at all when there are apparently more pressing issues, I understand that the trigger for the bill was that two gay men went to a registry somewhere in Edo State to get married and were refused.
JW_DISQUS_ADD_A_COMMENTThat peace may reign in Jos again
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- Published on Friday, 04 November 2011 12:52
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I attended a strategy review conference on ‘Peace in Jos: Arresting the Cycle of Violence’ – a project hosted by the Institute of Governance and Social Research (IGSR), Jos, and sponsored by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). IGSR is led by eminent Nigerian political scientist, Professor (emeritus) J Isawa Elaigwu.
JW_DISQUS_ADD_A_COMMENTThe Re-invention Of Goodluck Jonathan
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- Published on Tuesday, 06 December 2011 09:50
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Something is happening imperceptibly to our President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ). Shortly after he assembled a new cabinet following the April 2011 general elections, it seems there has been a gradual but deliberate abandonment of the public persona which GEJ used to good effect when, as Vice President, a cabal within the presidency sought to prevent him from being sworn in as the Acting President.
JW_DISQUS_ADD_A_COMMENTThe Politics Of De-Subsidisation
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- Published on Thursday, 20 October 2011 11:12
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The plan by the federal government to remove fuel subsidies, effective from January 2012, is the latest in the seemingly endless stream of controversial policies that has been flowing from, and unwittingly increasingly defining the Jonathan regime.
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