Adebayo Adejare
Adebayo Adejare writes from the US of A.
Articles by this Author
A Night Out With TOS Benson
- By Adebayo Adejare
- Published 04/16/2008
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Despite military dictatorship, Chief Benson exuded courage objectivity and independence. He used full-page paid advertisements to express his views on crucial National Matters so that you could not be in any doubt where he stood on those issues...
Deja Vu (3): "Nigeria Will Make It" - Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu At His Best
- By Adebayo Adejare
- Published 01/22/2008
- Nigeria Matters
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Like him or hate him, Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu would forever remain an enigma in the Nigerian political horizon. One easily forgets that this great Nigerian was a career Civil Servant...
Déjà Vu (2): The Wisdom Of Our Elders And Their Curses
- By Adebayo Adejare
- Published 07/9/2007
- Nigeria Matters
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Azikwe and Awolowo were the greatest leaders our Nation ever produced. Both deserved to lead the Nation for whose independence they had put their lives on line, but neither got the chance despite being well educated and greatly talented...
Déjà Vu (1): Their World Of Riches And Sprays
- By Adebayo Adejare
- Published 06/19/2007
- Nigeria Matters
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Buhari's intervention ended up making things worse because his successors shamelessly looted Nigeria blind. I hope Nigeria does not end up in an endless cycle of misrule by the same cabal either in uniform or out of it...
2007 Elections: Leading Nigerians From The Depths Of Despair To The Threshold Of Hope
- By Adebayo Adejare
- Published 05/21/2007
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
Our problem is not just with learning to live the democratic way of life. Democracy is not the answer to all our national travails though it is the magic wand to some. Our problems are more fundamental. After all Countries like China are not democracies yet they thrive...
Implications Of The Failure Of The National Assembly To Amend The 1999 Constitution
- By Adebayo Adejare
- Published 05/21/2007
- Nigeria Matters
- Unrated
The Senate President observed that the 2007 General Elections were rigged by his party, the Peoples' Democratic Party, using the Nigeria Police and the Military. It is a fact that majority of the members of the hallowed Assembly would not return because they failed to secure re-nomination...
Stand And Deliver - A Short Note To President-Elect Umar Yar'Adua
- By Adebayo Adejare
- Published 05/18/2007
- Nigeria Matters
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You have attained the Presidency of our nation Nigeria at a very crucial point in our history. The challenges are many and failure is definitely not an option...
Enough Is Enough – A Short Note To General Muhammadu Buhari
- By Adebayo Adejare
- Published 05/1/2007
- Nigeria Matters
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I read with concern your decision to contest the election of Governor Umar Ya'Ardua at the Presidential Election Tribunal as well as participate in peaceful anti-election Protest. Please think again..
Averting Judicial Coup D'etat
- By Adebayo Adejare
- Published 04/13/2007
- Position Papers
- Unrated
The prolonged era of military rule has led to the erosion of confidence in the administration of justice in Nigeria...
Constitutional Amendment, Not Sovereign National Conference, Is Pathway To A Reformed Polity
- By Adebayo Adejare
- Published 02/14/2006
- Position Papers
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Contrary to popular thought, there is in fact no new 1999 Constitution. What we have is the re-adoption of the 1979 Constitution...
