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Death by Petrol Tankers: Enough is Enough
- By Michael Oluwagbemi II
- Published Today
- Nigeria Matters
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On Sunday, August 15, at the Otedola Millennium Estate end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, no fewer than 40 people lost their lives and about 25 vehicles were damaged in an inferno caused by a petrol tanker...
Nigeria At 50: Leadership As An Epidemic
- By Adewale T. Akande
- Published Yesterday
- Nigeria Matters
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Leadership is a demonstrative ability. Good leaders always display sincerity, credibility, integrity, intelligence and competence in all their actions. They make timely and appropriate changes in thinking...Corruption: Execution as an Option!
- By Tunde Ali
- Published 09/7/2010
- Nigeria Matters
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All of us can not continue to pacify ourselves by taking solace in belonging to a wasted generation. Rather, those political thieves, and corrupt leaders should be apprehended and held accountable. If it requires their lives to be wasted in the fashion of Rawlings pseudo-revolution or Chinese enacted anti corruption policy, so be it...Mismanagement of LG funds and grass root governance in Nigeria
- By Joel Nwokeoma
- Published 09/7/2010
- Nigeria Matters
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Many people have accused state governments of hijacking the funds meant for the councils, a charge which has been denied by state governments . But, if the states are to be believed, it is left to be seen why they are not asking the councils how their funds are being mismanaged...Our Success Tomorrow, Our Imminent Action Today
- By Carl Collins Ogunshola Oshodi
- Published 09/7/2010
- Nigeria Matters
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Some of us have seen the mountaintop, but how many of our brothers and sisters have? Some have faintly glimpsed the future through dreams and euphoric indulgence, but this has remained a curse rather than a blessing...Marketing Jonathan’s Probable Presidential candidacy
- By Jideofor Adibe
- Published 09/5/2010
- Nigeria Matters
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The anticipated presidential candidacy of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has become a big business trapped in high wire politics and intrigues...Dictatorship of Mediocrity
- By Emmanuel Franklyne Ogbunwezeh
- Published 09/3/2010
- Nigeria Matters
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How I wish that Nigerians would pay heed. We are the masters of our destiny. If we want the leadership to keep on raping us, and carting our resources off to their private estates, it is our choice...The Chinks in IBB’s Armour
- By Uche Ohia
- Published 09/2/2010
- Nigeria Matters
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IBB is dogged by many irksome riddles: the murder of the late journalist, Dele Giwa, who was assassinated via a parcel bomb in 1986; the baffling case of $12.46b Gulf Oil windfall which allegedly grew wings under IBB’s watch; the annulment of the June 12 election...This House Is Not For Sale!
- By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
- Published 09/2/2010
- Nigeria Matters
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Is poverty the only thing we appear to have accepted as inevitable component of life in this part of the world? What about crime? How come crime appears to have gradually become too natural with us in Nigeria here...Nigeria's General Elections Is in Jan. 2011; Where Are The Candidates, Manifestoes?
- By Paul I. Adujie
- Published 09/2/2010
- Nigeria Matters
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Will Nigerians and Nigeria sleep-walk to the precipice and fall of the cliff? Or, will there be an electioneering campaign with ideological stances by the plethora of political parties and their myriad posturing personalities parading as candidates for various elective public offices?