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		<title>Towards proper management of the economy</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/towards-proper-management-of-the-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ojiego</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AS a critic of the Central Bank`s tightening Monetary Policy, the latest announcement that the benchmark rate would remain unchanged at the moment is a pleasant news.  After reviewing the economy in the year 2011, the Central Bank`s Monetary Policy committee has come to a sensible decision that the policy should remain unchanged.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Mbu &#8211; memories and reflections</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/mbu-memories-and-reflections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/mbu-memories-and-reflections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adekunle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sweet and Sour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IN 2010, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s liberation from British colonialism, I interviewed Dr. (Ambassador) Matthew Tawo (M.T) Mbu, the grand old national icon who passed away abroad earlier on this week. He had been the Minister of State for Defence on October 1, 1960 and I wanted to hear his opinions about the Independence era and its aftermath.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Back to the sovereign national conference trenches</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/back-to-the-sovereign-national-conference-trenches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adekunle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Is'haq Modibbo Kawu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[LAST year, I was invited by LanreIdowu, of Diamond Publications, to review a book he edited, on the late Chief Anthony Enahoro. ]]></description>
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		<title>Illegal occupants evicted</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/illegal-occupants-evicted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/illegal-occupants-evicted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adekunle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Hub]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WHEN Chief Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria is wobbling, he probably means that this is not the type of Nigeria he would have liked to bequeath to a godson. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why there’re no reprisals (yet)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/why-therere-no-reprisals-yet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/why-therere-no-reprisals-yet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adekunle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People & Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A LOT of young people who do not understand what the Boko Haram orgy of killings is all about have been asking questions. Why is the Islamic sect killing people like this? Why are southerners, especially the Igbos who have been often targeted in churches or meeting places not staging reprisal attacks in the South? Does it mean that the South loves peace and Nigeria more than the North?]]></description>
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		<title>Miscellaneous thoughts on the state of our nation</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/miscellaneous-thoughts-on-the-state-of-our-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/miscellaneous-thoughts-on-the-state-of-our-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adekunle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Talking Point]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IN the last two weeks or thereabout I have been compelled to address a matter that I’m sure columnists and others who frequently write have to face: the question of what subject to write on. In the early hours of Wednesday 25th of January, I had woken up to see the live broadcast of President Barack Obama’s third State of the Union address.]]></description>
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		<title>State Police, Police State</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/state-police-police-state/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/state-police-police-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adekunle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hakeem Baba-Ahmad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE respected former Director-General of National Security organization (NSO) and a former top policeman, Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi recently made a strong case for the introduction of police formations to be controlled and managed by State Governments. ]]></description>
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		<title>Our airports: Windows to our disgrace</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/our-airports-windows-to-our-disgrace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/our-airports-windows-to-our-disgrace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pini Jason]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[LAST week, the Minister for Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, was meeting with some stakeholders in trade and investment, and I presume, some investors too. As usual the issue of cost of doing business in Nigeria came up. ]]></description>
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		<title>Feasibility of transformation as Jonathan&#8217;s development strategy (4)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/feasibility-of-transformation-as-jonathans-development-strategy-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/feasibility-of-transformation-as-jonathans-development-strategy-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tuesday Platform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE media, especially the print media, is often the worst offender when it comes to reducing vision and mission statements into labels and mantras. Vision 20-20 is replaced with Vision 20-20-20 and there is another symbol to be treated as if it is the Policy Documents, too bulky to be subjected to critical review.]]></description>
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		<title>‘You can go&#8217; (with the oil!)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/you-can-go-with-the-oil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/you-can-go-with-the-oil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adekunle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People & Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AT last, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) met and spoke out since the Boko Haram terrorism received a turbo-charged boost from quarters that are gradually being exposed by our security agencies. The Forum’s tongue had been stolen by the cat (so it seemed) as the Al Qaeda-inspired foreign agents bombed, killed and destroyed in parts of Nigeria’s Muslim North.]]></description>
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		<title>Nanny&#8217;s folly!</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/nannys-folly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/nannys-folly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abayomi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life with Treena Kwenta]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE long wait for my flight at the Accra airport was very boring and the flight was uninteresting.  I didn’t know a soul, so, it was like travelling with aliens from outer space. I felt a little irritated when it took quite some time before my luggage surfaced on the carrousel, and by the time I emerged from the building I was in a foul mood.]]></description>
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		<title>Additional dividends of a deregulated foreign exchange market</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/additional-dividends-of-a-deregulated-foreign-exchange-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/additional-dividends-of-a-deregulated-foreign-exchange-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rational Perspectives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In last week’s article, we discussed in detail the operations of a deregulated foreign exchange market; we described the structure of the market and the process for redeeming public sector forex allocations at the commercial banks and subsequent payment for imports of both private and public sector importers. ]]></description>
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		<title>Circle of Influence</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/circle-of-influence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/circle-of-influence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moment to Moment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There comes a time when the calmest people explode. In times of contemplation I have often wondered about those people who never seem to get angry or even loose composure. I am not as quick tempered as I used to be but I have not reached the stage in my emotional development where my composure is absolutely stable. ]]></description>
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		<title>Re: Goodwill &amp; accountability</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/re-goodwill-accountability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/re-goodwill-accountability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vista Woman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was pleasantly surprised to find that in spite of the extended weekend of Christmas celebrations, many readers had the time to respond to my piece on our rulers’ lack of goodwill and accountability towards us.
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		<title>Too many cooks in the Nigeria Police kitchen</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/too-many-cooks-in-the-nigeria-police-kitchen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/too-many-cooks-in-the-nigeria-police-kitchen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nigeria Today]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The removal from office, the week before, of Hafiz Ringim as Inspector General of Police (IGP) was no doubt overdue. Soothsayers and prayer warriors saw it coming. We suspect that Ringim himself may have seen it because it appears that even the blind were able to see it. ]]></description>
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