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	<title>Vanguard &#187; My Layman&#8217;s View</title>
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		<title>The Romance and Beauty of Politics in Nigeria</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/the-romance-and-beauty-of-politics-in-nigeria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/the-romance-and-beauty-of-politics-in-nigeria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It might, at times, be appropriate to question the rationale behind the great rush of some otherwise respected citizens into politics which is often described by many as a dirty game.    It is puzzling to watch the number of candidates vying for elective political posts, whether that of President, State Governor or of Local Council or Chairman [often referred to as ‘The Chair‘]. ]]></description>
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		<title>THE POLITY &#8211; Some  matters arising</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/13/the-polity-some-matters-arising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/13/the-polity-some-matters-arising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To many serious Nigerians[someare patriotic]the problems of the country are so diverse and complex that they feel with utmost conviction that only a sovereign national conference would appreciate and be convenient to examine [not cure] the ills of the nation. They perceive that a conference, whether sovereign or not, is an ideal environment to discuss [in truth and in merit] national problems and their solutions.]]></description>
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		<title>Rumblings within the oil industry: Signs of good things around</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/30/rumblings-within-the-oil-industry-signs-of-god%e2%80%98s-things-around/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/30/rumblings-within-the-oil-industry-signs-of-god%e2%80%98s-things-around/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IF the granting of amnesty to Niger Delta militants after the laying down of their lethal weapons could be described as a super political step by the President Yar‘Adua, the move, [if it is true] to give oil producing areas a 10 per cent share in the oil and gas Joint Venture is another bold action towards the final solution of the unnecessary Niger Delta imbroglio.]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria&#8217;s  political  panorama: Problems of Restructuring</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/23/nigerias-political-panorama-problems-of-restructuring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/23/nigerias-political-panorama-problems-of-restructuring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scenery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=31639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MANY critical observers of the social, political and economic scenery of this country could have been rightly described as disgruntled lots [especially those who daily criticise the present regime as being ineffective], but for their unexpected public endorsement by the President himself.]]></description>
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		<title>The Nigerian Constitution: Amendment or conference?</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/16/the-nigerian-constitution-amendment-or-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/16/the-nigerian-constitution-amendment-or-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eribake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nigerian Constitution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OF all the constitutions  that Nigerians and Nigeria had operated, none has been so severally stricture as the 1999 constitution presumably because of its  military background. Some see it as an imposition by the military to ensure the unity of the country through a powerful and wealthy central government in a federal environment.]]></description>
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		<title>The amnesty – militants – and the nation</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/09/the-amnesty-%e2%80%93-militants-%e2%80%93-and-the-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/09/the-amnesty-%e2%80%93-militants-%e2%80%93-and-the-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eribake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amnesty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[militants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CERTAINLY, the last two weeks belonged to our unassuming President Yar‘Adua and his able team in bringing amnesty to the warring militants of the embattled Niger Delta region. ]]></description>
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		<title>Retributive justice in the nigerian political system</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/02/retributive-justice-in-the-nigerian-political-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/02/retributive-justice-in-the-nigerian-political-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Action Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obasanjo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political system]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE Nigerian political system, it is noted, has been characterized by a powerful ruling party and a disappearing but badly organized and comparatively weakened opposition at the federal level. ]]></description>
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		<title>One party state and the road to dictatorship</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/25/one-party-state-and-the-road-to-dictatorship-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/25/one-party-state-and-the-road-to-dictatorship-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dictatorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=25100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE apparent disintegra-tion of the opposition parties in the country has engaged the attention of commentators in the media recently. ]]></description>
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		<title>One party state and the road to dictatorship</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/18/one-party-state-and-the-road-to-dictatorship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/18/one-party-state-and-the-road-to-dictatorship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dictatorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE apparent disintegration of the opposition parties in the country has engaged the attention of commentators in the media recently.  With the demise of that dogged fighter for the poor and the oppressed, Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) and the shameful movement of some governors from their parties (under which they were elected) into the ruling party, genuine fear is gripping the nation over the survival of democracy in Nigeria.]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;failed state&#8217; and the &#8216;wasted generation&#8217; theory</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/11/the-failed-state-and-the-wasted-generation-theory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/11/the-failed-state-and-the-wasted-generation-theory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WITHIN the last decade, some strange words seem to have sneaked surreptitiously into the dictionary of social science or political philosophy.]]></description>
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		<title>AGENDAISM IN POLITICS: The consequences on the nation</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/04/agendaism-in-politics-the-consequences-on-the-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/09/04/agendaism-in-politics-the-consequences-on-the-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=20532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE recent happenings in the country have led to the resuscitation or rebirth of the old gimmicks by politicians or people under political or economic pressure to ascribe their woes to either ethnicity or some hidden agenda. ]]></description>
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		<title>Oil and gas  industry throws  weight behind  ICCA</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/31/oil-and-gas-industry-throws-weight-behind-icca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/31/oil-and-gas-industry-throws-weight-behind-icca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sweet Crude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICCA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=19730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Top Executives of the Nigerian oil and gas industry have pledged their readiness to support the effective take off of the International Cancer Center, Abuja, ICCA, a nongovernmental initiative of the First Lady, Hajia Turai Yar'Adua.]]></description>
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		<title>A NATION WAITING FOR GOD: Nigeria&#8217;s many problems</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/28/a-nation-waiting-for-god-nigerias-many-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/28/a-nation-waiting-for-god-nigerias-many-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Achebe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McPherson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wole Soyinka]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=18961</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MANY Nigerians, at different days and times, in speeches and writings, have pondered over the state of the Nation.  During the dark days of the colonial era, the nationalists were often branded as agitators, and the hardheaded ones became the awaited guests of His/Her Majesty’s prison yards.  Thus, political imprisonment became a mark of honour in those bitter days of British imperialism.]]></description>
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		<title>Keynesian economics- Fashola and other financial problems of the nation</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/21/keynesian-economics-fashola-and-other-financial-problems-of-the-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/21/keynesian-economics-fashola-and-other-financial-problems-of-the-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Stock Exchange]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IN the 1930s many developed nations of the Western World faced what was described as the worst economic crisis.  Prices of commodities fell, abysmally and the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.  That was followed by a severe loss of confidence in the economy, leading to failure of businesses.]]></description>
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		<title>THE PROPOSED PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL (PIB): Some matters arising</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/14/the-proposed-petroleum-industry-bill-pib-some-matters-arising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/14/the-proposed-petroleum-industry-bill-pib-some-matters-arising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Rilwanu Lukman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minister of Petroleum Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PIB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=15869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WITHOUT having the opportunity of reading the full details of the proposed Bill, my comments would be limited to the address of the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman – an experienced oil technocrat.  Having served in oil affairs in different administrations, one might be tempted to believe that the oil ‘oracle’ knows what he is talking about on the proposed Bill, which has now become very controversial.  From the Minister’s masterly address, inference could be easily drawn on the mindset of the Federal Government.]]></description>
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		<title>Why not start again?</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/07/why-not-start-again-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/07/why-not-start-again-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lord Luggard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obas]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=14252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NIGERIA’S birthday is the year 1914 after the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Provinces by the British imperial administrator, Lord Luggard.  The intention was to facilitate easy rule of the country by Britain.  In fact, the easy administration of the two countries was through native authorities led by the Emirs in the North, Obas in the West and in the absence of Emirs or Obas in the East, by “Warrant Chiefs”.]]></description>
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		<title>Why not start again?</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/31/why-not-start-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/31/why-not-start-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lord Luggard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vanguardngr.com/?p=13133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NIGERIA’S birthday is the year 1914 after the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Provinces by the British imperial administrator, Lord Luggard.  The intention was to facilitate easy rule of the country by Britain.  In fact, the easy administration of the two countries was through native authorities led by the Emirs in the North, Obas in the West and in the absence of Emirs or Obas in the East, by “Warrant Chiefs”.]]></description>
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		<title>SAP – needs -7 point programme-   and the rest of us</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/24/sap-%e2%80%93-needs-7-point-programme-and-the-rest-of-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/24/sap-%e2%80%93-needs-7-point-programme-and-the-rest-of-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[However, SAP’s shock treatment appeared more drastic than the patient could well tolerate – massive doses of devaluation which disgraced the Naira; tough credit squeeze which reduced profitable investment and income policy that affected effective domestic demand. ]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria&#8217;s socio-economic scene: Perhaps now is the time to dialogue</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/17/nigerias-socio-economic-scene-perhaps-now-is-the-time-to-dialogue-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/17/nigerias-socio-economic-scene-perhaps-now-is-the-time-to-dialogue-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amnesty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Niger Delta]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To many Nigerians (if there are some left worthy of that appellation), it is now time to talk, discuss and debate and reach tolerable conclusions on specific issues like, the Niger Delta, Power supply, Electoral reforms, Federal fiscal system, Police decentralization, and federalism based on six or more geographical zones.]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria&#8217;s socio-economic scene: Perhaps now is the time to dialogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Layman's View]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some do argue with justification and a good sense of history that the structure of the country’s edifice is so deficient that even angels from heaven would find it impossible to manage. Of all the world’s political contrivances in the 20th century, only Nigeria still stands since 1914 as a united country by divine grace. Other countries, even in Europe, have broken into several states.]]></description>
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