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		<title>What an awful time to be a Nigerian!</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/what-an-awful-time-to-be-a-nigerian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the creation of the colonial amalgam called Nigeria by the British colonial power in 1914, the country has gone through periods of relative peace and prosperity and periods of turmoil, anguish and violence. ]]></description>
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		<title>A brief note on the condition of rural areas in Nigeria</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Maryam Babangida,  the late spouse of former military dictator, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, launched the programme called Better Life for Rural Women in the 1980s, many naïve Nigerians, particularly women, thought that the scheme would bring a new lease of life to rural women who were usually neglected by the three tiers of government.]]></description>
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		<title>The vicissitudes of 2012(3)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/the-vicissitudes-of-20123/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlesmgb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inadequate supply of power is the most critical factor crippling our drive towards economic development. It is asphyxiating the real or manufacturing sector of the economy, as many companies - small, medium, and large - have either closed down completely or moved their factories to countries with more reliable electricity, such as South Africa and Ghana. ]]></description>
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		<title>The vicissitudes of 2012(2)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/the-vicissitudes-of-20122/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlesmgb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this connection, I believe that the hidden forces behind Boko Haram, if they still have flickers of humanity in their being, should begin a process of critical self-examination. Whatever the hidden agenda they might have, the crucial question they must address is: is it worth all the killings, maiming, and destruction? ]]></description>
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		<title>Nuncdimittis for Ikemba &amp; some neglected truths about the Ojukwu phenomenon (1)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/12/nuncdimittis-for-ikemba-some-neglected-truths-about-the-ojukwu-phenomenon-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nnamdiojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of defunct Republic of Biafra has died is no longer news. That he was born into great wealth and privilege, attended elitist schools both in Nigeria and Britain, was the first Nigerian university graduate to join the Nigerian army and...]]></description>
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		<title>President Jonathan &amp; the burden of leading the sleeping Giant of Africa (3)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/12/president-jonathan-the-burden-of-leading-the-sleeping-giant-of-africa-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/12/president-jonathan-the-burden-of-leading-the-sleeping-giant-of-africa-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By speaking in vague generalities about spending N250 billion annually on fuel subsidies, the federal government is creating the impression that it has something to hide, perhaps to protect big-time oil marketers that have been patronising top government officials and the ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).]]></description>
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		<title>President Jonathan &amp; the burden of leading the sleeping Giant of Africa (2)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/12/president-jonathan-the-burden-of-leading-the-sleeping-giant-of-africa-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That said, I am not sure that Jonathan and members of his cabinet have read let alone absorbed the principles of effective leadership documented in the memoir, considering the mediocre handling of our national affairs since May 29, 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>President Jonathan &amp; the burden of leading the sleeping Giant of Africa (1)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/president-jonathan-the-burden-of-leading-the-sleeping-giant-of-africa-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/president-jonathan-the-burden-of-leading-the-sleeping-giant-of-africa-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word ‘giant,’ according to Chambers 20th Century Dictionary, is “anything much above the usual size of its kind.” This is why we describe an extremely tall and huge person as a giant. ]]></description>
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		<title>Imperatives for paradigm-shift in the  Academic Staff Union of Universities(3)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/imperatives-for-paradigm-shift-in-the-academic-staff-union-of-universities3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlesmgb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For instance, ASUU can encourage its branches to closely monitor income and expenditure in each university. At regular intervals, each branch shall request from the relevant authorities detailed account of government subventions and grants and internally-generated revenue (IGR). ]]></description>
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		<title>Imperatives for paradigm-shift in the Academic Staff Union of Universities(2)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/imperatives-for-paradigm-shift-in-the-academic-staff-union-of-universities2-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/imperatives-for-paradigm-shift-in-the-academic-staff-union-of-universities2-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alexsamade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of brilliant people motivated by the pure love of knowledge to teach in universities has reduced considerably, one of the reasons being that the university system is steadily losing its mystique as a centre for academic excellence. ]]></description>
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		<title>Imperatives for paradigm-shift in the Academic Staff Union of Universities</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/imperatives-for-paradigm-shift-in-the-academic-staff-union-of-universities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/imperatives-for-paradigm-shift-in-the-academic-staff-union-of-universities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nnamdiojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I was discussing with a colleague who is a Professor at the University of Lagos. Along the line, he told me that some of the things I wrote concerning our union, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and its proclivity to indefinite strikes made his stomach churn. ]]></description>
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		<title>Nigerians, when shall we occupy Broad Street?</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/nigerians-when-shall-we-occupy-broad-street/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/nigerians-when-shall-we-occupy-broad-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nnamdiojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago when the movement called Occupy Wall Street began in the United States of America, it is not surprising that people in different parts of the world have adopted the same format to protest the widening existential gap between the rich and the poor in various countries.]]></description>
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		<title>Beatification of corruption (2)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/beatification-of-corruption-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/beatification-of-corruption-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlesmgb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The level of corruption in Nigeria particularly since 1985 is so mind-boggling that dwelling on it for a considerable length of time can make one mad. But why is the epidemic of official corruption on the rise despite the existence of the EFCC, ICPC, Code of Conduct Bureau and increased religious consciousness across the entire socio-economic strata nationwide? ]]></description>
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		<title>Beatification of corruption (1)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/beatification-of-corruption-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nnamdiojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In their little but insightful book, A Theory of Corruption, Osvaldo Schenone and Samuel Gregg claimed that “There is perhaps no greater problem that handicaps the flourishing of developing nations than that of corruption.”]]></description>
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		<title>Nigeria&#8217;s Independence, what is it for? (2)</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/nigerias-independence-what-is-it-for-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/nigerias-independence-what-is-it-for-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlesmgb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the immanent genetic defects that have stunted the growth of Nigeria was the duplicitous political inequality between the North and the South created by the departing British administrators. ]]></description>
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