Will President Jonathan address the challenge of legitimacy in Africa?
JUST as the most stable form of the state is an empire so the most sustainable system of rulership for a people that have been enslaved or colonised is a republic and their most legitimate form of government is a democracy.
Method for choosing option in US Army stability operations (3)
THE Vanguard of Monday July 30, 2012 carries an alarm on its front page titled: “State of insecurity: Nigeria must not break up OBJ, IBB warn”.
Method for choosing option in US Army stability operations(2)
INSECURITY of life in Nigeria has become the context of social life in the country. The wonder is that government is adapting to this condition of insecurity.
Dispersals and emigration: The notion of diaspora in the Nigerian usage
THE notion of Diaspora attained public policy relevance during the Olusegun Obasanjo presidency. Nigerians who had emigrated to the United States were engaged by President Obasanjo to become partners with government in the promotion of the nation’s development.
Recruitment into organised criminality: The supply side of potential insurgents
VANGUARD, Tuesday July 24, 2012, Crime Alert carried a story by Evelyn Usman and Ruth Chukwuemeka titled: “We were caught after renewing our charms on penetration of bullets”. This is a story of eight-man trans-state gang of armed robbers.
US’s approach to Security planning (2)
THE Saturday Vanguard July 14, 2012 carries the comment of the Attorney General of the Federation: “The Federal Government, yesterday, expressed its concern over the increasing spate of violence across the country, saying it is working hard to stem the gradual descent into anarchy by diligently prosecuting all those indicted for civil disturbances to serve as deterrence”.
US’s approach to Security planning
A COLLEAGUE of mine who taught in South Africa informed me that President Nelson Mandela had regular meetings with the heads of departments of political science. Mandela’s practice would therefore appear as a validation of Colonel Sir William F. Butler’s recollection of the following opinion of Charles Gordon:
INEC and Nigerian elite formation electoral politics
IS’HAQ Modibo Kawu summed up in the following the import of the imminent gubernatorial elections in Edo State in his Vanguard Thursday, July 12, 2012 column.
Nigeria’s security politics: Who rules or who governs
THE Guardian, Tuesday, June 19, 2012 carried the following story headlined: “Police unveil new strategy against terror”.
Dispersals and emigration: The notion of Diaspora in the Nigerian Usage
THE notion of Diaspora attained public policy relevance during the Obasanjo Presidency. Nigerians who had emigrated to the United States were engaged by President Obasanjo to become partners with Government in the promotion of the nation’s development.
Govt policy on prosecution of the corrupt (2)
IN addition, also, are such allegation as the illegal purchase of 20 refurbished graders at the cost of N950 million for local government councils and subsequent deduction of the same from their allocation from the Federation Account; illegal purchase of 20 Toyota Prado SUVs to the tune of N200 million for local government councils and the illegal deduction of the same from their allocations.
