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nigeria – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Sun, 26 Nov 2017 19:55:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg nigeria – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 Democratic Corruption: The Case of Nigeria, By Ogunmakin Oyewumi http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/democratic-corruption-case-nigeria Sun, 26 Nov 2017 19:53:22 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11838 Democracy or democratic system of government is one of the most reputable system of government that gives values and recognition to the citizens of a particular country on how to shape their destiny or government through periodic franchise or referendum without being under duress or any intimidation. It is the most widely used system of …

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]]> BEYOND THE 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, by Yinka Ogunlana http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/beyond-the-2015-presidential-election-by-yinka-ogunlana Wed, 15 Apr 2015 01:00:47 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11724 By Yinka Ogunlana Elections! Elections!! Elections!!! On the 28th March, 2015 Nigeria once again witnessed another wrestle of power in her political space, but this time, it was the battle of the fittest as the people’s choice determined the winner. Many Nigerians became enthusiastic about the election process as some attended rallies, some stayed glued …

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]]> The Twisted African Democratic Revolutions http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-twisted-african-democratic-revolutions Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:57:02 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9676 Either in Libya, Nigeria, Chad, Egypt or Tunisia, the African nation-state, from its birth, has been in some sort of undeviating inanimate democratic revolution. The reason is that the African state, as a political entity, is yet to have everlasting grip with the African nation, as a community, hence the almost constant schisms and the revolutions. African revolutions occur not because of the African community, which is intact, but the African state, which is unbalanced and unreflective of Africans’ innate democratic feelings

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]]> West Africa’s Democratic Evolution – African or Western? http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/west-africa%e2%80%99s-democratic-evolution-african-or-western http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/west-africa%e2%80%99s-democratic-evolution-african-or-western#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:02:20 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9623 For sometime, the centre of Africa’s anarchic one-party systems, gory tyrants, brutal dictatorships, self-serving military juntas and hideous civil wars, West Africa is changing and indisputably sowing democratic seeds. Whether in Cape Verde, Liberia, Guinea-Conakry, Niger, Nigeria or Guinea Bissau multi-party elections are blowing across the once politically sick region.

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/west-africa%e2%80%99s-democratic-evolution-african-or-western/feed 2 THE DEATH-TRAP CALLED PEHN-PEHN http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-death-trap-called-pehn-pehn http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-death-trap-called-pehn-pehn#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:25:49 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=9553 The two-wheeler motor commonly called ‘Okada’ in Ghana, Benin and some parts of Nigeria, Pehn-pehn in Liberia, has become a veritable means of transportation in major cities of most West African countries. Its presence in the roads of these nations’ cities has been more of a problem than a solution to the ailing transportation problems. …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-death-trap-called-pehn-pehn/feed 1 As Nigeria Goes to The Polls http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/as-nigeria-goes-to-the-polls http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/as-nigeria-goes-to-the-polls#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:00:42 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8254 The much anticipated general elections in Nigeria is here. It is a staggered election with a 3 week span. Most people have concluded that this is a “make or mar” elections for Nigeria, as the gubernatorial, state and federal parliamentary elections climaxing with the presidential elections are billed to take place within this 3 week …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/as-nigeria-goes-to-the-polls/feed 1 The Ongoing Arab/Libya Revolution and International Diplomacy http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-ongoing-arablibya-revolution-and-international-diplomacy http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-ongoing-arablibya-revolution-and-international-diplomacy#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:31:36 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=8006 ”After half a century during which tyrants have ruled the Arab world, their control is weakening. After 40 years of decaying stability, the rot is eating into the stability. The Arab masses will no longer accept what they used to accept. The Arab elites will no longer remain silent”.- Ari Shavit; the Arab Revolution and …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/the-ongoing-arablibya-revolution-and-international-diplomacy/feed 1 Aftermath of PDP Presidential Primaries: An End to The Northern Bogey in Nigeria? http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/nigeria-presidential-primaries-northern-bogey http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/nigeria-presidential-primaries-northern-bogey#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:16:52 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=5941 The much anticipated People’s Democratic Party [PDP] presidential primary elections in Nigeria has come and gone. Leaving the victorious singing victory songs and the vanquished to rue their fate. That the PDP presidential primary elections were a bitterly fought and acrimonious political battle is to say the least. It succeeded in splitting the ruling party …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/nigeria-presidential-primaries-northern-bogey/feed 1 ‘God, let crude oil dry up’ http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/nigerian-oil-god-crude-oil-dry-up Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:53:02 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=3217 A chief Executive Officer and 'Man of God" calls upon God to let Nigeria oil dry up

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]]> Africa Command: Opportunity for Engagement or the Militarization of U.S.-Africa Relations? Dr Wafula Okumu http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/africa-command-opportunity-for-enhanced-engagement-or-the-militarization-of-u-s-africa-relations-dr-wafula-okumu Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:00:59 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=1577  Background Until recently, Africa has not been strategically attractive to the U.S.  This is partly because U.S. interests in Africa had not been clearly defined and it had no bureaucratic structure to manage those almost nonexistent interests. For a long time, the strategic thinking has been that the U.S. has “no compelling interests in Africa” …

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