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Even before the modern idea of socialism emerged in Africa, during the anti-colonial struggles, Africans have been equipped with the ideology of...
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“...for there can be no socialist change and therefore no real freedom and democracy where there is not a large body of...
Chima Ubani: Marytr of the People, 10 Years Gone!
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Chima Ubani died in a car accident with Tunji Oyeleru, the Vanguard photo-editor on September 21, 2005 at Potiskum, he was just...
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Introduction
Twenty two years ago, what has been described as “the freest and fairest elections”...
TRIBUTE: Celebrating Segun Osoba of Struggle
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Dr Segun Osobamiro, a history teacher and revolutionary socialist of the Ife Collective was prominent in the 1970s. He submitted a...
MAY DAY 2015 and Nigerian workers
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As Nigeria workers join workers across the world to commemorate May Day 2015, we need to collectively reflect on the significance of the...
Kwame Nkrumah and African Unity
by Gyekye Tanoh
On May 25, it will be 53 years that the African Union was formed, as the Organisation of Africa Unity. As xenophobic...
War and General Elections in Nigeria
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President Jonathan...
Nigeria’s Rebirth: National Conference or Sovereign National Conference?
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Introduction
There appears to be widespread concerns that something fundamental is wrong with Nigeria as presently constituted, not only in terms of perceived...
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