National Conference Essays

• Obasanjo's Inaugural Address at the NPRC
• Mobolaji E. Aluko: The NPRC and the PNC: Thoughts of the Opposing National Conferences
• Jude Uzonwanne: My Wish List for the Constitutional Conference
• Moses E Ochonu:
• 1914 and Nigeria's Existential Crisis:A Historical Perspective (part 2)
• 1914 and Nigeria’s Existential Crisis: A Historical Perspective (1)
• Summary Views from The Nigerian Village Square Message Board

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Origin of the Yorubas

Benin Origin of the Yorubas?

Olumide Ogunremi: Oduduwa Father of a Nation Moses Ebe Ochonu:  Deconstructing the Oduduwa Debate Ewaen Edoghimioya: Cultural Wars And National Identity - A Rejoinder to Bolaji Aluko Ewaen Edoghimioya: On Behalf Of Whom Is Akiolu Speaking? - A Rejoinder Ewaen Edoghimioya: Yoruba Origins: Prof Ade-Ajayi's View Is Politicised, Ethnicised And Ahistorical Ewaen Edoghimioya: Yoruba Origins: Benin Have No Cause To Imitate Yorubas Mobolaji Aluko: Cultural Wars and National Identity: The Saga of the Yoruba and the Bini-Edo The Village Square Debate on Origin of the Yorubas

The Ministerial Dollar-salary affair

Kennedy Emetulu: Soyinka and the Dollar Ministers Nasir El-Rufai: Leave Okonjo-Iweala, Adeniji Alone Kennedy Emetulu: Rejoinder to Dr Chika Onyeani Chika Onyeani: What Has Patriotism Got to Do With It?  Kennedy Emetulu: Response to Prof.Nnaji Bart O. Nnaji: Much Ado About Differential Payment Mobolaji E. Aluko: The "Big Big" Dollar Salaries of the "Diaspora" Ministers Kennedy Emetulu: The Ministerial Dollar-salary affair: Matters Arising (1) ___ The Village Square Debate on Dollar Salaries

Celebrating Black History

Celebrating Black History

	Philip Emeagwali: Black History- Lost, stolen or strayed Chidi C. Achebe: Appreciation of the African American Book Recommendations Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Cracking the Corporate Code: The Revealing Success Stories of 32 African-American Executives   Mis-Education of the Negro The Village Square Discussion on Black History

How Nigeria Airways was Mismanaged

	How Nigeria Airways was Mismanaged: Panel recommendations and Govt comments From Wealth to Penury Nigeria Airways: The Paradox of Nemesis Let Govt Re-examine the Issues Bajowa Is My Nemesis -Okpere The Report Cannot Stand - Graham Douglas 'We Are Innocent' - NAL Task Force Nigeria Airways' US$400m graft exposed! Follow Vilage Square's discussion on this topic

Eradicating Corruption in Nigeria

Nigeria: From Pond of Corruption to Island of Integrity. - Obasanjo's speech to Transparency International 11/7/03 Nigeria’s Crisis of Corruption—Can the UN Global Programme resolve this dillema? Corruption in Nigeria: A New Paradigm for Effective Control - Victor E. Dike Tackling Corruption: Towards A Citizens' Covenant (1)- Kennedy Emetulu Mobolaji E. Aluko: On Nigerian Criminality and Public Accountability ___ A Solution to Nigeria's Corruption Problem- Vilage Square's online discussion

Gay movement in Nigeria:

The Nigerian Closet (Radio Netherlands)
Finally In The Open
Its the price of globalisation - Baba-Ahmed
Simple legislation cant stop it - Archbishop Kana Mani
Nigerian lesbianism, sodomy for economic prosperity-Dr Atere
These are signs of the end of time -SCIA
Maximum pleasure is for same sex couples only - Miss Anita Ekhimare
Same-sex intercourse destroys epithalial layer - Dr Sani Garba
They want to replace Bible with commonsense -Rev. Ogunyomi
Govt should legalise sodomy and lesbianism -Osarurume
Limits of liberty misinterpreted -Imam Abdulrahman Ahmed
Lesbianism, sodomy are an aberration - LASU students leader
Homosexuality: A colonial legacy - Late Lawal Dambazau
A Lesbian attempted to toast me - Christy Edwards

Living in Lagos Lagos streets: The 'preacher', a taxi driver and the con-man Suffering and Smiling Anatomy of a Lagos traffic jam Suffering and Smiling Lagos the great: An Irish anarchist account Molues: Lagos's flying coffins Lagos through Ghanaian eyes Psychiatric Tests for Lagos Gridlock Drivers Eye tests for Lagos bus drivers A Typical Day In Lagos Sense of the City: Lagos Nigeria, bubblin' Jazz to the Lagos beat Easing the Lagos Traffic

Nigeria enters space age

CNN.com - Nigeria enters space age
washingtonpost.com - Nigerian Satellite Blasts Into Orbit:
LAGOS, Nigeria - A Nigerian satellite blasted into orbit Saturday aboard a Russian rocket, propelling one of the poorest nations on earth into space for the first time. Millions of Nigerians watched the launch - at Russia's Plesetsk Cosmodrome - on live television.


Satellite Will Curb Census Problems'
The Story of the Nigerian Satellite
BBC NEWS| Nigeria enters space age
Yahoo! News - Launch of Nigeria's first satellite set for Saturday
Nigeria Launches Satellite Today
Economist.com | Nigeria's space programme - A boon or a boondoggle?
BBC NEWS | Is Nigeria's space satellite worth it?
Guardian Editorial: The Nigerian satellite project

Tafa-Gate?

Tafa Balogun should go to court or go home - Pini Jason My Hands are clean- IG Tafa Balogun The Many Deals of Inspector General Tafa