Madubuko Hart “The immature conscience is not its own master. It simply parrots the decisions of others. It does not make judgments of its own; it merely conforms to the judgments of others. That is not real freedom, and it makes true love impossible.” The quote above was by one …
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KLEPTOCRACY IN NIGERIA: THE REAL POLITICS OF CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA
Alex Osondu Atawa-Akpodiete Periodically, some interesting words get into our lexicon and we start wondering about its entomology. Kleptocracy is one of such words. Kleptocracy is simply government of thieves or essentially a nation being ruled by thieves. Officially, it is a derivative “from Greek: κλέπτης – kleptēs, “thief” … …
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Philip Agbese Last week there was a reported meeting between the Nigerian Army and the international non-governmental organization (NGO), Amnesty International (AI) in Abuja, Nigeria. From what we gathered was at the instance of the Nigerian Army. Although it was a closed door meeting, feelers from the meeting pointed to …
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