The sociometric realities in the old Okigwe zone depict that for each of the three groups that once composed the zone but are now located in the three states of Imo, Abia and Ebonyi, the cultural, dialectical and socio-political bonds that tie them to the groups existing in the states where they are now located are much more stronger than whatever linked them together in the old Ok URL:http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2009/jan/257.html Size - 18KB - 25 Jan 2009
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The non commensurate number of states in the Southeast zone, and the delay since the return to democratic governance in correcting this injustice enacted by military dictators have created in the zone a massive population of people disenchanted with the Nigerian project. URL:http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2008/feb/121.html Size - 14KB - 07 Mar 2008
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The task ahead of you is unenviable but it becomes much less rigorous when you take note of this reality: in view of the high literacy rate in Imo State, the last eight years of democratic governance and the power of information technology are fast taking the day-to-day tasks of decision-making regarding governance to the living rooms of the governed. URL:http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2007/may/085.html Size - 13KB - 08 May 2007
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Many elected executives once in office tend to penalize areas that did not co-operate with them during the electoral process. In doing this they go to the extent of abandoning or stiffling projects sited in those areas by their predecessor(s). URL:http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2007/apr/101.html Size - 16KB - 08 May 2007
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When it was agreed by Nigerians at the National Political Reforms Conference that a sixth state is imperative for the South-East zone to balance the existing deficiency in the area, many in the zone thought it would not be difficult arriving at a consensus regarding the area the new state must be located given the history of states' creation in the South-East zone. URL:http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2006/apr/112.html Size - 18KB - 17 Oct 2006
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The reasons behind the seemingly endless clamour for the creation of Njaba or Orlu State are as old as the Nigerian federation itself. More than 98% of the 2nd generation towns adopted and settled by the then colonial masters as zonal administrative headquarters have today been wittingly or unwittingly converted to State capitals through the various States creation exercises. URL:http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2005/may/230.html Size - 14KB - 23 May 2005
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Do many contemporary politicians from the North of Nigeria drumming up the return of the Presidency to the North in 2007 pause a while to think about some aspects of Nigeria's political evolution vis-à-vis the sacrifices of the NCNC and its leadership to retain the North as part of independent Nigeria? URL:http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2005/may/026.html Size - 15KB - 03 May 2005
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Let the conference delegates be elected and he [Obasanjo] risks having radicals, separatists, religious extremists and even anarchists flooding the conference. Select the delegates as he did, and the conference and the constitution derived therefrom become very unpopular. Behold the man's dilemma. URL:http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2005/apr/032.html Size - 21KB - 08 Apr 2005
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Today, the Nigerian federation as is presently structured is apparently ungovernable, President Obasanjo must not downplay this dangerous phenomenon of popular discontent as mere 'human foibles', and neither must the kettle, lid and steam explanation suffice. URL:http://nigeriaworld.com/articles/2004/aug/241.html Size - 21KB - 24 Aug 2004
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