document.writeln("<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=3 BORDER=0 width=100%><TR><TD colspan=2><DIV CLASS='newsbreak'>2002</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>11/23/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/112302.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>ThisDay, Miss World and Kaduna mayhem</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>11/08/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/110802.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Urhobo Historical Society and the pursuit of a hollow dream</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>11/02/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/110202.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The Eagle in hibernation while the world revolves</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>10/04/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/100402.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Northern cabal, Obasanjo and political inertia</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>09/17/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/091702.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The Bush Administration and the drumbeats of war</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>08/24/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/082402.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The impeachment saga and 'coup plotting': A red herring?</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>08/07/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/080702.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Archbishop-designate of Canterbury joins esoteric club</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>07/26/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/072602.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Kofo's London wedding and nation building</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>07/17/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/071702.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>INEC must come clean but Gani should rescind his call - A Rejoinder</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>06/15/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/061502.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>An analysis of Tilde's exposé of the failed contract</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>06/05/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/060502.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Politicians, voters and 2003 elections</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>04/30/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/043002.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The peculiar mess of Nigerian politics</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>04/02/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/040202.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Israel and Palestine: The madness continues</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>03/22/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/032202.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The Zimbabwe election and Western politics</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>03/13/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/031302.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Flipping to the other side</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>02/27/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/022702.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Picking pieces from the rubble</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>01/28/2002</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/012802.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The Obasanjo mantra</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD colspan=2><DIV CLASS='newsbreak'>2001</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>12/26/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/122601.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Dirge for Bola Ige</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>12/18/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/121801.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The new Electoral Act and hot air</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>12/03/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/120301.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Peter Odili's gift and FIFA</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>11/21/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/112101.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The broken compass</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>10/21/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/102101.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Oputa Panel bites the dust</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>10/05/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/100501.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The gavel at war with Nigeria's past musketeers</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>09/21/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/092101.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The changing of a way of life</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>09/12/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/091201.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The Justice Aguda that I knew</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>08/15/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/081501.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Evil on the prowl</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>07/28/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/072801.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Nigeria's crooked political accountability</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>07/18/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/071801.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Armed robbery and sinking values</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>06/27/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/062701.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Overseas trips, infamy and wastage</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>05/18/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/051801.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>A Day in the White House</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>05/17/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/051701.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Revisionism as a cloak for political deceit</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>04/20/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/042001.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Letter to the president on dredging of the Lower Niger River</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>04/12/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/041201.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Easter: The triumph of good over evil</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>03/21/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/032101.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Obasanjo: A Napoleon at the helm of affairs</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>03/18/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/0318001.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Nzeribe: The beat goes on</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>03/10/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/0310001.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The presidential jet and sanity in government</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>02/27/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/0227001.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Notes on the Inaugural of The Abdulsalami A. Abubakar Distinguished Lecture Series</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>02/20/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/0220001.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Ali Mazrui in the cauldron of controversy</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>02/19/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/0219001.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Crude oil and crude politics</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>02/05/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/0205001.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Who determines Sovereignty, people or government?</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>01/24/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/0124001.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The Igbo rigmarole in Nigerian politics</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>01/16/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/0116001.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The deferring of Hope</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>01/06/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/0106001.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Opposition to proposed HB 22 Bill on Female Genital Mutilation</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>12/02/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/1202300.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The lessons of Damilola Taylor's death</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>12/18/2001</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/1218000.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>The slide of honor into disrepute</DIV></A></td></TR><TR><TD colspan=2><DIV CLASS='newsbreak'>2000</DIV></TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH=50 valign=top><SPAN CLASS='dateline'>10/15/2000</SPAN></TD><TD WIDTH=100%><A HREF='http://nigeriaworld.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://nigeriaworld.com/columnist/nwabuzor/new_order.html'><DIV CLASS='writer'>Emergence of a New Nigeria Order</DIV></A></td></TR></TABLE>");