"Lee Kuan Yew is one of the brightest, ablest men I have ever met. This book is a must read for people interested in a true Asian success story. From this book, we also learn about the thinking of one of this century's truly visionary statesmen." (George Bush) "In office, I read and analysed every speech of Lee's. He had a way of penetrating the fog of propaganda and expressing with unique clarity..

Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill: India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime Minister. Born five years and seven thousand miles apart, they became embodiments of the nations they led. Both became living icons, idolised and admired around the world. Today, they remain enduring models of leadership in a democratic society. Yet the truth was Churchill and Gandhi were bitter ene..

Imagine if every month the government deposited $1,000 into your checking account, with nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy, but it has become one of the most influential and hotly debated policy ideas of our time. Futurists, radicals, libertarians, socialists, union representatives, feminists, conservatives, Bernie supporters, development economists, child-care workers, welfare recipients..

Vice-Chancellor Years at U.I. "In addition, what may be described as municipal matters—especially the supply of water c7.-7.C.' electricity— regularly caused or aggravated the problems with the unions. Indeed, at a meeting of the council of the university, I suggested that the post of vice-chancellor should be re-designated 'Mayor and Chief Security Officer' because most of my work was devoted to ..

This book accomplishes the vision of the Tiv forefathers who cared about Tiv History. Therefore, you my tiv brothers of this new generation that can read, read the history and tell it to others who cannot, of the things of our ancestors so that whether they are literate or not, at least they will be able to know something about our forbears who have gone on before us.  Further, do you, howeve..

The decisiveness of the short period of colonialism and its negative consequences for Africa spring mainly from the fact that Africa lost power. Power is the ultimate determinant in human society, being basic to the relations within any group and between groups. It implies the ability to defend one's interests and if necessary to impose one's will by any means available. In relations between peopl..

This books a sequel to How we Destroy Nigeria: Precedence of Doom. Most of what has been documented in the prequel focus on the country"s past and present rulers, while most of this book's content focuses on the entire citizens and their roles in Nigeria's embarrassing state. Many Nigerians claim they want a better country, but such hopes and aspirations sharply contradict their daily activities...

The Nigerian Army is an institution that has played a pivotal role in the affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. For more than half of the 57 years since Independence, Nigeria was directly ruled by a Military Government, largely composed of army officers, and always headed by one. It is impossible to explore any facet of modern Nigerian history or society without the military (and in particul..

I am the Nigerian Nation (1914-2007) This book is a find-out-everything-about-Nigeria compendium. The voice of the book is Nigeria's own, proudly delineating her own history. It covers the period between the amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorates of Nigeria under Frederick Lugard in 1914 and the end of Olusegun Obasanjo's administration in 2007. ..

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It is fifty years since Chief Festus Samuel Okotie-Eboh , CMG, MP, Federal Minister of Finance, was assassinated by a group of soldiers rebelling against the constituted civilian government of Nigeria. A frontline politician and member of NCNC delegation involved in negotiations for the independence of Nigeria from Great Britain, he became an important stakeholder in the new government of Nigeria...