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There was a time when democracies feared kings. Nations fought wars, drafted constitutions, and erected elaborate systems of checks and balances to prevent the rise of one man above the law. America, born from rebellion against monarchy, built an entire civic religion around the idea that no citizen, not even a president, should become sovereign. …
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Britain and the Art of Backing the Wrong Horse Union Jack History is often described as a great teacher. The problem is that governments rarely attend the lessons. Few countries have demonstrated this more consistently than Britain in its foreign policy adventures. There is a remarkable continuity in British statecraft: an uncanny ability to identify …
Henry Seriake Dickson When Senator Henry Seriake Dickson stood before the microphones at the national convention of the newly minted Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Abuja, he spoke with the booming confidence of a seasoned political godfather. Proclaiming the NDC as his "baby" and welcoming opposition heavyweights into what he described as a new democratic …
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There is a particular kind of Nigerian who writes passionately about the deportation of the poor from Lagos while composing his thoughts from a flat in Peckham or a suburb of New York. He has not paid Nigerian taxes in eleven years. He sends remittances home at Christmas, which he spends in Nigeria displaying a …
Centre for Nigeria Progress 