(SEDI), at the Sam Mbakwe Hall, Concorde Hotel, Owerri, 14 December 2001. Democracy 2003: It Must Be the Voters' World; Babcock University, Main Auditorium, Ilisan Remo, 18 March 2002. Refocusing Igbo Youth Energy; Igbo Students' Renaissance Day lecture series of the Confederation of Igbo Students (CIS), Federation Hall, Hotel Presidential, Enugu, 11 April 2002. National Question in Nigeria and the Democratic Experience; Annual lecture of Department of Political Science, University of Lagos, at the Main Auditorium, University of Lagos, 23 April 2002. The Wave of Arbitrary Culture in our Nascent Democracy, Lecture series of the Abuja Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), International Conference Centre, Abuja, 20 May 2002. Rediscover Nigeria ... Democracy as a Vehicle for Investment Growth and Development; Rediscover Nigeria Project Initiative, Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, 28 May 2002. By the Hill and Valleys of Udi and Nsukka: The people, Their Heritage ... Their Future; Wawa Revival Lecture of the Enugu State Development Association (ESDA), Federation Hall, Hotel Presidential, Enugu; 28 November 2002. Reflections on Architecture as Social Mirror ..the Enugu Perspective; Annual lecture of the Nigeria Institute of Architecture (NIA), Enugu State Chapter, Federation Hall, Hotel Presidential, Enugu; 29 November 2002. Scare Mongers and the Challenges in a Defective Political Society; Pro-convocation lecture of the Babcock University, New University Guest House, Ilisan Remo, 13 March 2003. The Godfather Phenomenon in Democratic Nigeria ... Silicon or Real; Lecture series of Udi Hills, Nigeria, held in conjunction with The Source Magazine, Nigerian Institute for International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos, 20 May 2003. Confronting the Local Government Question, ... Can this Nation be Anchored on Variety?; Lecture series of the Basic Society Initiative (BSI), Nigerian Institute for International Affairs (NIIA), Lagos, 5 August 2003. Gap Crisis in Transition Democracy and the Challenges of Proper Expectation Framework; Lecture of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi State Council; Glass House, Government House, Lokoja, 2 September 2003. National Conference in Nigeria: by Who, For Who, . . .Power Oligarchies or Citizens?; Lecture of the Movement for Democracy and Social Justice (MDSJ), Sokoto, Main Auditorium of the Uthman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, 25 September 2003. 12 June: the North and the rest of us; Second edition of the Bola Ige Memorial Lecture, Main Hall, Premier Hotel, Ibadan, 30 September 2003. Poverty in Nigeria ...Eroding the dignity of man; Annual Dignity of Man lecture of the University of Nigeria Alumni Association (UNAA), Princess