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Africa, Arlene Schar, Articles, Columnists, David Leffler, NNP Columnists, Top Stories
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
By Arlene J. Schar & Dr. David Leffler | NNP | March 28, 2019 – Three days after the terrorist attack in New Zealand, another shooting has taken place in Netherlands, leaving three dead. While both the Netherlands and New Zealand are considered safe and peaceful nations, violence has still managed to find its way […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | March 28, 2019 – It is afternoon and the day is baking hot. Trudging along a dusty road beneath a spark plug sky without a cloud in sight gets old fast. There are beaches and sand off to one side and on the other a gently rising hillside covered […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
By Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | March 28, 2019 – Perception – also known as optics- is a belief or opinion held by people on the basis of how things seem. Our perception of any event is our reality and our truth, which is why people say that perception is everything. The American essayist, […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | March 28, 2019 – OKOROCHA, UCHE NWOSU, NEVER AGAIN Hotels everywhere in O’ Iown, that’s Owerri for you. I got into the town the evening of the day the All Progressives Congress (APC) organized a women and youth rally at the Dan Anyiam Stadium. No one was there to pick […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | March 28, 2019 – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo raised the stakes in the politics of 2023 when he added his voice to the politics of ethnic baiting. Speaking during a visit to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola, on December 22 2013, the Vice President was […]
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Adewale T. Akande, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, February 28th, 2019
By Adewale Akande | Barcelona, Spain | February 28, 2019 – In a true democratic society, it is essential to ensure a government that follows the will of the people and not the one that force the people to follow it, that is, a “government of the people, by the people, and for the people” […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, February 28th, 2019
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | February 28, 2019 – Ndigbo should be wary of Fani-Kayode and Obasanjo By Tochukwu Ezukanma In his earlier writings, Femi Fani-Kayode venomously castigated the Igbo. He accused us of excessive greed and unbridled tribalism, and indicted us for virtually everything that ever went wrong in Nigeria. Olusegun […]
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Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Saturday, February 23rd, 2019
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | Feb. 23, 2019 – As President Muhammadu Buhari, the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, moves from one state to another, campaigning for a second term despite nearly four years in office which has been widely adjudged a horrendous failure, a 15-year old, tender, innocent girl called Leah […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, February 9th, 2019
Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | Feb. 9, 2019 – Obasanjo’s recent 16-page letter to Buhari, which sounds more like a state-of-the nation address, has, as expected, dominated the deadlines since it was delivered on Sunday, January 20, 2019. Titled, ‘Points for Concern’, the 4,018-word commentary was a bare-knuckled critique of the Buhari government […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, February 7th, 2019
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | NNP | Feb. 7, 2019 – After much hesitations, I decided to read ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent epistle For The Records: Points of Concern and Action. I must confess, I was not disappointed in its contents knowing fully well OBJ’s recent political activities. For those of us who know OBJ […]
