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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, June 14th, 2013

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | June 14, 2013 – Though those that are paid to represent and act on behalf of the citizens of this great country have decided to celebrate its democracy day last month, it is this week, of June of 12, that many of us continue to believe democracy [...]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion
Thursday, May 30th, 2013

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | May 30, 2013 – When it comes to Islam, there are some cumbersome burdens that media practitioners and social commentators are silently coping with. One is the need to be very sensitive and indeed tread quite carefully when they have to deal with anything Islamic because of [...]
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Africa, Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | May 15, 2013 | Emeritus Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu, is arguably the most recognised African churchman in the world today. Even those who do not know his name or have a detailed knowledge of his activities and achievements will recognise the face of that ever-jovial [...]
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Akwa Ibom, Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | April 16, 2013 – If we want to be honest then we cannot but admit that Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, is not the only leading political figure in Nigeria indictable of manipulating electoral process in his party and in the country. All our major political [...]
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Saturday, March 16th, 2013

By Anthony A. Kilauea / London, UK / March 16, 2013 The title of this piece could have well been: Northern control of oil bloc: daddy not our brothers cornered our meat. Elsewhere a title of such would be unfamiliar if not completely surreal to an average citizen for it is not common for people [...]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | Oct. 31, 2012 Just last week we got news of the death of Mrs Sheila Solarin, wife of the late author, educationist and social activist, Dr Tai Solarin. Mrs Sheila Solarin was very much but not just the wife of her husband. In her own right, she [...]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Osun, State News
Thursday, October 18th, 2012

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | Oct. 18, 2012 – It is a common practice amongst social scientists and political philosophers that occupy themselves with the thought of how best to manage or improve their countries and world to seek and study model places that they could use as examples to embody their [...]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | Oct. 2, 2012 – At today’s Independence Anniversary declaration, we are compelled to analyse the history of Nigeria once again. The first imperative is that although a lot of people try to make it appear a complex and peculiar incredible series of events and situations, the history [...]
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | Sept. 26, 2012 – Which subtler way to put the recent display of violent demonstrations in parts of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan and now northern Nigeria, which was characterised by burning of flags and pictures, and even leading to the killing of people in [...]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

An important event this week is the reopening of schools for most our children. They will be resuming today as you read these notes, and it is important we reflect on the sate of education in the country. I say most, not all, because in reality many other schools opened two weeks ago in conformity [...]