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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Sunday, August 12th, 2012
By Ikechukwu Enyiagu | NNP | August 11, 2012 – One’s country should be a thing of pride for every citizen, no matter where they are or their status. And such country’s leaders should be as shining stars and pillars of encouragement for patriotism. That’s why you can find, amongst other nationalities, citizens who ride […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, August 11th, 2012
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | August 11, 2012 – Take just an English and you have a dull person, take two English and you get two dull people, take three English and you get a great nation. That in part is the story of the successful Olympic Games we are currently witnessing […]
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Articles, Columnists, Femi Fani-Kayode, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
By Femi Fani-Kayode | NNP | August 7, 2012 – When I challenged Chief E.K. Clark’s assertion that there was ”nothing wrong with placing soldiers on the streets of Lagos” last January during the oil subsidy crisis at a conference of the Political Summit Group in Lagos I knew that I was heading for trouble. I was given the floor to speak just […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | August 7, 2012 – A one time United States of American Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, once referred to Nigeria as the poorest oil rich nation in the world. What an oxymoron? How can a country be oil rich and yet, extremely poor? This is because her wealth […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | August 4, 2012 – Henry Kissinger, the global geo-political icon furthered the thesis on what was called “Big Talk” and with Nigeria’s growing insecurity the joint statement by former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida can be rated in that important category. Big talks can be consequential and when […]
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Articles, Columnists, Governors, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo State, Nigeria | August 4, 2012 – Ralph Miliband was a key twentieth century political thinker. Ralph Miliband once said that the hottest place in hell will be reserved for those who sit on the fence in the face of great moral crisis. No one will want to go to […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | August 4, 2012 –I will start this weekend’s admonition by a tale told by an unknown author. It is originally called the pebble and the ripples. A man was sitting by a lake. He was throwing small pebbles into it from time to time. A young boy […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
By Arnold Alalibo | NNP | July 2012 – For the better part of his four years (199-2003), former President Olusegun Obasanjo toured the world wooing investors to come to Nigeria, most of whom fled the country during the tumultuous military regimes. Now, it is the turn of the current administration to woo the many […]
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Akwa Ibom, Articles, Columnists, Ini-Abasi Mboho, NNP Columnists, State News
Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
By Ini-Abasi Mboho | Uyo, Nigeria | July 31, 2012 – In recent media outings, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio has been inundated with concerns of who his successor would be or where he would come from. Firstly, in his pre-award interview as Silverbird Man of the Year on Silverbird Television, […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Prince Charles Dickson
Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | July 31, 2012 – No matter how beautiful an ostrich egg is, if it doesn’t hatch, cannot be eaten, then it’s no good. One fundamental thing one notices that we lack in governanceand government is the word good. Many Nigerians talk and agree that goodgovernance is […]
