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Articles, Columnists, Kunle Ojeleye, NNP Columnists
Saturday, November 26th, 2011

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye, London, UK, – Nov. 27, 2011 – Earlier on today, the sun set on one of the most enduring personalities that has ever come out of the nation now known as Nigeria, as I received with sadness the news of the transition of Chief Odimegwu Chukwuemeka Ojukwu to eternity. Here is […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, November 26th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Nov. 27, 2011 – There are several things I feel the federal government is getting wrong. The list is long: its decision to push for a single term tenure despite massive public opposition, plans to remove so-called subsidies on petroleum products on spurious arguments that do not convince […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, November 26th, 2011

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, London, UK – Nov . 27, 2011 – Prior to the 1966 coup which ushered in General JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi, very few people in Nigeria had ever seen soldiers before. They were mostly confined to the barracks. Most of us in those days did not even know that Nigerians soldiers were sent […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Ajibulu, NNP Columnists
Saturday, November 26th, 2011

By Emmanuel Ajibulu, NNP – Nov. 27, 2011 – It is usually a thing of shock to come into consciousness that the phenomenon called death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain every mortal. The nature of death has been for millennial a central concern of the world’s religious traditions and of […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Women Politics
Saturday, November 26th, 2011

By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK, – Nov. 27, 2011 – When news came in that Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had been appointed Minister of finance and coordinator national economic management team, a lot of people rejoiced because it was widely held that the newly elected President had gone for a very competent finance expert to […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – Nov. 27, 2011– The blind person who shuts his eyes and says he is asleep; when he was not asleep whom did he see? My name is Abdul-Chukwudi Balogun, I work with the Federal Civil Service, I am on level 8, and I have put in approximately 10 […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, November 26th, 2011

By Dr. Leonard K Shiulgba, Yola, Nigeria – Nov. 27, 2011 – On Saturday, November 19, the American University of Nigeria hosted Bishop Mathew Kukah who delivered the keynote address at the 6th Founder’s Day Anniversary. The Bishop spoke to us about the misconception of leadership in Nigeria. His speech was as captivating as anyone […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ijeoma Nwogwugwu, NNP Columnists, Power Sector
Thursday, November 24th, 2011

By Ijeoma Nwogwugwu, Email: ijeoma.nwogwugwu@thisdaylive.com Joseph Ajaero, the general secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees and one of three deputy presidents of the Nigeria Labour Congress, has been on at war with this administration for well over a year. On the face of it, much his angst with the federal government stems from […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, London, UK – Nov. 22, 2011 – A short while ago, at the 2011 World Population Day celebration, it was revealed that by October 31, Nigeria’s population would hit the 167 million mark; and would hit 433 million by 2050. To many, it was a verdict of a bleak future, and […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Nov. 22, 2011 – I was jolted by a recent report that the federal government will soon come up with a standard guideline to regulate noise level in the country. According to a report in the Next (online) of November 9, 2011, the deputy director, Pollution Control Department […]