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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Monday, October 3rd, 2011

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, London, UK – October 3, 2011 – I normally don’t join in celebrating Nigeria’s Independence Day anywhere I am in the world; at least not since the late 70s. I also do not write the usual piece analyzing our problems and preferring solutions. Other better, able and more flamboyant writers always […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – October 2, 2011– Just before the 2007 general election, a high ranking official of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Lagos State suggested that I write an article stating that the then governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, promoted an enabling environment for Igbo businesses to thrive in […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists, South-East
Saturday, October 1st, 2011

By Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP, October 1, 2011 – Without doubt the formation and commencement of South- East EconomicSummit (SEES) in Enugu is among the best economic effort and decision made so far by South East zone. This is a beginning and nothing substantial has been done but this shows a radical departure from incoherency overview […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Saturday, October 1st, 2011

By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo, Nigeria – October 1, 2011 – Since I started pointing out the autocratic behaviours and lack of arithmetic knowledge of governance of embattled Governor Rochas Okorocha, I have been branded so many unprintable names by a selected group of unproductive, uninformed, money hungry, favour seeking, paranoid supporters of the government and […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, September 30th, 2011

Sept. 30, 2011 Fellow Compatriots, As long as the Social, Political and Economic landscape of the country is plagued by Corruption and unpatriotic acts in the forms of fraud, disunity, tribalism, indiscipline, nepotism etc, a national, sustainable blueprint for development -which is in effect the bedrock of Mr President’s Transformational Agenda- cannot be established. […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Friday, September 30th, 2011

By Dr. .Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Sept 30, 2011 – I am not satisfied with the Nigeria in which I live today, neither am I proud of it. I want this Nigeria destroyed and another born. There is despair where there should be hope. Groups that should inspire have rather become hindrances of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, P
Monday, September 26th, 2011

By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo, NNP – Sept. 26, 2011 – Last week, the long awaited list of university rankings in Africa was released, specifically, the top one hundred high performing universities (in Africa). The list was published on the http://www.newnigerianpolitics.com website (see complete list below) and when I saw it before glancing through, I was […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, September 26th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Sept. 26, 2011 – I am among those often accused of being fans of Obasanjo. I have never denied that but I need to put a big qualifier to this. Every era has specific leadership qualities that are most needed to get over the challenges of its time. […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – Sept. 25, 2011 – A Tarokh adage translates, a child lacks wisdom, and some say that what is important is that the child does not die; what kills more surely than lack of wisdom? (A foolish child is not much better than a dead child). Its almost […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Babajide Babalola
Sunday, September 25th, 2011

By Prince Babajide Babalola, NNP, Sept. 25, 2011 – I would like to respond to the recent inaccurate and irresponsible article, filled with disgust and mental deficiency, published on saharareporters, nigeriavillagesquare and other online magazines by one Pius Adesanmi with the title ‘‘Getting Their Beering Wrong’’. I am particularly disturbed that Saharareporters and others, will […]