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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – August 6, 2011 – Once upon a time, there was a land wherein it was common practice for everyone to be happily affected by, and even actively participate in any kind of religious festival or event around them. It did not really matter whether it was a Christian, […]
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Articles, Clarius Ugwuoha, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

By Clarius Ugwuoha, Rivers State, Nigeria – August 3, 2011 – I read with disgust the current motion for a single term of six years for both the president and the governors. Mr. President, there are more immediate issues than tenure elongation. The country is groaning under severe maladministration for which we voted you in […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – August 2, 2011 – Jeffrey Sachs, respected economist and adviser to the United Nations’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was reported to have warned Nigeria against population explosion, saying the “current figure of 158 million could balloon to 730 million by 2100”. Sachs was further quoted as saying: “I am […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – August 2, 2011 – In the last few weeks I have tried to reflect and make sense out of the labour war with government over N600 per day. The fight for N18K a month, the more I reflect on it, the less sense I seem to be able […]
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Articles, NNP Columnists
Monday, August 1st, 2011

The feedback to the first part of this article was wide and varied. But I shall limit myself to focusing on a few of the pertinent issues that were raised. The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was the one of first respondents to the article. He held that the CBN […]
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Articles, Columnists, Kunle Ojeleye, NNP Columnists
Friday, July 29th, 2011

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye, London, UK – July 29, 2011 – The other day, driving the 60 mile stretch from my house into London, I decided for a change to relive the youthful days of my life. Hey, I was alone, my wife was not with me, so I could be at my best(?) behaviour. […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila London, UK July 27, 2011 – There is an open sore on the airwaves of Nigeria and since about a decade ago, thanks to technology, from Nigeria to the airwaves of practically the whole world. The sore is in the form of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). It is […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Senate
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

By Prof. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP – July 27, 2011 – At its plenary session, the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria set up a Committee to investigate the privatization of Federal Government companies by the Bureau of Public Enterprises since the inception of the sales of those companies to private companies. Since the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo, Nigeria – July 27, 2011 – It was Thursday, and I was drinking table water that I bought from a nearby store and from my window I stare at Bunmi that walks toward my door. She is dark, of Yoruba lineage and with large brown eyes .Her legs kept moving, as […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – July 27, 2011 – The report by the Vanguard of July 8 2011that tens of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to defend the ‘revolution’ that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt in February 2011 was very instructive. According to the report, the protesters directed their anger […]