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Articles, Columnists, Imo, INEC Politics, NNP Columnists, Philips Akpoviri., State News
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” – Martin Luther King Jr. By Philips Akpoviri, NNP, May 4, 2011- I am neither an Imo state resident nor an Imo state indigene. I am of Delta state extraction – a proud Deltan but a prouder Nigerian. My friend who saw this piece prior to publication […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
By Uwadi Kenneth, Imo, Nigeria – May 4, 2011 – I drove into Easy Gate Hotel in Owerri,Imo State of Nigeria, last week Friday with burning anger in my heart, hot, bitter anger. I have good reasons to be angry. It tears out my heart. The governorship election conducted on April 26, 2011 in Imo […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – May 4, 2011 – Just when Nigerians were beginning to bask in the euphoria of a possible dawn of a new era following the relative success of the National Assembly elections on April 9, the aftermath of the presidential polls that followed a week later is turning out […]
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Friday, April 29th, 2011

April 29th, has rolled into the annals of British royal history as the day when the future King of England, Prince Williams, walked the aisles to marry his heartthrob for the past ten years, commoner Kate Middleton. The occasion was graceful as expected of any such royal undertaking, abundantly pregnant with pump and assorted pageantry […]
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Adewale T. Akande, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oyo, State News
Friday, April 29th, 2011

By Adewale Akande, Barcelona, Spain – April 29, 2011 – History is the memory of mankind and philosophy of history is the analytical ability of man to distinguish correct from incorrect. Human beings have the ability to create ways to live better and even change the envioroment to suit their needs and wants. It is […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Reuben Abati
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Today, the country has more or less concluded election 2011, and although there was an outbreak of violence in the 12 Northern states over the outcome of the Presidential election of April 16, reports of election malpractices, protests about results in Ika North, Anambra Central, Plateau state, pre-election tension in Akwa Ibom, “an inconclusive” Gubernatorial […]
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Articles, Charles-Bruno Okpuruka, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

By Charles-Bruno Okpuruka, Toronto, Canada – April 27, 2011 – The Nigerian general elections hopefully, will come to a close this week with the conduct of the gubernatorial and state assembly elections. The avalanche of positive endorsements on its conduct from every quarter across the globe is indicative of the maturity of Nigeria’s democracy. All credits […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Sunny Chris Okenwa
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

By Sunny Chris Okenwa, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, April 27, 2011 – Nigeria is a country of contrasting phenomena, a nation whose socio-political complexity is simply amazing. I spent some months in Nigeria since last January when I left my location for the burial of my late mother in the village east of the Niger. She […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – April 26 – Anambra State has always been politically challenging, especially in the current political dispensation. In this sense, the controversial outcome of the April 9 National Assembly elections, which pitted former Governor Chris Ngige against former Information Minister Dora Akunyili in a dog fight essentially means that […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, Elections 2011, NNP Columnists, North-East, North-West
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK, – April 26, 2011 – Lest we all become guilty of what we accuse others of doing, two things need to be said very clearly about the ongoing crisis in the Northern part of Nigeria: one is that the Northern crisis is a very good example of a predictable […]