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Articles, Bade Adebolu, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Women Politics
Thursday, October 6th, 2016

By Bade Adebolu | Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | October 7, 2016 – It is no longer news that we are in a recession. Nigerians are groaning under the weight of a dying economy. Food and commodity prices have skyrocketed; some have more than doubled their original prices. Commodity prices are appalling! I was at the market […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Amaechi, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Saturday, October 1st, 2016
By Ikechukwu Amaechi | NNP | Oct. 1, 2016 – I have two confessions to make from the outset. I am an incurable optimist. I am a firm believer in the maxim that no matter how dark a tunnel may appear to be, there will always be some ray of light at the end. Of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, October 1st, 2016

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Oct. 1, 2016 – One of the key highlights of the 27th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, which held in Kigali, Rwanda in July 2016, was the launch of the African Union passport. Remarkably Idris Deby, the Chairperson of the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Hakeem Babalola, NNP Columnists
Saturday, October 1st, 2016

By Hakeem Babalola | Budapest, Hungary | Oct. 1, 2016 – Bi o san ko san olorun ma fi were dan mi wo (Whether it can be cured or not, oh Lord, I reject the affliction of madness). There is too much madness in Nigeria. Nigeria is mad. Nigerians are mad. But Nigeria must celebrate […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emeka Oraetoka, First Ladies, NNP Columnists, Patience Jonathan
Saturday, September 24th, 2016

By Emeka Oraetoka | NNP | Sept. 24, 2016 – There is no doubt that President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has recorded some milestone in its fight against corruption. The prudent management of government funds through the Single Treasury Account [TSA] has substantially, if not totally eliminated leakages and profligacy in government, notwithstanding the position of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 24th, 2016

By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | Sept. 24, 2016 – Nigeria is officially in recession for there are now two consecutive negative growths and GDP contractions in two quarters. The economy shrinks sequentially in first and second quarters by .36 and 2.06 percent respectively. Before the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and National Bureau of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, September 23rd, 2016

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria |Sept. 23, 2016 | Governor Ambode’s urban renewal policy is fundamentally flawed. For one, it strives to recast a Nigerian city in Parisian or Washingtonian mold. Secondly, it fails to realize that Lagos does not have to look like Paris, New York or Washington DC to be a beautiful, […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Monday, September 5th, 2016

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Sept. 05, 2016 – Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, a 30-year-old trader, has been making major headlines since his arrest in Ogun state for naming his dog, Buhari. The man, also known as Joachim Iroko, reportedly spent three days in police cell before he was released after the intervention […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Amaechi, NNP Columnists
Monday, September 5th, 2016

By Ikechukwu Amaechi | NNP | Sept. 5, 2016 – Nigeria is a huge amusement park. All you need do to have fun is sit back and watch the theatrics of the political gladiators. It is God’s doing, though. Our ability to laugh at our folly and the fact that there are so many clowns out […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Monday, September 5th, 2016

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NPP | Sept. 5, 2016 – The increasing spate of religious-induced killings in Nigeria and the ease with which the act is perpetrated is of particular concern to me and to all well-meaning Nigerians. These killings are indications that the country is ill and deserves urgent attention by every citizen. […]