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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Monday, September 5th, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Sept. 5, 2016 – Since Reuters broke the news on August 22 2016 that the government would be seeking for emergency powers to enable it fix the economy, Nigerians have been debating the pros and cons of that yet- to- be confirmed Bill. Though officially the government continues […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Samuel O. Adeyemi
Monday, September 5th, 2016
By Samuel O. Adeyemi | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 5, 2016 – On the eve of my birthday, I glued my eyes to the live broadcast of Mark Zuckerberg’s town hall meeting with software developers and entrepreneurs in Lagos. Even though I had other pressing tasks to attend to, I stayed glued. Mark spoke extensively on […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Monday, September 5th, 2016
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 5, 2016 – Despite efforts by the Federal Government and stakeholders to end the polio virus that has plagued the country for a long time and get Nigeria free of it, the disease re-emerged with a confirmation that Borno State, precisely Gwoza and Jere Local Government Councils were […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
By Odimegwu Onwumere | Rivers, Nigeria | August 30, 2016 – Optimism has been raised for the microscopic number of employed, gigantic number of unemployed and underemployed Nigerians by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige (Onwa) on August 16 2016; he made public a new national policy on labour migration. The policy if […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
By Odimegwu Onwumere | NNP | August 30, 2016 – I started thinking again recently of my youthful days after reading Forbes edition of July 20, 2016 in which a 28-Year-Old John Crestani was said to have read the bible and the Bhagavad Gita (Hindu scripture) for years to make money, but his turning-point came […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | August 14, 2016 – Barring unforeseen circumstances, residents of Port Harcourt will soon witness the return of the city to its former ‘Garden City’ status. Before his exit from office, the immediate past caretaker committee chairman of the Port Harcourt Local Government Council, Mr. Samuel Soni Ejekwu, began […]
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Articles, Columnists, David Leffler, John Theobald, NNP Columnists
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
IDT: A POWERFUL, PROVEN TOOL FOR POLICE AND MILITARY By John Theobald and Dr. David Leffler Whatever one’s view of law enforcement and military personnel, certainly we can agree that these are highly stressful times for these professions. Therefore it is important to know that a powerful scientifically-validated, cost-effective stress reduction tool is […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | August 14, 2016 – How has Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Professor of Law at the University of Lagos fared as an intellectual in politics? The role of intellectuals in politics is often a controversial one. Do intellectuals do well in […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | August 14, 2016 – While preparing for the Universities Matriculations Examinations (UME) (now known as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations) in 2005, I came across one new “fact” reading the book A Course Text on Government by Oghenekaro Ogbinaka. I learnt that the word “State” can be […]
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Articles, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
By Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | July 27, 2016 – This reflection is a continuation of my last week’s piece on how to re-engineer our politics to make it less anarchic and more oriented towards nation-building. As I argued, there is pervasive fear that the ethnic group/region that wins power at the centre will use […]
