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Articles, Biafra, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Remi Oyeyemi
Friday, December 11th, 2015

By “Remi Oyeyemi | NNP | December 11, 2015 – “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” – Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784) “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) One has just finished reading Hannatu Musawa’s piece on the above subject. Reading through the piece, […]
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Articles, Biafra, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Friday, December 11th, 2015
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | December 11, 2015 – I thought I was done with writing about Biafra – after three articles on the subject that sought to address the issue from different perspectives. However following the bold effort by Dr Jibrin Ibrahim to re-frame the Biafra discourse and the flurry of […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Biafra, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, December 11th, 2015

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | December 11, 2015 – Those who easily discard the spirit of Biafra are wrong and they need to be corrected. A closer look at their position and action will easily reveal that their swiftness to discard is borne out of ignorance and naivety at best or intolerance […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Amaechi, NNP Columnists, South-East
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015

By Ikechukwu Amaechi | NNP | December 9, 2015 – Three years ago, I travelled to the United States for the annual convention of Mbaise people living there. The convention, which is usually rotated among the states in the U.S., held in Dallas, Texas, that year. Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | December 8, 2015 – Since the inception of the present administration in May this year, it has never relented in embarking on all manner of probes into the activities of the last administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. But the current move by the federal government to look […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Amiola
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

By Philip Amiola | Lagos, Nigeria | December 8, 2015 – The world was recently taken aback by news of a London-based Nigerian doctor, Emmanuel Edet, and his wife who were found guilty of enslaving one Ofonime Sunday Inuk for 24 years. As pathetic as the case is, it is only one of many such […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | December 8, 2015 – It has been long I sang the Nigerian national anthem. I remember joining in its singing long after leaving secondary school few years ago during my National Youth Service. Often I find myself on the warpath with school teachers and my students who […]
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Articles, Columnists, Lloyd Ukwu, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Thursday, November 26th, 2015

By Lloyd Ukwu Washington DC, USA | November 26, 2015 – Prelude: The problem with dictatorship is that it usually lacks the capacity and patience to understand the meaning of the rule of law and due process. Both doctrines are often slow and therefore require patience. Dictators don’t have patience, they want it here, now […]
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Articles, Columnists, Daniel Olusola, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics, Raw Politics, Women Politics
Thursday, November 26th, 2015

By Olusola Daniel | Lagos, Nigeria | November 26, 2015 –Few people illustrate the transient nature of positional power like the erstwhile Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. The hitherto untouchable “super woman” has suddenly become like a frightened toddler seeking sympathy from the same people she despised while in power. We all remember […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Rufus Kayode Oteniya
Thursday, November 26th, 2015
By Rufus Kayode Oteniya | NNP | November 26, 2015 – Nigeria is supposedly a rich nation whose wealth rather than being kept in a national portfolio or evident in some state-of-the-art public infrastructures and social amenities, it is illicitly tucked in the bottomless pockets of some greedy and corrupt individuals who have had the […]