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Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Sunday, October 4th, 2015

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | NNP | Oct. 4, 2015 – It is heart lifting to receive the news of the triumph of the Nigerian Army against the dreaded group, Boko Haram. This is coming at the time when public support for, and the confidence in, the Military is at all-time low. We can only […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, October 4th, 2015

By Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | Oct. 4, 2015 – In 2009, Bishop Desmond Tutu was on the campus of the American University of Nigeria as a guest speaker. In his speech, he apologized to Nigerians for the xenophobic attacks on black Africans the previous year. More than five years later today, South […]
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Articles, Columnists, Cross River, Lloyd Ukwu, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, October 4th, 2015

By Lloyd Ukwu | Port-Harcourt, Nigeria | Oct. 4, 2015 – As of 2007, the quality of education in Cross River State was awful; academic standards were dishearteningly low. Following years of neglect, academic standards and educational facilities deteriorated to a disconcerting level. And the state joined the “infamous league of educationally backward states”. This […]
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Articles, Columnists, John Egbeazien Oshodi, NNP Columnists
Sunday, October 4th, 2015

Dr. John Egbeazien Oshodi | Florida, USA | Oct. 4, 2015 – As in all African cultures including Nigeria, traditionally it is expected that working and financially stable family members will provide financial and emotional care for their school-aged children and aging parents, in addition to other relatives who are coping with sickness, disability and […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Sunday, October 4th, 2015

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | Oct. 5, 2015 – The 70s and the 80s were decades of the Third World countries. These were periods when the Cold War reached its climax, and the new words found themselves into the diction of the so-called developing countries. Words like neo-colonialism feature prominently at these […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | Oct. 4, 2015 – Few years ago, a popular Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart once boastfully claimed that the party was going to rule for 60 years. At the time, it seemed for many as a very genuine and plausible statement, given the fact that the party was […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015

By Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Oct. 4, 2015 – The September 17 2015 coup in Burkina Faso against the country’s interim leadership contains important lessons in democratic consolidation in Africa. Under pressure from demonstrators, striking labour unions and the continental regional organizations – the African Union and ECOWAS – the coup leader, Gen. […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015

By Ikechukwu Amaechi | NNP | Oct. 4, 2015 – Saturday, September 5, was exactly 100 days since Muhammadu Buhari took the oath of office as President. His four-year term has 1,461 days and 100 days are only 6.8 per cent of it. Though it has almost become a global convention to assess the achievements […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 26th, 2015

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 26, 2015 – I was wrong about my view on the recent ban on ogogoro, the locally-brewed gin that caused the death of many in Rivers State recently. I had supported the action of the federal government in outlawing both its production and consumption, perhaps because of […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics
Saturday, September 26th, 2015

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | London, UK | Sept. 26, 2015 – I was as usual browsing the noted and respected Sahara Reporters website when I came across a Petition/Press Release by a group named Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) who claimed to be a “coalition of over hundred and fifty Anti-corruption organizations whose […]