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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Friday, February 13th, 2015

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | Feb. 13, 2015 – The temptation to give up on Nigeria is common among Nigerians that have spoken and written a lot about the good that is a possible experience for Nigeria. But there is a greater passion, a nobler one, to expect and envision a […]
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Articles, CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Women Politics
Friday, February 13th, 2015
By Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Feb. 13, 2015 – I will like to start this disinterested intervention in the media feud between Professor Chukwuma Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, with a full disclosure: I have known Soludo from our undergraduate days (1980-1984) […]
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Articles, Columnists, Hakeem Babalola, NNP Columnists
Friday, February 13th, 2015

By Hakeem Babalola | Budapest, Hungary | Feb. 13, 2015 – The ability to understand and deal with ideas and information is needed in life. I repeat: the ability to understand, learn, and think things out quickly is the hallmark of doing a task successfully and without wasting time or energy. So when the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Election 2015, Elections, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Olusola Daniel, Presidency
Thursday, February 12th, 2015

By Olusola Daniel | NNP | Feb. 12, 2015 – As Nigeria prepares to elect her next president by February 14, 2015, the flurry of activities in the nation’s political arena has taken on an interesting dimension. Political parties continue to bombard the electorate with manifestos while also launching attacks against the credibility and competence […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Thursday, February 12th, 2015

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | Feb. 12, 2015 – My intention was to teach history as I knew it, research into history as I understood it and share the product of my intellectual excursions with as many people as possible. — Segun Osoba It is rare these days for people to live till […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, Election 2015, Elections, NNP Columnists
Thursday, February 12th, 2015

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | Feb. 12, 2015 – Whilst it is true that every well meaning Nigerian within and beyond the borders of the country should act with caution and avoid utterances and actions that can heat up an already charged polity, it also true that at times like this it […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Party Politics
Thursday, February 5th, 2015

By Anthony A. Kila | NNP | Feb. 5, 2015 – Lest we become guilty of what we accuse others of doing, it is important we clearly and calmly say to the APC Presidential Campaign Organization (APCPCO) and indeed the whole of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership and voters that whilst their refusal to […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ekiti, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, State News
Thursday, February 5th, 2015

By Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Feb. 5, 2015 – The recent advert by Ayo Fayose, the controversial governor of Ekiti state, in which he presented photographs of some formers rulers of the country from the North who died in office and then used innuendo to ask if retired General Muhammadu Buhari would suffer […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, February 5th, 2015

By Dr. David Leffler | NNP | Feb. 5, 2015 – A roundtable, held last week at the Institute of African Studies reports that the Nigerian government’s “…campaigns have not addressed their plans for combating the growing insecurity that has left Nigerians living in fear, and paralyzed educational and economic activities in large swaths of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Election 2015, Elections, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Monday, February 2nd, 2015

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | Feb. 2, 2015 – I am deeply concerned that at this time of political campaign, as it usually happens, the word Christian is loosely used in reference to certain candidates for elective offices in Nigeria. The church stands the risk of being used for very indecent […]