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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, September 11th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 11, 2014 – The horrifying effects of the dreaded viral disease, Ebola fever, dawned heavily on Nigerians on July 25 when a man, who took ill during a flight from Liberia to Nigeria, passed on at a private medical facility in Lagos. The victim, Patrick Sawyer, a […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, September 5th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 5, 2014 – In an attempt to reinvigorate the ongoing war against insurgency in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan recently requested the National Assembly to quickly approve a $1 billion external loan to strengthen our security agencies in the battle against insurgents. The president said the loan […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, September 5th, 2014

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | Sept. 5, 2014 – “Ex-Governor Storms Capital; Declares Intention to Return to Government House” By the way, the above caption is mine. But I will not be surprised if many newspapers have this as their caption anytime. Yes, former Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Dr Adebayo Alao-Akala […]
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Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Theophilus Ilevbare
Friday, September 5th, 2014

By Theophilus Ilevbare | NNP | Sept. 5, 2014 – The attempt to snuff life out of one of Nigeria’s most revered former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, in a fiendish operation which would have passed for a routine Boko Haram attack if their hand had performed their enterprise, would have thrown Nigeria in […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, September 5th, 2014

By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | Sept. 5, 2014 – Right from my days in the University of Port Harcourt I fought for the masses and the oppressed. I do this through article writing, placard caring protest, blogging, hiring of legal service, campaigns and struggles against the anti-poor policies of the ruling class, as […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Amaechi, NNP Columnists
Friday, September 5th, 2014

By Ikechukwu Amaechi | NNP | Sept. 5, 2014 -There is no politically discerning Nigerian who has not heard the news. Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the presidential candidate of the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2011, has defected to the ruling […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, September 5th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 5, 2014 – The Nigerian media has been accused of being unpatriotic in its reportage of the lingering insurgency ravaging the country. The accusation was made at a recent interactive discussion The Tide had with some respondents on an assessment of the media in reporting the activities […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | August 26, 2014 – A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Na’Abba, on Tuesday said he has been searching for job since he left the House in 2003. A member of the People’s Democratic Party, Na’Abba represented the Kano Municipal Federal Constituency of Kano […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | August 26, 2014 – The recently held International Youth Day Conference in Abuja was an occasion for President Goodluck Jonathan to address economic, political and other issues with specific relevance to the Nigerian youths. The forum presented an opportunity for the president to showcase his administration’s accomplishments, or […]
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Adamawa, Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News
Monday, August 18th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | August 18, 2014 – In all democratic societies, there are mechanisms put in place to checkmate the excesses of their leaders. This is in accord with the maxim of Lord Acton that “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Fortunately, Nigeria, like most countries, has one of such […]