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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Philip Ikomi, Presidency
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014

By Dr. Philip A. Ikomi | NNP | July 3, 2014 – A few days ago, I tuned my television to a new channel. The channel has probably been transmitting for quite some time and is not new; but it was new to me because I just stumbled into it while searching for a station […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | July 3, 2014 – I am really bothered about the growing obstacles to the free expression of fundamental rights of Nigerians. We can no longer broach free speech, exercise our right to peaceful protest and freedom of association in the country. My worry stems from the recent travails […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, June 28th, 2014
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 28, 2014 – Democracy is the best form of government. Consequently, the most successful countries of the world are mostly democracies. These are countries that allow independence of thought and freedom of expression. They do not repress individual rights to free speech in an attempt to protect […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Thursday, June 19th, 2014

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | June 19, 2014 – Politicians in Nigeria never learn, at least they never learn in time. Nigeria is now divided, not into two parts, but more. Safety of life has become very doubtful. The heart of many Nigerians is becoming calloused with deep-seated anger and hatred […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Ikomi
Thursday, June 19th, 2014

By Dr. Philip Ikomi | NNP | June 19, 2014 – Many Nigerians who are old enough to remember or whose parents were beneficiaries of the colonial dispensation look back with nostalgia to colonial rule and wish we still had the Britons in Nigeria today. After independence in 1960, Nigerians in the civil service were […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, June 19th, 2014

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 19, 2014 – At the 2014 Democracy Day Interdenominational Church Service, President Jonathan talked about his enemies. He called them evil forces, and said that their violence and other distractions are planned to bring down his government. It was the Nigerian president at his best – his […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Ikomi
Monday, June 9th, 2014

By Dr. Philip A. Ikomi | NNP | June 9, 2014 – The current National Conference has taken on the task of debating the question of fuel subsidy. Yet it is not clear who is really being subsidized. Some delegates who are really interested in making a case for continued subsidy find themselves arguing for […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Monday, June 9th, 2014

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 9, 2014 – I am totally opposed to the dissolution of Nigeria. I am an avowed, unrepentant proponent .of one Nigeria, Advocates of secession, sometimes, attribute Nigeria’s litany of problems to the country’s diversity and size, and thus, argue that the solution of these problems is in […]
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Articles, Columnists, Kano, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Monday, June 9th, 2014

THE Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, was locked inside the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on Sunday for an undisclosed number of minutes after his chartered aircraft was grounded by the airport authorities. The State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, who spoke on Amaechi’s behalf, while briefing newsmen on Monday, said […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, June 5th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | June 5, 2014 – Since the unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, and the sale of its successor companies to private investors, each day seems to bring fresh anxieties that the privatization of the sector may not produce the desired immediate succour to the nation’s […]