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Akwa Ibom, Articles, Columnists, David Emma, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
By David Emma | Uyo, Nigeria | August 5, 2013 – In what appears to be their personal estates, the brothers of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio have remained unruffled in their continued milking of the treasury of the 31 local government in the state. A source close to the Local Government […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Governors, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | July 30, 2013 – The ambition of some state governors to retire to the senate at the expiration of their tenures in 2015 is causing political tension in the affected states. At the last count, over 10 of such governors are currently scheming to pick their parties’ senatorial […]
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Articles, Columnists, Kunle Ojeleye, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Senate
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, AB | July 30, 2013 – Against the background of the recent furore on alleged legalisation of child marriages by the upper chamber of the Nigerian legislature, this piece, as the title indicate, is written to seek answers to questions which in my private rumination I have not been […]
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Articles, Columnists, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Philip Amiola, Senate
Thursday, July 25th, 2013
By Philip Amiola | Lagos, Nigeria | July 25, 2013 – I have never been more grieved about the condition of the Nigerian state. Why do our leaders continue to make us a laughingstock before the world? We were just recovering from the Governors’ Forum fracas when we were again jolted by the show of […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, First Ladies, NNP Columnists, Patience Jonathan
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | July 21, 2013 – I was about to write another article dealing with Africans’ penchant for power, abuse and perpetuation in power, and then our First Lady’s excesses caught my imagination instead, and in a way, what I was going to write was apt to the First […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Amiola
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
By Philip Amiola | Lagos, Nigeria | July 17, 2013 – You’re probably reading this article because the title got you curious, offended or slightly infuriated. If that’s the case, I’m glad I got your attention. However, my intention is not just to arouse your curiosity but to remind you of some fundamental truths which […]
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American Politics, Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | July 17, 2013 – The fight against terrorism in Nigeria was recently given a boost when the United States of America offered a $7 million (N1.1billion) reward to anyone with information on the whereabouts of the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau. The reward is said to be […]
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Articles, Biafra, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, July 13th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 13, 2013 – Recently, Ralph Uwazurike, the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), called for a one day sit-at-home. I was deeply disturbed that people, especially at Onitsha, heeded his call. But then, the masses barely think, and consequently, […]
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Abia, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, State News
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
By Odimegwu Onwumere | Rivers, Nigeria | July 10, 2013 – In any locality, state or country where the leader is weak, not as a result of old age, but out of incompetence, such an environment is bound to grow weaker and, the people that such a leader is heading, susceptible to suffering. There would […]
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Articles, Columnists, Nigerian Police, NNP Columnists
Sunday, July 7th, 2013
By C.V. Akuta | NNP | July 7, 2013 – If ever, you have never been worried or disturbed about the security situation in Nigeria, now is the time to get seriously concerned, about the deplorable state of affairs, especially high level of insecurity. First let me start with the most recent been, the Ombatse, […]
