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Unemployment Haram and the Cricket – By Prince Charles Dickson

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

By Prince Charles Dickson /There is no disappearing trick better than the availability of a dense forest to disappear into; there is no sacrifice more efficacious than having many people on one’s side; there is no “The gods have elevated me” that is higher than the back of a horse. During the week”…Former […]

The Favour Godswill Akpabio Did Us All – By Anthony A. Kila

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | April 16, 2013 – If we want to be honest then we cannot but admit that Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, is not the only leading political figure in Nigeria indictable of manipulating electoral process in his party and in the country. All our major political […]

Securing the Peace of the Country – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Laghos, Nigeria | April 16, 2013 – Undoubtedly, Boko Haram is a terrorist organization. It is indiscriminately striking at civilian centers, wantonly murdering and maiming the innocent and the defenseless. Its bomb laden, suicidal operatives have bombed places as innocuous as bus stations and sanctuaries as inviolable as the church. It […]

The Apotheos-ification of Nigerian Leaders and Political Elites – By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo

Posted by admin Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Monday, April 15th, 2013

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo / Ibadan, Nigeria / April, 15, 2012 –The Apotheos-ification of Nigerian Leaders and Political Elites Akintokunbo A Adejumo akinadejum@aol.com Apotheosis (from Greek, apotheoun “to deify”; in Latin deificatio “making divine”; also called divinization and deification) is the glorification of a subject to divine level. The term has meanings in theology, where […]

A Forgiving Nation, A Deceiving Nation – By Dr. Leonard K. shilgba

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists Monday, April 15th, 2013

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba / Yola, Nigeria / April 15, 2013 – A Forgiving Nation, a Deceived Nation By Leonard Karshima Shilgba I am a citizen of my nation, a nation always eager to forgive. This is a nation that offers forgiveness even when it is not asked. Mine is a deceived nation, sold […]

A Nigerian Story of My Oga at the Top – By Prince Charles Dickson

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

By Prince Charles Dickson / Jos, Nigeria / April 9, 2013 – There is no manner of death that is inconvenient for the chicken.(One is game for whatever propositions might be made to one). The phrase ‘oga at the top’, some forthnight went virile. We all know how the NSDC Lagos state commandant and ‘Channels […]

Jonathan Should Institute Community Policing in Affected Areas in Jos – By Dr. John E. Oshodi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, John Egbeazien Oshodi, NNP Columnists, Plateau, State News Monday, April 8th, 2013

By Dr. John E. Oshodi / NNP / April 8, 2013 – Mr. President, order for real community policing within the killing areas of Central Nigeria Mr. President, not again, as several citizens with many of them sleeping when they were reportedly killed during the dawn of the night, as in what occurred a few […]

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Controversial Appointments – By Olusola Daniel

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olusola Daniel, Women Politics Thursday, April 4th, 2013

By Olusola Daniel / Lagos, Nigeria / April 4, 2013 –-Having spotted-, on several sites, an article by one Yushau A. Shuaib in which the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is accused of facilitating controversial appointments in favour of her Igbo fellows, I was alarmed by this tale […]

Non Christ-Like Christians -By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion, Tochukwu Ezukanma Thursday, April 4th, 2013

By Tochukwu Ezukanma / Lagos, Nigeria / April 4, 2013 -A female friend of mine is a born again Christian. Routinely, she preached the bible to me and invited me to different Christian crusades. One day, I visited her at her furniture showroom. I was appalled by how this “Christian” friend of mine treated her […]