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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, October 10th, 2020
By Arnold A. Alalibo / NNP / October 10, 2020 – Every man, except the pampered child of fortune, ought to have a vocation in order to earn a living. In ancient Jewish society, acquisition of vocational skills was required. Apostle Paul of the Bible even added tent-making to his vocation, while Jesus Christ earned […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Economy, Education, NNP Columnists
Sunday, July 26th, 2020
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | July 26, 2020 – In those days, the singular thing that motivated students to make a choice of discipline was passion for the profession. Disappointingly, today students are no longer passionate about their chosen subjects any more. All they care about are job prospects. What reasons can be […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Nigerian Police, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | June 23, 2020 – It has become a daily routine for security agents to harass Nigerians, particularly the youths, under the guise of law enforcement. Nigerian youths are intimidated, extorted, arrested illegally, arbitrarily detained and even killed extra-judicially. This unfortunate development has been perpetrated by the regular security […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, May 9th, 2020
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | May 9, 2020- When I was a secondary school student, I found it hard to believe my geography teacher whenever she thought that the earth rotates. It was indeed difficult to believe her, because a rotating object carries everything in circular motion with it and they will be […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, March 31st, 2020
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | March 31, 2020 – The prediction by the World Bank that Nigeria crucially had to create millions of jobs to avert imminent bust requires a composite approach to better the economy frantically. The release further advised the country to establish at least 30 million jobs by 2030 to […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, March 7th, 2020
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | March 7, 2020 – Since the National Assembly (NASS) approved N37 billion in the 2020 budget for the renovation of the NASS complex, there have been interminable arguments or disputes over the appropriateness or otherwise of the amount. As opinions on the issue appear to oscillate, various camps or […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Monday, February 3rd, 2020
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | February 3, 2020 – Nigeria’s population has become an embarrassment that cannot be hidden anymore. A population time bomb is dangling on the country waiting to detonate unless urgent preventive measures are taken. A similar fear was equally expressed by the Director of Monetary Policy of the Central Bank […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Monday, December 30th, 2019
By Arnold A. Aalibo | NNP | December 30th, 2019 – Once again, it is the time of the year when everyone, particularly Christians, globally celebrates Christmas on December 25th. Christmas is a very important day of the year with real meaning for those who claim to be Jesus’ followers. It is a day we look […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, November 23rd, 2019
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | November 23, 2019 – In an attempt to establish quality service delivery in Nigerian banks, a former Central Bank Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, launched a most far-reaching and comprehensive recapitalisation and consolidation of the banking sector. Twenty-five banks emerged after the consolidation. Two positive effects of the restructuring […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Governors, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | October 23, 2019 – When he emerged from obscurity as the favourite of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, then incumbent governor of Lagos State, not many persons gave him a chance, least of all residents of the bustling metropolis of Lagos. He sooner became governorship candidate of then Action Congress (AC) […]