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Let’s Heed Audu Ogbeh’s Call – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Agriculture, Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Thursday, March 24th, 2016

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Marc h 24, 2016 – The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, recently raised an alarm that Nigerians risk starvation by 2050 if nothing is done to introduce an all-year-round farming. This call underscores the urgent need to improve on our farming method to achieve increased productivity. In […]

The Troubles with Unsubsidising Kerosene – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | February 23, 2016 – If the latest pricing template of kerosene by the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) is anything to go by, then the federal government has withdrawn subsidy on the product. In the new price regime, the depot price of the product is N73 per […]

States, Hard Road to Economic Prosperity- By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News Saturday, January 2nd, 2016

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | January 2, 2016 – The economic downturn in Nigeria has become so drastic that almost every state is faced with severe economic woes. Many states are heavily indebted with little coming into their coffers after the mandatory deductions to service loans they have taken are made. Driven to […]

Before We Are Consumed – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Friday, January 1st, 2016

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | January 1, 2016 – Most Nigerians might have heard the warnings by both the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) that some states would experience serious flooding because of heavy and continual rainfall. Obviously, the impending incident indicates grave danger and a cause […]

Probe of the Marshals – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Wednesday, December 9th, 2015

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | December 8, 2015 – Since the inception of the present administration in May this year, it has never relented in embarking on all manner of probes into the activities of the last administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. But the current move by the federal government to look […]

The Ogogoro We Need – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Saturday, September 26th, 2015

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 26, 2015 – I was wrong about my view on the recent ban on ogogoro, the locally-brewed gin that caused the death of many in Rivers State recently. I had supported the action of the federal government in outlawing both its production and consumption, perhaps because of […]

The Rising Cost of Petrol – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics Friday, August 21st, 2015

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | August 21, 2015 – In the last few months, Nigerians have not ceased from fussing over the ever rising cost of premium motor spirit, PMS, popularly called petrol. Millions of Nigerians groan as the product sells above N110 while queues by motorists have continued to grow across filling […]

Democracy and Quality of Life of Nigerians – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Saturday, August 1st, 2015

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | August 1, 2015 – In November, 1863, former President Abraham Lincoln of the United States of America, USA, defined what has been termed the ideal definition of democracy, as “government of the people, by the people for the people.” In other words, democracy is a way of governing […]

Discovering our Potentialities – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Sunday, June 7th, 2015

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | June 7, 2015 – Every man, except the pampered child of fortune, ought to have a vocation in order to earn his livelihood. In traditional Jewish society, acquisition of vocational skills were required. Apostle Paul of the Bible even added tent-making to his vocation while Jesus earned carpentry […]

Avoiding the Banana Peels – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Nigerian Police, NNP Columnists, Presidency Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | May 27, 2015 – In what may be described as a new wave of sacks of the “president’s men” in different positions by President Goodluck Jonathan in apparent revenge for his lose in the last presidential election, the former Inspector-General of Police(IGP), Suleiman Abba, became one of the […]