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Monday, August 18th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | August 18, 2014 – In all democratic societies, there are mechanisms put in place to checkmate the excesses of their leaders. This is in accord with the maxim of Lord Acton that “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Fortunately, Nigeria, like most countries, has one of such […]
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | August 12, 2014 – If the decision of the National Conference on the creation of additional states in the country will stand, Nigeria will become a federation with 55 states and a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in Abuja. But it is doubtful if this will ever materialize as […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | July 31, 2014 – Just before the World Cup began, most Nigerians, including my humble self, never believed that the national team, the Super Eagles, would advance beyond the group stage. The team was, however, ousted in the second round of 16. Their ouster from the tournament notwithstanding, […]
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | July 3, 2014 – Sometime last year, I was at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST, Port Harcourt, for the convocation ceremony of a cousin. While the ceremony lasted, what went through my mind was entirely different. I was hoping my cousin truly understood what […]
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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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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 […]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2014
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | May 17, 2014 – Rather than harness their efforts at concluding the work at hand, having wasted so much time debating President Goodluck Jonathan’s speech on their inauguration, delegates at the ongoing National Conference are more interested in barring the press and keeping journalists out of happenings at […]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | May 14, 2014 – Protests. Protests and protests everywhere. The theme is: “Bring Back Our Girls”. The Workers Day celebrations were interrupted throughout the land as angry Nigerians took to the streets demanding the release of the over 200 stolen girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno […]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | May 14, 2014 – We do really have a serious problem in our hands. The current developments in the country are evidence that we are a people that learn something but forget everything soon after. Our leaders, both past and present, have disappointed us woefully and so we […]
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Thursday, May 1st, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo / NNP / April 28, 2014 – The safety and security of global air transportation was called to question when recently a Malaysian airplane (Flight MH 370) headed for Beijing, China, with 239 passengers and crew members aboard vanished without trace barely one hour after take-off. Until now, more than two […]