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Articles, Columnists, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 2, 2012 – Peter Viereck once defined barbarism as “blindness to the standards of conduct which civilization has over eon imposed on human nature”. Civilization is less about scientific inventions and technological advancement and their concomitant enhancement of the quality of life for the generality of humanity. […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Sunday, June 2nd, 2013
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | June 2, 2013 – It is not an experience I enjoy sharing with anyone. It is something I have endured for a long time, and that is the rash of uncontrolled and unsolicited short message service, SMS, commonly referred to as text messages I get on my handset […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | May 30, 2013 – When it comes to Islam, there are some cumbersome burdens that media practitioners and social commentators are silently coping with. One is the need to be very sensitive and indeed tread quite carefully when they have to deal with anything Islamic because of […]
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Headlines, Okey Ndibe
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Once again, Nigeria has entered an awful, familiar season. The country’s air is rent with talk of power. Not electric power, no; we’re talking raw political power! And the general elections of 2015 seem to have concentrated the mind of every politician in Nigeria, incumbent and aspirant alike. Nigeria is gravely tense. The country’s political […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Sunday, May 26th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma / Lagos, Nigeria / May 26, 2013 – In theory, Nigerian institutions, like the Church and government agencies, are motivated by the loftiest ideals. Usually, they have mottoes: pithy and poetic expressions defining their guiding principles and objectives. But due to the moral and ethical collapse of the Nigerian society, occasioned by […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Sunday, May 26th, 2013
By Prince Charles Dickson / Jos, Nigeria / May 26, 2013 – The Edos say “Ehemwen wÿÿ iren te gua so ihuan, ren te vbe gua ku, sokpan ukpÿ iye-ÿkhÿkhÿ ÿre ÿ ma gie iren ku iku iren vbe avan”. A cockroach knows how to sing and dance, but it is the hen who prevents […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Columnists, Headlines, Press Releases
Sunday, May 26th, 2013
The Champions for Nigeria Organisation wish to express its condemnation of the barbaric and primitive attack and death of Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Woolwich, London. The manner of his death is difficult to comprehend let alone experience. It was crude, evil, and gruesome. We in the (CFN) join […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Amiola
Sunday, May 26th, 2013
By Philip Amiola / Lagos, Nigeria / May 26, 2013 – From the tides of terrorism that have reached a climax in Nigeria to the torrents of similarly horrifying tidings across the world, it will probably take a full time job to keep track of the tragic events that have become a normal part of […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Monday, May 20th, 2013
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo/ Ibadan, Nigeria / May 20, 2013 – Between Inordinate Ambition and Good Governance Akintokunbo A Adejumo akinadejum@aol.com Adjective 1. not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine. 2. unrestrained in conduct, feelings, etc.: an inordinate admirer of beauty. 3. disorderly; uncontrolled. 4. not regulated; […]
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Articles, Columnists, Frisky Larr, NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, May 20th, 2013
By Frisk Larr / NNP / May 20, 2013 – When I started taking on hate-filled critics of former President Olusegun Obasanjo during the days of his 8-year tenure, many hurled abuses at me and called me a sellout! Very few recognized my passion for putting facts in their correct perspective no matter how bitter […]
