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Africa & World Politics, CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 15th, 2012
By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | Sept. 15, 2012 – How long will it take Nigerian policy makers to come out from their self imposed bubble and comprehend that policy decision they made can have adverse consequences. We all wake up one bright morning; the next thing we heard was that Sanusis Central bank of […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, September 13th, 2012
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | Sept. 13, 2012 – For many people these are clearly uncertain times, it is the same everywhere you look in the world. In Nigeria, however, uncertainty is the norm, it is neither a temporary nor a new phenomenon. Generally, most people living in Nigeria and those dealing […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | Sept. 11, 2012 – If lice are not completely gone from one’s clothing, one’s nails will not be free of blood. (If the causes of one’s problems are not removed, the problems will persist.) These days in addition to professional comedians, I listen to our leaders, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 11, 2012 – Two interesting incidents that played out on the international scene recently clearly underlined the profound confusion of values that has crept into Western policies and attitudes towards President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. Late in May, the United Nation’s World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) announced the […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philips Akpoviri., Reuben Abati
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
By Philip Akpoviri | NNP | Sept. 6, 2012 – Save for President Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience, no other serving Nigerian public official, in my reckoning has in the past year attracted more vilification than Dr Reuben Abati, the president’s spokesman. The Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Allison-Maduekwe comes pretty close, but Abati leads […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
Read Part (I) – http://newnigerianpolitics.com/2012/09/03/the-nigerian-challenge-the-future-of-minorities-i-by-dr-leonard-k-shilgba/ A Basil Chianson Annual Lecture at Benue States University, August 25, 2012 By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | Sept. 3, 2012 – Nigeria was not designed to become a nation; she was designed for mundane materialism. Although some efforts were made in 1963 by Nigerian nationalists to […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
A Basil Chianson Annual Lecture at Benue States University, August 25, 2012 By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | Sept., 3, 2012 – I have been invited to this annual Lecture of the Basil Chianson Foundation to talk on the Nigerian Challenge and the Future of the Minorities. The members of the Board […]
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Articles, Churchill Okonkwo, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
By Churchill Okonkwo | NNP | Sept., 3, 2012 – Intellectual laziness tends to be harder to spot and much easier to disguise with randomness eclipsed by high degree of entropy in Nigerian system. There is currently a pervasive intellectual laziness in policy formulation and implementation from supposed experts in President Jonathan’s administration. The culture […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | Sept. 3, 2012 – Regardless of all the reservations or enthusiasm that a voter might have for his government, we are all bound as citizens to observe that the news that President Goodluck Jonathan has signed a performance contract with his ministers is good news. We are […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Enyiagu, Nnamdi Azikiwe (1963-66), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
By Ikechukwu Enyiagu | NNP | Sept. 3., 2012 – There was once an old man in a part of Igboland whose activities became the shame of his children, family and the entire town. As old as he was, he did not only indulge in drug abuse, he rallied hopeless and helpless youths to do […]
