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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Nov. 1, 2011 – When I was in elementary school, I read a story in our English textbook about a boy who would go out to a nearby bush to his village and cry out, “Leopard, leopard!” The villagers would go out to rescue him only to find out […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
By Anthony A Kila, London, UK – October 30, 2011 – Just in case he is not aware or he is tempted to forget, someone needs to remind the newly appointed Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), George Uriesi, that he has more than an important job on his hands. In […]
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Articles, Columnists, Enugu, Governors, NNP Columnists, State News, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, October 27th, 2011

By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – October 27, 2011 – Over the years, I heard of Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, especially, about his then long running conflict with Chimaroke Nnamani, the then governor of Enugu State. Lately, for the first time, I listened to a few of his CDs. They are usually a combination of […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – October 27, 2011 – “Going down memory lane, I began my civil service career on July 26, 1977 after the completion of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme in Makurdi, Benue State. The day after, I resumed work at the Bauchi State Ministry of Finance where a […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, NNP Columnists, Nwaorgu Faustinus, State News
Thursday, October 27th, 2011

ByNwaorgu Faustinus, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria – October 27, 2011 – The name, “Emeka Ihedioha” is not unfamiliar to many a household in Ngor-Okpala, and Aboh- Mbaise from where he hails from. He is the Hon. Member of the House of Representative who represents Ngor-Okpala/Aboh Mbaise Federal Constituency. Apart from being Deputy Speaker, he is also House […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo State, Nigeria – October 27, 2011 – Five days ago, the U.S. Department of State warned U.S. citizens of the risks of travelling to 7 states in Nigeria including Imo State because of kidnapping, robbery, and other armed attacks in these areas. This to me is no good news for Imo […]
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Articles, Columnists, Haruna Manu Isah, NNP Columnists
Thursday, October 27th, 2011

By Haruna Manu Isah, Kaduna, Nigeria – October 27, 2011 – “ The two great challenges of the 21st century, fighting world poverty and tackling climate change, must be tackled as an integrated whole by a united world”…Nicholas Stern(2009) The 8th National Council on Environment (NCE) conference took place on the 26th -28th September 2011 […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – October 25, 2011 – The plan by the federal government to remove fuel subsidies, effective from January 2012, is the latest in the seemingly endless stream of controversial policies that has been flowing from, and unwittingly increasingly defining the Jonathan regime. According to the supporters of de-subsidisation, subsidising […]
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Articles, Boko Haram, Chidi Eze, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, October 21st, 2011

By Chidi Eze, Houston, TX, USA – October 21, 2011 – It seems there is a written or an implied constitutional provision either in the Quran or in the northern states of Nigeria’s assembly or in the Islamic code that the north was born to rule regardless of the ethnic diversity of Nigeria. The happenings […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ndiameeh Babrik, NNP Columnists
Friday, October 21st, 2011
By Ndiameeh Babrik, NNP – October 21, 2011 – Any Northern Nigerian commentator accusing the South of driving a wedge between Northern Christians and Northern Muslims is a simply being dishonest and the truth is very far from his mouth. For the purpose of this article I am going to lump the far Northern states […]