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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Monday, October 10th, 2011
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – October 10, 2011 – A needle cannot be used to make pounded yams. (Some tools are inadequate for some tasks.) “On this day 51 years ago, the British Union Jack was lowered…The 1st of October remains a special day for us, for Africa, and indeed the world”. While […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philips Akpoviri.
Monday, October 10th, 2011

By Phillip Akpoviri, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria – October 10, 2011 – This piece is essentially the texts of my address at a gathering of undergraduates and fresh graduates of tertiary institutions across the South-South and South-Eastern parts of Nigeria during a Capacity Building Workshop held over the weekend in Port Harcourt. I thank you for finding […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Thursday, October 6th, 2011

By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo State, October 6, 2011 – On Monday, 3rd October 2011 , I received a mail from a Mr Chinedu who threatened to deal with me for what he sees as giving the government of Owelle Rochas Okorocha a bad press. The threat was in reaction to an article I wrote on […]
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Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oyetope Olufunke-Felix
Thursday, October 6th, 2011

By Oyetope Olufunke-Felix, NNP, October 6, 2011 – For those that may not know Daniel Wilson, is a fading musician who used to sing love songs back in the early ’90’s. Sadly today his sweet voice has gone, he is completely jobless and he is desperately trying to get the attention of the government. He […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Ajibulu, NNP Columnists, Ondo, State News
Thursday, October 6th, 2011

By Emmanuel Ajibulu, Ondo, Nigeria – October 6, 2011 – Over the years one of the disturbing concerns of ever-increasing global challenge of the 21st century especially in Nigeria is finding and nurturing purposeful leaders for socio-political and economic advancement. Many world leaders, leadership scholars, business gurus and mentors equally express worries about the need […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP Columnists, United Nations
Thursday, October 6th, 2011

By Professor Dr. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP, October 6, 2011 – Those (these include States and individuals), who live by the sword will perish by the sword. It is given to man to understand that those, who manufacture the weapons of war, orchestrate wars, order wars to be fought, fight wars,” will not eat of […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – October 4, 2011 – At fifty-one, Nigeria is definitely is old; old enough to deal with some hard facts of life regardless of how unpleasant or mind numbing these might be. If Nigeria were human and a woman, at this age her prospects of finding love and conceiving […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – October 3, 2011 – A kì í mú ìbọn tetere. One does not hold a gun carelessly. (Always be careful in handling dangerous matters.) As we count days to our 51st independence anniversary, all is not well with our beloved nation Nigeria. This in itself is no news, […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Monday, October 3rd, 2011

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, London, UK – October 3, 2011 – I normally don’t join in celebrating Nigeria’s Independence Day anywhere I am in the world; at least not since the late 70s. I also do not write the usual piece analyzing our problems and preferring solutions. Other better, able and more flamboyant writers always […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – October 2, 2011– Just before the 2007 general election, a high ranking official of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Lagos State suggested that I write an article stating that the then governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, promoted an enabling environment for Igbo businesses to thrive in […]