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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Prof. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai
Sunday, May 15th, 2011
FORMER Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), who established the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in 1973 and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have opposed calls for scrapping of the NYSC because of incessant killing of corps members especially in northern parts of the country during recurring ethno-religious and political crises. Noting […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Friday, May 13th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – May 13, 2011 – The morning had come after the stormy and thundery preceding night. All was calm save for the chirping of birds echoing in the backyard and the rustling of leaves in the trees outside. “What would you advise me to do?” the new president […]
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Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Reuben Abati, Senate
Friday, May 13th, 2011
TWO proposals by the National Assembly, class of 2007, seeking to wind up ahead of the transition to another government in May 2011, do not seem to make sense, or rather should be carefully interrogated. It is a matter of public record that the National Assembly is perhaps the worst hit by the gale of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Paul I. Adujie, New York, NY – May 11, 2011 – President Obama, Mr. suave-savvy himself came to New York City today, to commiserate with families and survivors whose loved ones were lost on September 11, 2001 attacks Laid wreath, spoke to families, midtown fire house, he pointedly informed them that the Navy Seal went […]
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Articles, Churchill Okonkwo, Columnists, Elections 2011, NNP Columnists, South-West
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
By Churchil Okonkwo, NNP – May 8, 2011 – Just before this general election in a piece “Southeast Governors, Dora Akunyili and Ohaneze: The Scavengers that will Destroy Ndigbo” I wrote that the present crop of politicians pretending to be fighting for Odimma Ndigbo are nothing but scavengers that will ultimately leave the position of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, NNP Columnists, State News, Uchenna Njoku
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
When the women of Samaria wept in agony over the plight of our Lord Jesus Christ, they were agape in surprise when they were cautioned to stop . Instead Jesus asked them to weep for themselves and their children. Those who were present at that solemn occasion wondered why Jesus could not spare a thought […]
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Articles, CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
By Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP – May 7, 2011 – Nigeria’s Inflation rate increased from 11.1 percent to 12.8 percent The inflationary pressure is escalating and at 12.8 percent inflation rate recorded at the ending of first quarter of 2011 is not showing any sign of coming down. According to the data coming from the […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – May 7, 2011 – Unless we want to deceive ourselves or we genuinely fail to see reality then we must accept that the voters that went to the polls last week to decide who should be governors did not only elect their governors. They also used their thumbprint […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Paul I. Adujie
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
President Obama announced the demise and disposal of Osama Bin Ladin some hours ago to a stunned world, and as I listened to Brian Lehrer’s radio show, one of his guest’s comments cemented my feelings about the end of the Osama saga. The Brian Lehrer’s guests’ comments, paraphrased, was to the effect that death and […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, INEC Politics, NNP Columnists, Philips Akpoviri., State News
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” – Martin Luther King Jr. By Philips Akpoviri, NNP, May 4, 2011- I am neither an Imo state resident nor an Imo state indigene. I am of Delta state extraction – a proud Deltan but a prouder Nigerian. My friend who saw this piece prior to publication […]
