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Anambra, Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists, State News
Monday, May 23rd, 2016
By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | May 23, 2016 – Where many politicians have tried and failed, Peter Obi the former governor of Anambra State and the candidate for the senate has managed to succeed, if not triumphed. It will not be understatement to call Peter Obi one of the most successful Igbo politicians in the contemporary Nigeria’s disconcerted political […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics
Monday, May 23rd, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | May 23, 2016 | – There is a saying that no matter how long you have been travelling in the wrong direction, the best solution remains to turn back. This was what came to my mind when I read the story that the government had eventually decided to […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics
Sunday, May 22nd, 2016
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | May 22, 2016 – Factually and sadly, the ongoing fuel scarcity is turning out to be the longest in the history of Nigeria. Above and beyond the obvious and understandable sentiments of frustrations and vexations most Nigerians are going through, this fuel scarcity crisis has also thrown up […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Kaduna, NNP Columnists, State News
Tuesday, May 17th, 2016
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | May 17, 2016 – The Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, relishes controversy. Lately, he was slammed the “death” penalty by the founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, for a bill he initiated to regulate religious activities in his state. The bill awaits public hearing […]
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Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists
Tuesday, May 17th, 2016
By Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | May 17, 2016 – This reflection is a continuation of my last week’s piece on how to re-engineer our politics to make it less anarchic and more oriented towards nation-building. As I argued, there is pervasive fear that the ethnic group/region that wins power at the centre will use […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Samuel O. Adeyemi
Monday, May 16th, 2016
By Samuel O. Adeyemi | Lagos, Nigeria | May 16, 2016 – Yet again, another casualty has been recorded on the global media scene. The Independent Newspapers in the United Kingdom isabout going all digital, thereby burying its print edition forever. At its peak, The Independent was churning out half a million daily prints and then it went down to an abysmal low […]
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Africa & World Politics, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, Headlines
Monday, May 16th, 2016
President Dilma. Rousseff V the Senate of Brazil. (1) The former President of Brazil,D. Rouseff should be discharged and acquitted, for the following reasons: (a) That incompetence is not a crime but is due to human frailty and limitation in knowledge common to all human beings. (b) That her offence falls into the “political offence” […]
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Articles, Columnists, Hakeem Babalola, NNP Columnists
Monday, May 16th, 2016
By Hakeem Babalola | Budapest, Hungary | May 16, 2016 – They now say I am fantastically corrupt. Is this true or not? Fantastically corrupt! I know I am corrupt, but am I fantastically corrupt? Are they right to say I am fantastically corrupt? Even if I am fantastically corrupt, is it right for my […]
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Articles, Columnists, Mike Rapu, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
By Mike Rapu | Lagos, Nigeria | May 13, 2016 – Augeas, the mythical king of Elis, kept great stables that held 3,000 oxen and had not been cleaned for thirty years – until Hercules was assigned the job. Hercules accomplished this task by causing two rivers to run through the stables. This story depicts […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Thursday, May 12th, 2016
By Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | May 12, 2016 – Nations are not labeled “Developed” just because they have world-class infrastructure, which are after all only by-products of development, but because of the amount and quality of knowledge that they have created through exercised developed minds, by which I mean minds that are able to […]
