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Articles, Columnists, Femi Fani-Kayode, Headlines, NNP Columnists, P, South-East
Saturday, August 10th, 2013

By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo | NNP | August 10, 2013 – I am not in any way attempting to hold brief for the Igbos as they are more than capable of doing so for themselves. However, I wish to make a few comments about the unsavory article written by Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, titled “The Bitter Truth […]
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Articles, Columnists, Femi Fani-Kayode, NNP Columnists, South-South
Thursday, August 8th, 2013

By Femi Fani-Kayode | NNP | August 8, 2013 – Permit me to make my second and final contribution to the raging debate about Lagos, who owns it and the seemingly endless tensions that exist between the Igbo and the Yoruba. It is amazing how one or two of the numerous nationalities that make up […]
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Africa & World Politics, Anthony A. Kila, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency), Oil Politics
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
Wale Sokunbi CURRENTS walesokunbi2010@yahoo.com The story of Nigerians living in different parts of the world is variegated. While there are thousands of Nigerian professionals such as medical doctors and other experts in science, administration and the arts making waves in their professions all over the world, there are also the stories of thousands of our […]
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Articles, Columnists, Dakuku Peterside, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists
Sunday, August 4th, 2013

By Dakuku Peterside | Abuja, Nigeria | August 5, 2013 – All men of goodwill who look forward to a more progressive and equitable world appreciate the tremendous good Transparency International, TI does with its periodic verdict on nations and institutions across the globe. Sometimes I just wonder what our world would look like without […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, August 4th, 2013

By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | August 5, 2013 – I read with dismay the letter written by the Chief Judge of Imo State Honourable Justice Benjamin Ahanonu Njemanze via his solicitor Prof F.C Dike( SAN) of Nnaji Dike Chambers threatening libel suit against Emperor Iwuala and two media houses based in Owerri (Trumpeta […]
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Akwa Ibom, Articles, Columnists, David Emma, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, August 4th, 2013

By David Emma | Uyo, Nigeria | August 5, 2013 – In what appears to be their personal estates, the brothers of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio have remained unruffled in their continued milking of the treasury of the 31 local government in the state. A source close to the Local Government […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Governors, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | July 30, 2013 – The ambition of some state governors to retire to the senate at the expiration of their tenures in 2015 is causing political tension in the affected states. At the last count, over 10 of such governors are currently scheming to pick their parties’ senatorial […]
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Articles, Columnists, Kunle Ojeleye, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Senate
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye | Calgary, AB | July 30, 2013 – Against the background of the recent furore on alleged legalisation of child marriages by the upper chamber of the Nigerian legislature, this piece, as the title indicate, is written to seek answers to questions which in my private rumination I have not been […]
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Articles, Columnists, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Philip Amiola, Senate
Thursday, July 25th, 2013

By Philip Amiola | Lagos, Nigeria | July 25, 2013 – I have never been more grieved about the condition of the Nigerian state. Why do our leaders continue to make us a laughingstock before the world? We were just recovering from the Governors’ Forum fracas when we were again jolted by the show of […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, First Ladies, NNP Columnists, Patience Jonathan
Sunday, July 21st, 2013

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | July 21, 2013 – I was about to write another article dealing with Africans’ penchant for power, abuse and perpetuation in power, and then our First Lady’s excesses caught my imagination instead, and in a way, what I was going to write was apt to the First […]