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Abdullahi M. Seidu, Articles, Budget, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

By Abdullahi M. Seidu | NNP | July 3, 2013 – One topic that has generated so much discourse in the Nigerian public space for a long time is the 2013 budget. Right from the primordial planning stages, it has raised so much dust that even the average Nigerian who would ordinarily maintain an indifferent […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Party Politics
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | July 3, 2013 – Last week, our conclusion as citizens and students of politics was that the most fascinating political formation in the country at the moment is the newly formed All Peoples Congress (APC). We noted also that the APC is of interest to us because […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, P
Monday, July 1st, 2013

By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo | NNP | July 1, 2013 – As the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama, tours three African countries, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania, the media has been gleefully awash by the exclusion of Nigeria from this latest African tour. It will be recalled that Obama’s first […]
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Abia, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, State News
Saturday, June 29th, 2013

By Odimegwu Onwumere, |Rivers, Nigeria | June 28, 2013 – A government without good performance is like a pregnancy without fetus. A lie can take off with the speed of lightening but a lameduck truth will always surmount that speed. These are unconnected to the scorn called governance of Gov. T.A Orji of Abia State, […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, NNP Columnists, State News
Saturday, June 29th, 2013

By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo State, NIgeria | June 28, 2013 – When I write against any of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s policies , a selected group of paranoid supporters of the government will accuse me of being biased and sponsored by political opponents. They will resort to name-calling. When I stand in favour of any […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Saturday, June 29th, 2013

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | June 28, 2013 – Our beloved country of good people is about to convulse once again in a contrived controversy on the ongoing constitution amendment. The polity is beginning to feel warm. The crosscurrents of nonsense, intrigues, dishonesty and lies characterizing the amendment exercise are entertaining for some […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson, Women Politics
Saturday, June 29th, 2013

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, NIgeria | June 28, 2013 – The greatest lesson in life is to know that sometimes even fools are right—Winston Churchill Early this year, I was with Ngozi Iweala and she spoke glowing on Nigeria’s economy, gdp and all those terms. I nodded and smiled. I recalled our meeting […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, June 29th, 2013
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | June 28, 2013 – After weeks of our national carnival of the absurd in which the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and those managing it engaged in a parade, wherein factions were dancing to the tune “suspend this”, “fire that” and “I dare you”, our self-proclaimed biggest party […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, South-East, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, June 29th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 28, 2013 – It is leadership that defines a nation. Essentially, it builds or destroys a nation. General Charles de Gaulle relevantly stated that “nothing great can be done without great (leaders)”. In other words, national greatness can only result from great leadership, and corollary, national decline […]
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Clement Muozoba, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present)
Thursday, June 27th, 2013
The Presidency on Thursday defended the prevention of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State from exchanging pleasantries with President Goodluck Jonathan by a security operative during dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday. It said the incident was purely a security issue that should not be politicised,especially by opposition political parties. The governor, who […]