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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philips Akpoviri., Reuben Abati
Thursday, September 6th, 2012
By Philip Akpoviri | NNP | Sept. 6, 2012 – Save for President Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience, no other serving Nigerian public official, in my reckoning has in the past year attracted more vilification than Dr Reuben Abati, the president’s spokesman. The Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Allison-Maduekwe comes pretty close, but Abati leads […]
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Articles, Columnists, Lagos, NNP Columnists, Philips Akpoviri., State News
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
By Philips Akpoviri | NNP | May 30, 2012 The pronouncement was made only few hours ago, but given the controversy it left in its trail, it is no longer news that Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan resting on the powers conferred on him as the President of Nigeria has effectively re-christened theUniversityofLagosas somewhat of a […]
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Articles, Columnists, Niger Delta, NNP Columnists, Philips Akpoviri.
Friday, April 6th, 2012
By Philip Akpoviri | NNP | April 6, 2012 – Has anyone ever imagined how much of an Eldorado the South-Western region of Nigeria would have become if the vast reserves of hydrocarbons situate in the Niger Delta were largely domiciled in that region? Probably that part would have been at par with today’s eye-catching […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Philips Akpoviri., Presidency
Monday, January 9th, 2012
By Philip Akpoviri, NNP – Jan. 9, 2012 – When our dear Minister of Finance cum custom-made Supervising Minister for the Economy, Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala appeared before the National Assembly for her mandatory pre-appointment screening – a process which by the way can only be considered to be predictably pedestrian – she rightly made […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philips Akpoviri.
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
By Philips Akpoviri, NNP – Dec 20, 2011 – By the provisions of the recently passed anti-homosexuality bill, the Nigerian Senate has explicitly condemned and criminalised homosexuality in Nigeria. The bill if passed by the second chamber – the House of Representatives – and accented to by President Goodluck Jonathan sternly hands a 14-year jail […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philips Akpoviri.
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
By Philips Akpoviri, NNP, Nov. 17, 2011 – Jerusalem in Israel, Mecca in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Rome in the Vatican City are a few of the many places worshippers from across the world visit annually for the enrichment of their religious faith. These Holy Cities boast of symbolic religious monuments, landmarks and […]
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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, Judiciary, NNP Columnists, Philips Akpoviri.
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
By Philips AKPOVIRI, NNP – August 28, 2011 – The free-for-all battle between Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and Justice Isa Ayo Salami, the President of the Court of Appeal (PCA) has reached its final albeit weirdly illogical conclusion: the honourable Justice Salami has been suspended by his contemporaries in the […]
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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 […]
