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Africa & World Politics, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 11, 2012 – Two interesting incidents that played out on the international scene recently clearly underlined the profound confusion of values that has crept into Western policies and attitudes towards President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. Late in May, the United Nation’s World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) announced the […]
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Governors, House, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
If the push by lawmakers sails through in a fresh amendment of the 1999 Constitution, the President, his deputy, all governors and their deputies may lose immunity from prima-facie criminal cases. Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution presently confers immunity on the President and governors. The extant section 308 (a) states: “No civil or criminal […]
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Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Monday, March 12th, 2012
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, Lagos, Nigeria, March 12, 2012- Great expectations are usually piled on our universities as very essential intellectual factories for the production of reliable human resources for achieving our lofty dreams and aspirations as a people. That is what it should be. Every year, the universities are expected to give the country quality […]
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Sunday, January 29th, 2012
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, Lagos, Nigeria – Jan. 29, 2012– When President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Finance Minister and also named her the “Coordinating Minister of the Economy (CME),” I was greatly surprised that several Nigerians appeared to share the president’s rather lofty expectations that she was coming with fresh, workable ideas to […]
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Saturday, May 21st, 2011
By Ugo chukwu Ejinkeonye, Lagos, Nigeria – May 21, 2011 – Last Wednesday (May 11, 2011), Newt Gingrich, the 58th Speaker of the United States Congress (1995-1999), but who is better known for championing a historic opposition against President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, and, perhaps, also, for leading a team of conservatives to win […]
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Sunday, April 17th, 2011
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, Lagos, Nigeria – April 17, 2011 – It is quite possible that before now not many people have taken time to seriously consider it, but there is no doubt that governing a state in Nigeria has over the years been reduced to one of the most unduly simplified jobs in town, which […]
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, Lagos, Nigeria – Jan 4, 2011 – Nothing best underscores the raw, primitive desperation clearly gripping and saturating the tender hearts of countless ladies today than the brutal conventionalisation obscene fashion seems to have rudely appropriated in society. A desperate person is always the easiest victim of primitive emotions and thoughtless actions. […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, Lagos, Nigeria – Dec. 31, 2010 Dear Ugochukwu, I thoroughly enjoyed myself reading the piece you published last week, captioned, “How I Became A Prominent Lady,” written by one of the greatest and most patriotic daughters of our great nation, a highly placed and well-respected lady who, incidentally, is a very close […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye, Lagos, Nigeria – Dec. 29, 2010 Dear Ugochukwu, I was sufficiently provoked by your recent column captioned, “Criminalisation Of Poverty,” to share my great and exciting success story with your numerous readers. Let me start by proudly informing you that I am a prominent, highly-placed lady, a distinguished member of the nation’s […]
