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Alaba Oyakeye, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
By Alaba Oyakeye, Osun, Nigeria – August 27, 2011 – One thing I have found most despicable, unprofessional, and irresponsible is ‘‘bad press’’ particularly when statements made available to journalists are slanted; worst yet, when such statements are put in the print out of context to ridicule the messenger by way of misinforming the public. […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
By Akintokunbo A Adejumo, London, UK – August 25, 2011 ‘When rogues fall out, truth is revealed, and honest men get justice.’ (1838 A. Jackson Letter 26 Mar. in Correspondence (1931) V. 545) The rogues have fallen out, and honest men may come by their own. (1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake xv) When thieves fall out, honest men come by […]
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Articles, Columnists, Hakeem Babalola, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
By Hakeem Babalola, Budapest, Hungary – August 24, 2011 – The newly appointed Nigerian ambassador to Hungary, Mr. Charles Ononye, has promised Nigerians living in the country that their welfare is of the utmost importance – both to the embassy and the Nigerian government in general. Ononye disclosed this and many other pressing issues during […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – August 24, 2011- Late last year, the National Economic Council (NEC) reportedly resolved that going forward, Nigeria would no longer play ‘big brother’ to countries in trouble without getting anything in return. It also proposed that the nation’s foreign interventions and assistance would henceforth be guided by ‘national […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Ajibulu, NNP Columnists, Ondo, State News
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
By Emmanuel Ajibulu, NNP, August 20, 2011 –The history of our great nation seems not to be complete without the exploits of Ondo people being written in gold; we’ve got a lot of great men and women from the state scattered all over the world, making remarkable contributions and recording key milestone in their respective […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, August 19th, 2011
By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo State, Nigeria – August 19, 2011– It was night, 8pm to be precise, when I entered a bar in Owerri for a drink. The damned bar’s sloppy wet due to the heavy down pour earlier. The rain soaked part of my shirt; my sleeves the more. It’s an entertainment bar.Some men […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Friday, August 19th, 2011
By Prince Charles Dickson – Jos, Nigeria – August 19, 2011 – An Ibo saying translated…means, one treats an illness; one does not treat death. It simply implies that if one neglects an illness until death intervenes, the treatment comes too late. All over the world today, it seems every nation is battling one form […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
By Dr. Jidoeofor Adibe, London, UK – August 18, 2011 – The recent indication that the Presidency would submit a bill to the National Assembly for a single term of six years for the President and Governors has dominated the headlines in recent times. And rightly so! The thought of presenting such a bill by […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – August 18, 2011 – The last time I checked the value of the of the naira, it was very saddening to discover that the it was being sold at 274 to buy 1 GBP and 165 to buy 1 USD. We all knew things could be bad, but […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
By Prof. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, Abuja, Nigeria – August 16 – On October 1, 1960, Nigeria received her independence from Britain and became a sovereign, independent state. It later became the 99 th member of the United Nations Organisation, in accordance with the Declaration on the Right of Nations to Self-determination, up to independence. The […]
