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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Ministries, muhammad Ajah, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
By Muhammad Ajah, Abuja, Nigeria – August 16, 2011 – The list of Honourable Ministers for the federal cabinet and Special Advisers or Assistants to Mr. President so far released is commendable on one hand. The list is made up technocrats and seasoned political calibers who have distinguished themselves in their fields of specialization. The […]
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Anambra, Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, August 12th, 2011

By Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP, August 12, 2011 – Gov. Peter Obi should set up technical Committee to re-make diminishing Onitsha. Onitsha the most important commercial center in eastern Nigeria is in shambles and needs immediate attention. Governor Peter Obi and his administration must now listen to a voice of reason and logic without being defensive. […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Lawrence Okezie Odoemelem, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Friday, August 12th, 2011

MEMO TO:PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN FROM:Lawrence Okezie Odoemelem Subject:At a time like this… Dear Mr. President, I am greatly disturbed by your recent adventure into this six year single tenure debate barely three months after you were sworn in as the 14th President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Your interest in […]
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Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Sunday, August 7th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – August 7, 2011 – The recent call by Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka for President Goodluck Jonathan to test the workability of the recently passed Freedom of Information (FoI) Act generated deserved headlines. Speaking at the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) Town Hall Meeting on the FoI […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Prince Charles Dickson
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Complete title of this article is – Jonathan, Now That You Have a Shoe, Where are You Going? By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – August 7, 2011 – This is a second instalment of an essay I wrote some weeks back…in that admonishment, I had asked that President Jonathan should start walking with or […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olu Ojedokun, PhD
Sunday, August 7th, 2011

By Dr. Olu Ojedokun, London, UK – August 7, 2011 – The recent silence from the front has been based on one consideration, the appropriateness of providing space for the President to consider the road map we have previously published. We consider a honeymoon period allows the newly elected President time to establish the courage […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – August 6, 2011 – Once upon a time, there was a land wherein it was common practice for everyone to be happily affected by, and even actively participate in any kind of religious festival or event around them. It did not really matter whether it was a Christian, […]
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Articles, Clarius Ugwuoha, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

By Clarius Ugwuoha, Rivers State, Nigeria – August 3, 2011 – I read with disgust the current motion for a single term of six years for both the president and the governors. Mr. President, there are more immediate issues than tenure elongation. The country is groaning under severe maladministration for which we voted you in […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – August 2, 2011 – Jeffrey Sachs, respected economist and adviser to the United Nations’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was reported to have warned Nigeria against population explosion, saying the “current figure of 158 million could balloon to 730 million by 2100”. Sachs was further quoted as saying: “I am […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – August 2, 2011 – In the last few weeks I have tried to reflect and make sense out of the labour war with government over N600 per day. The fight for N18K a month, the more I reflect on it, the less sense I seem to be able […]