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Articles, NNP Columnists
Monday, August 1st, 2011

The feedback to the first part of this article was wide and varied. But I shall limit myself to focusing on a few of the pertinent issues that were raised. The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was the one of first respondents to the article. He held that the CBN […]
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Articles, Columnists, Kunle Ojeleye, NNP Columnists
Friday, July 29th, 2011

By Dr. Kunle Ojeleye, London, UK – July 29, 2011 – The other day, driving the 60 mile stretch from my house into London, I decided for a change to relive the youthful days of my life. Hey, I was alone, my wife was not with me, so I could be at my best(?) behaviour. […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila London, UK July 27, 2011 – There is an open sore on the airwaves of Nigeria and since about a decade ago, thanks to technology, from Nigeria to the airwaves of practically the whole world. The sore is in the form of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). It is […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Senate
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

By Prof. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP – July 27, 2011 – At its plenary session, the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria set up a Committee to investigate the privatization of Federal Government companies by the Bureau of Public Enterprises since the inception of the sales of those companies to private companies. Since the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo, Nigeria – July 27, 2011 – It was Thursday, and I was drinking table water that I bought from a nearby store and from my window I stare at Bunmi that walks toward my door. She is dark, of Yoruba lineage and with large brown eyes .Her legs kept moving, as […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – July 27, 2011 – The report by the Vanguard of July 8 2011that tens of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to defend the ‘revolution’ that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt in February 2011 was very instructive. According to the report, the protesters directed their anger […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, July 24th, 2011

Last week, for writing an article about the quick temper of the Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and for stating that his hot temper may be his greatest undoing in office, I got an inbox full of abusive mails. Some even side that i have started playing politics of hate and distractions. It is […]
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Articles, Clarius Ugwuoha, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Sunday, July 24th, 2011

By Clarius Ugwuoha, RIvers, Nigeria – July 24, 2011 – I appreciate the enormity of responsibilities you are saddled with. It is therefore, with utmost deference that I write, fully aware that the Nigerian State polled you to power in one of the freest and fairest elections in history. So far, you have striven to […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Monday, July 18th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Jult 18, 2011 – In his highly regarded book, Lying With Statistics (1954) the American writer, Darrell Huff, discusses the funny business of lying with figures, telling us how intentional or unintentional errors could lead to inaccurate conclusions. Though Huff was not a statistician, his book, which he […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Monday, July 18th, 2011
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – July 18, 20111- A truth told with bad intentions beats all the lies you can invent”. ~ Winston Churchill Mallam el-Rufai sometime in 2009 had attacked the late Yar’adua’s administration, Mohammed Haruna responding in May 2009, under the title el-Rufais Sour Grapes had this to say after an […]