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Columnists, NNP Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
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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Columnists, INEC Politics, muhammad Ajah, NNP Columnists
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
By Muhammad Ajah, NNP – April 16, 2011 – Any electoral officer (EO) found to have manipulated results in favour of any of the political parties in the forthcoming general elections would be prosecuted, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega recently proclaimed It gives one a sign of relief and […]
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Columnists, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP Columnists
Saturday, April 16th, 2011

By Prof. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP – April 16, 2011 – Portugal will require about 80 billion Euros from leading European financial institutions, in its bid to bail-out its crumbling economy. Hopes have crystallized that the facility could be granted in May, 2011. On April 15, 2011, the European Central Bank raised its interest rates […]
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Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Friday, April 15th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria April 15, 2011 – The overwhelming verdict of people that participated in and observed the Nigerian national assembly election of April, 9, 2011 was that it was generally fair, transparent and credible. Nigerians voted for candidates of their choice. While some of those choices may not have […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – April 14, 2011 – When talking about issues and prospects of the country, it is a common place in Nigeria to lump together its people and wrap them up as one into a shroud of helplessness inside which people are jolted and crushed every so often by the […]
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Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, April 9th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofer Adibe, London, UK – April 9, 2011 – At a recent conference in Abuja on the forthcoming general elections, one of the key speakers, a professor of history, surprised many people when he declared that he did not register and did not intend to vote. His grouse was the cost of the […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – April 7, 2011 – As attentive readers of my notes will have noticed it is not our habit to write about people. We even do our best to refrain from naming protagonists when admonishing or approving, as we firmly believe that given where we are today only a […]
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Columnists, Hakeem Babalola, INEC Politics, NNP Columnists
Thursday, April 7th, 2011

By Hakeem Babalola, Budapest, Hungary – April 7, 2011 – We’re all analysing with a first class self-deceit. How can we sorrow about the postponed election when we have already projected Nigeria as doomed? Don’t we understand INEC is part of that doom we have been mouthing about? To be surprised is to be part […]
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Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria, April 7, 2011 – The last presidential debate organized by the Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG) on March 30, 2011 exposed the petulance and pettiness of some of the presidential candidates seeking the votes of Nigerians. What options does the Nigerian electorate have now? It was reported that […]
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Articles, Columnists, Elections 2011, muhammad Ajah, NNP Columnists
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
By Muhammad Ajah, NNP – April, 2011 – In Nigeria, soldiers are feared to a large extent and respected too. This is a product of the military regimes under which the country was subjected for very long time after Nigeria’s Independence in 1960. Added to that, soldiers are naturally seen as the harshest of all […]