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Anthony A. Kila, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – March 31, 2011 – The recently concluded presidential debate has taken discussions about the forth-coming general elections in Nigeria to a different and interesting dimension. Overall, the event was well organised, well attended and more importantly very followed and now widely discussed. Thanks to the internet, and other […]
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Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – March 31, 2011 – Adolf Hitler once told his newly appointed Army Chief of Staffs that he should never worry about what to tell the people because the people are gullible, and will believe whatever you tell them. And that the bigger the lie is the more believable it […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
By Anthony Kila, London, UK – March 29, 2011 – It is now virtually impossible for most people to finish a day without using or coming across the concept of global village. Some cite it directly whilst most refer to it. As one can imagine, these allusions come in different spices and each one of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Mar 20, 2011 – In a very influential work, Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania: Underdevelopment and the Uncaptured Peasantry (1980), Swedish-American political scientist Goran Hyden argued that African small cultivators prioritise their informal support networks such as familial and ethnic obligations over the pursuit of profit. For Hyden, African […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, March 12th, 2011
By Anthony A. Kila – London, UK – Mar 12, 2011 – There are roughly two categories of people involved in any electoral process. In the first category we have the very few that actively seek office and each one works to get as much vote as he or she can get; these are the […]
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Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olu Ojedokun, PhD
Monday, March 7th, 2011
By Dr. Olu Ojedokun, London, UK – Mar. 7, 2011 – The current narrative of the many UK based ‘African Majority’ Pentecostal Churches is the clinging to the fantasy that the ‘Men/Women of God’ who serve them are perfect. That they can do no wrong, have no weaknesses and live and embody perfect lives. It […]
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Africa & World Politics, Columnists, Hakeem Babalola, NNP Columnists
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
By Hakeem Babalola, Budapest, Hungary – Mar. 6, 2011 – Brother Leader Gaddafi. That is how I heard Libyans calling him – throughout my three days in Tripoli for a Historical African Migrants Conference in Europe which took place in Tripoli on January 15. I was impressed to see an African leader being genuinely loved […]
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Columnists, Nigerian Police, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, March 5th, 2011
By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – Mar. 5, 2011 – Driving from Ojodu, en route, to Ikeja, I turned right from Bank Shonabare Street into Kosoko Road. I did not know that Kosoko Road is a one way street from 2pm to 10 pm, because from where I turned in, there was no sign indicating […]
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Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, March 5th, 2011
By Chinedu Vincent Akuta, London, UK – Mar 5, 2011 – Support Option A4 Group Leicester-UK, has endorsed Buhari and Bakare, for Presidential and Vice Presidential positions, for the April 2011 election. This decision was taken, based on the following(s): (1) Immunity Clause(s) Removal. Buhari has promised to facilitate the removal of immunity clauses […]
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Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, March 5th, 2011
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Mar. 5, 2011 – Why do candidates who know they have absolutely no chance of winning an election insist on contesting? Why do some repeatedly choose to punch above their natural political weight? Chris Okotie, who became a music icon while a law student in the 1980s before […]
