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Nigeria and the Middle East Crisis – By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba

Posted by admin Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists Saturday, March 5th, 2011

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria – Mar 5, 2011 – In Tunisia the people said they had had enough of their president, and so they gave him the boot. Egypt saw it and said, “Why can’t we do it? This is our time,” so they poured out in the streets and after a […]

An Urgent Letter to Nigerian Military by Dr. Cliff Edogun

Posted by admin Cliff I. Edogun, PhD, Columnists, NNP Columnists Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

By Cliff I. Edogun, PhD, NNP – Feb 28, 2001 – I thought we should commence this long overdue conversation now as we look forward hopelessly to the general elections holding in April. As you are now fully aware, the Egyptian military just introduced a credibly new paradigm for emergency military intervention in the politics […]

Is corruption really the problem – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe

Posted by admin NNP Columnists Friday, February 25th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Feb 25, 2011 – Many commentators to my last week’s piece, ‘Buhari’s Bakare’s Choice’ disagreed with my contention that Buhari appears to rely only on his charisma to win the election rather than develop a saleable programme. Most of those who wrote or sent text messages argued that […]

A Case for Senator Ayogu Eze

Posted by admin Articles, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Senate Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

By Clarius Ugwuoha, NNP- Feb. 15, 2011 – It is disheartening that democratic representation in Nigeria is still governed by the whims and caprices of a chosen few. What played out in Enugu State a few month ago, the ripples of which still unsettle the polity in that state, is instructive. Very phenomenal changes are […]

Nigeria’s Egypt dreams By Okey Ndibe

Posted by admin Columnists, NNP Columnists, Okey Ndibe Monday, February 14th, 2011

Pask many a Nigerian what it would take to turn her country around, and you’re likely to get this answer: “Only God can solve the problems of this country.” The evidence so far is that God isn’t impressed. A people with the extraordinary natural resources and variety of human talent that Nigeria boasts has no […]

Abati: The Fall of Mubarak; A Nation’s Turning Point

Posted by admin Columnists, NNP Columnists, Reuben Abati Sunday, February 13th, 2011

AS at Thursday, February 10, Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak was still talking down on angry Egyptian protesters who for weeks had been telling him they were fed up with his leadership and would rather embrace change. Even his Vice President, Omar Suleiman addressed the people as if they did not quite matter. Both men were mistaken. […]

Abati: Egypt/Tunisia: It could happen here

Posted by admin Columnists, NNP Columnists Saturday, February 5th, 2011

IT all started in Tunisia with an aggrieved vegetable and fruits seller, Mohammed Bouazizi, 26, setting himself ablaze in protest against bureaucratic dictatorship. Bouazizi will now be remembered forever as a martyr whose death drew fresh attention to fault lines in governance in the Arab world. Bouazizi died because he was fed up with government […]

For the Attention of Goodluck Jonathan & Nuhu Ribadu-By Cliff I. Edogun,PhD

Posted by admin Cliff I. Edogun, PhD, Columnists, NNP Columnists Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

By Dr. Cliff I. Edogun, NNP – Feb 1, 2011 – At no time in our checkered political history have Nigerian voters been offered such a choice between two new generation of political leaders whose intellectual depth and sense of vision far surpass the trove of auctioned certificate and degree holders of our recent past. […]

Abati: Are Nigerians ready to fight for democracy?

Posted by admin Columnists, NNP Columnists, Reuben Abati Sunday, January 30th, 2011

THE point has been made elsewhere that the enthusiasm and passion that Nigerians have shown in the course of the current voters’ registration are proof positive of their commitment to democracy and their willingness to defend their freedom. In the light of fresh revelations, however, is this really the case? Is there something more fundamental […]

Abati: Why we can’t register voters

Posted by admin Columnists, NNP Columnists, Reuben Abati Saturday, January 29th, 2011

NIGERIA has been registering voters for elections since 1922 when the legislative council elections were held by the Clifford colonial administration. And yet, about 89 years later, Nigeria is still having problems compiling a proper data base for elections nor is it able to formulate an acceptable electoral framework: it is the ultimate sign of […]