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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Canadian Politics, Columnists, Headlines, NNP Columnists
Saturday, July 18th, 2020
By Prof. Phil Alalibo | NNP | July 18, 2020 – Canada’s foreign policy has come under intense scrutiny following its failed bid to secure one of the two available coveted temporary seats at the United Nation’s powerful Security Council. This Council with fifteen members (ten temporary and five permanent) is entrusted with the most […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
By Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | July 8, 2020 – I was impressed with the first few paragraphs of Buhari’s Democracy Day speech. I thought they were quite good, unifying and inspiring. The speech started this way: “Fellow Nigerians, the 2020 celebration of Democracy Day marks 21 years of uninterrupted civil administration in our […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ejeviome Eloho Otobo, NNP Columnists, Oseloka H. Obaze
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
Ejeviome Eloho Otobo Oseloka H. Obaze By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze | July 8, 2020 – The herders-farmers conflict Nigeria remains a thorny issue. The death, destruction and displacement arising from the conflict have been incremental, and have extended beyond the Middle-Belt region into various Nigerian communities. Besides, killing by herdsmen has […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Party Politics
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | July 8, 2020 – The latest round of crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reportedly led to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, ordering the seal off of the party’s National Secretariat. The crisis was triggered by the intractable face-off between the party’s […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Nigerian Police, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | June 23, 2020 – It has become a daily routine for security agents to harass Nigerians, particularly the youths, under the guise of law enforcement. Nigerian youths are intimidated, extorted, arrested illegally, arbitrarily detained and even killed extra-judicially. This unfortunate development has been perpetrated by the regular security […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists
Monday, June 15th, 2020
The Earth of George Floyd – By Emeka Chiakwelu | June 15, 2020 There was a simmering travelling moon Emitting light eclipsed by rapacious scene Enveloping darkness fell in the land That’s was the journey in the alien land But the journey did not start today Nor was it yesterday, it has been 400 years […]
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Saturday, June 6th, 2020
By Prof. Phil Alalibo | NNP | June 6, 2020 – The brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers has heightened our sense of foreboding and brought about a sober reflection on systemic racism in America. If there is any silver-lining from an event that has lessened the essence of […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Articles, Columnists, COVID-19, Health, NNP Columnists
Saturday, June 6th, 2020
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun State, Nigeria | June 6, 2020 | Experts have predicted that COVID-19 may remain a crisis much longer than 2022, with “up to 70% of world’s population” becoming infected. Amid this mess, elections are billed to hold in Nigeria in 2023, in line with constitutional provisions. If, in the worst-case scenario, COVID-19 subsists beyond 2022, what then does the future hold for dear country? The more reason Nigeria’s politicians, as at […]
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Articles, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Saturday, June 6th, 2020
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | June 6, 2020 – May 29, 2020, marked Buhari’s five years in office – or the end of the first year of his second term in office. How has Buhari fared so far? And what is likely to be his legacy? Answering either of the above questions […]
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Articles, Columnists, COVID-19, Health, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | June 3, 2020 – The extension by two weeks of the current ‘easing of the lockdown’ in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun States by two weeks has raised a number of fundamental issues. Speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force, Secretary to the Government Boss Mustapha, […]
