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Anambra, Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, October 21st, 2016
By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | October 21, 2016 – The senior partner of an environmental company – Texas Storm and Engineering, Mr. Emeka Chiakwelu has said that environmental degradation in Anambra State, particularly the moribund air quality and pollution in Onitsha can be averted with a balanced and comprehensive environmental remediation. Chiakwelu is familiar […]
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Articles, Columnists, Edo, Elections, NNP Columnists, State News
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | October 10, 2016 – Even though the Edo Gubernatorial election was postponed from for about two weeks, it appears not much changed within the period in terms of its outcome. Epistemologically speaking, we saw a titanic battle between People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and All progressives Congress […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | October 10, 2016 – When Karl Maier published his book This House Has Fallen: Midnight in Nigeria in the year 2000, I was probably among the first people he gave an advance copy of the book months before it was formally published. I was at that the Books […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Aviation, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | October 10, 2016 – I travelled to Kenya on July 14 2016 to attend a conference in Nairobi on the intellectual legacies of the late Kenyan political scientist Ali Mazrui. From the conference I was to travel to London for a one- week holiday. The organisers of the […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | October 6, 2016 – Traditionally, Democratic Party presidential candidates build coalition primarily with liberal interest groups, which are mostly racial minorities and working class Americans. This was how Barrack Obama and Bill Clinton won presidential elections. But this time around in this bizarre politicking that gave us Donald Trump, […]
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Articles, Bade Adebolu, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Women Politics
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
By Bade Adebolu | Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | October 7, 2016 – It is no longer news that we are in a recession. Nigerians are groaning under the weight of a dying economy. Food and commodity prices have skyrocketed; some have more than doubled their original prices. Commodity prices are appalling! I was at the market […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Amaechi, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Saturday, October 1st, 2016
By Ikechukwu Amaechi | NNP | Oct. 1, 2016 – I have two confessions to make from the outset. I am an incurable optimist. I am a firm believer in the maxim that no matter how dark a tunnel may appear to be, there will always be some ray of light at the end. Of […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, October 1st, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Oct. 1, 2016 – One of the key highlights of the 27th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, which held in Kigali, Rwanda in July 2016, was the launch of the African Union passport. Remarkably Idris Deby, the Chairperson of the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Hakeem Babalola, NNP Columnists
Saturday, October 1st, 2016
By Hakeem Babalola | Budapest, Hungary | Oct. 1, 2016 – Bi o san ko san olorun ma fi were dan mi wo (Whether it can be cured or not, oh Lord, I reject the affliction of madness). There is too much madness in Nigeria. Nigeria is mad. Nigerians are mad. But Nigeria must celebrate […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emeka Oraetoka, First Ladies, NNP Columnists, Patience Jonathan
Saturday, September 24th, 2016
By Emeka Oraetoka | NNP | Sept. 24, 2016 – There is no doubt that President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has recorded some milestone in its fight against corruption. The prudent management of government funds through the Single Treasury Account [TSA] has substantially, if not totally eliminated leakages and profligacy in government, notwithstanding the position of […]
