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Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 24th, 2016
By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | Sept. 24, 2016 – Nigeria is officially in recession for there are now two consecutive negative growths and GDP contractions in two quarters. The economy shrinks sequentially in first and second quarters by .36 and 2.06 percent respectively. Before the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and National Bureau of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria |Sept. 23, 2016 | Governor Ambode’s urban renewal policy is fundamentally flawed. For one, it strives to recast a Nigerian city in Parisian or Washingtonian mold. Secondly, it fails to realize that Lagos does not have to look like Paris, New York or Washington DC to be a beautiful, […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Monday, September 5th, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Sept. 05, 2016 – Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, a 30-year-old trader, has been making major headlines since his arrest in Ogun state for naming his dog, Buhari. The man, also known as Joachim Iroko, reportedly spent three days in police cell before he was released after the intervention […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Amaechi, NNP Columnists
Monday, September 5th, 2016
By Ikechukwu Amaechi | NNP | Sept. 5, 2016 – Nigeria is a huge amusement park. All you need do to have fun is sit back and watch the theatrics of the political gladiators. It is God’s doing, though. Our ability to laugh at our folly and the fact that there are so many clowns out […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Monday, September 5th, 2016
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NPP | Sept. 5, 2016 – The increasing spate of religious-induced killings in Nigeria and the ease with which the act is perpetrated is of particular concern to me and to all well-meaning Nigerians. These killings are indications that the country is ill and deserves urgent attention by every citizen. […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Monday, September 5th, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Sept. 5, 2016 – Since Reuters broke the news on August 22 2016 that the government would be seeking for emergency powers to enable it fix the economy, Nigerians have been debating the pros and cons of that yet- to- be confirmed Bill. Though officially the government continues […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Samuel O. Adeyemi
Monday, September 5th, 2016
By Samuel O. Adeyemi | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 5, 2016 – On the eve of my birthday, I glued my eyes to the live broadcast of Mark Zuckerberg’s town hall meeting with software developers and entrepreneurs in Lagos. Even though I had other pressing tasks to attend to, I stayed glued. Mark spoke extensively on […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Monday, September 5th, 2016
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 5, 2016 – Despite efforts by the Federal Government and stakeholders to end the polio virus that has plagued the country for a long time and get Nigeria free of it, the disease re-emerged with a confirmation that Borno State, precisely Gwoza and Jere Local Government Councils were […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
By Odimegwu Onwumere | Rivers, Nigeria | August 30, 2016 – Optimism has been raised for the microscopic number of employed, gigantic number of unemployed and underemployed Nigerians by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige (Onwa) on August 16 2016; he made public a new national policy on labour migration. The policy if […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
By Odimegwu Onwumere | NNP | August 30, 2016 – I started thinking again recently of my youthful days after reading Forbes edition of July 20, 2016 in which a 28-Year-Old John Crestani was said to have read the bible and the Bhagavad Gita (Hindu scripture) for years to make money, but his turning-point came […]
