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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | August 14, 2016 – Barring unforeseen circumstances, residents of Port Harcourt will soon witness the return of the city to its former ‘Garden City’ status. Before his exit from office, the immediate past caretaker committee chairman of the Port Harcourt Local Government Council, Mr. Samuel Soni Ejekwu, began […]
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Articles, Columnists, David Leffler, John Theobald, NNP Columnists
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
IDT: A POWERFUL, PROVEN TOOL FOR POLICE AND MILITARY By John Theobald and Dr. David Leffler Whatever one’s view of law enforcement and military personnel, certainly we can agree that these are highly stressful times for these professions. Therefore it is important to know that a powerful scientifically-validated, cost-effective stress reduction tool is […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | August 14, 2016 – How has Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Professor of Law at the University of Lagos fared as an intellectual in politics? The role of intellectuals in politics is often a controversial one. Do intellectuals do well in […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | August 14, 2016 – While preparing for the Universities Matriculations Examinations (UME) (now known as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations) in 2005, I came across one new “fact” reading the book A Course Text on Government by Oghenekaro Ogbinaka. I learnt that the word “State” can be […]
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Articles, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
By Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | July 27, 2016 – This reflection is a continuation of my last week’s piece on how to re-engineer our politics to make it less anarchic and more oriented towards nation-building. As I argued, there is pervasive fear that the ethnic group/region that wins power at the centre will use […]
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Articles, Columnists, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, Senate, Women Politics
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
By Odimegwu Onwumere | Rivers State, Nigeria | July 26, 2016 – Senator Dino Melaye, the lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial district and Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, on Tuesday, the 12th of July, 2016, during an executive meeting, started a feud that was brought to the […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists
Monday, July 25th, 2016
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NPP | July 25, 2016 – Kevin Rudd says, “Education is both a tool of social justice as well as a fundamental driver of economic development.” There is no gainsaying that education is vital to the sustenance of culture and democratic principles. It defines the individual and determines his worth. […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Nigerian Police, NNP Columnists
Monday, July 25th, 2016
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | July 25, 2016 – At last, the federal government’s promise it made in August, 2015, to recruit 10,000 Nigerians into the Nigeria Police Force to boost its workforce and reposition it for greater effectiveness, is being realized. This move is commendable and will address the dearth of personnel […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Amaechi, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Sunday, July 24th, 2016
By Ikechukwu Amaechi | NNP | July 24, 2016 – There is hardly any Nigerian who is not in a state of despair right now. Since Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as president last year, despondency has enveloped the nation. Disappointment makes the misery worse. In the build-up to the 2015 elections, Buhari was cast […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, July 24th, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | July 24, 2016 – The Chinese are said to use two brush strokes to write the word, ‘crisis’. It is said that for them one brush stroke stands for danger while the other stands for opportunity. The critical question here is: what opportunity does the current economic crisis […]
