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Articles, Columnists, Daniel Osofisan, Economy, Governors, Naira (Currency), NNP Columnists
Sunday, March 27th, 2016

By Daniel Osofisan | Jos, Nigeria | March 27, 2016 – The naira has been on a steady decline for the past few months. The disparity between rates at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and that of the parallel market is as clear as the difference between day and night. Many economic analysts and keen […]
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Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Thursday, March 24th, 2016

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | March 24, 2016 – It usually surprise many people that, on their arrival at the Obafemi Awolowo University Campus, one of the first structures out of all the beautiful buildings on the campus, one come across is the Great Ife Students’ Union Building, also known as Ken Saro-Wiwa […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere
Thursday, March 24th, 2016

By Odimegwu Onwumere | Rivers State, Nigeria | March 24, 2016 – There is ongoing debate among stakeholders of industries that corporations should necessitate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a business necessity. The argument hinges on the fact that corporations should become socially conscious, but the media have a great role to play on how […]
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Agriculture, Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, March 24th, 2016

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Marc h 24, 2016 – The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, recently raised an alarm that Nigerians risk starvation by 2050 if nothing is done to introduce an all-year-round farming. This call underscores the urgent need to improve on our farming method to achieve increased productivity. In […]
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Articles, Columnists, Headlines, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, NNP Columnists, PhD
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Shaping Global and National Economies to Better Respond to Climate Challenges in Landscapes Remarks by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala High-Level Opening Plenary, Global Landscapes Forum Palais des Congres, Paris Saturday, December 5, 2015 Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very happy to address this Forum of special importance to developing countries. Their rural areas still […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Thursday, March 24th, 2016

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | March 24, 2016 – This reflection was inspired by a paper presented on behalf of Mike Omeri, the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) at the Annual Management Meeting of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) held in Asaba, Delta State on January 27 2016. The […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Monday, March 21st, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | March 21, 2016 – The recent ethnic/regional clashes between some Yoruba youths and some people of northern Nigeria extraction at Mile 12, Lagos, is the latest in a series of clashes between host communities (indigenes) and ‘settlers’ across the country. Lagos, given its population, and ethnic melting […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, March 20th, 2016

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | March 20, 2016 – To you, my fellow compatriots, I say, “Do not turn away your attention from this epistle of mine; I address you plainly.” Do you know that we, the people determine what manner of nation we want built? Let us reason together. Every […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Reuben Abati
Friday, March 18th, 2016

By Reuben Abati / NNP / March 18, 2016 – Whatever problem we may have in Nigeria at this or any other time, this country is sustained by the fact that we are indeed a very special people. We have been described as the happiest people on earth, we have also described ourselves as resilient, […]
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Articles, Columnists, Economy, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Friday, March 11th, 2016

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | March 11, 2016 – Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, who has become a sort of deity to several functionaries of the APC-led federal government, raised the stakes when he called for an “emergency economic conference” to find ways of fixing the economy. During a visit to the Minister […]