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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Sunday, October 4th, 2015

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | Oct. 5, 2015 – The 70s and the 80s were decades of the Third World countries. These were periods when the Cold War reached its climax, and the new words found themselves into the diction of the so-called developing countries. Words like neo-colonialism feature prominently at these […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | Oct. 4, 2015 – Few years ago, a popular Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart once boastfully claimed that the party was going to rule for 60 years. At the time, it seemed for many as a very genuine and plausible statement, given the fact that the party was […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015

By Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Oct. 4, 2015 – The September 17 2015 coup in Burkina Faso against the country’s interim leadership contains important lessons in democratic consolidation in Africa. Under pressure from demonstrators, striking labour unions and the continental regional organizations – the African Union and ECOWAS – the coup leader, Gen. […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015

By Ikechukwu Amaechi | NNP | Oct. 4, 2015 – Saturday, September 5, was exactly 100 days since Muhammadu Buhari took the oath of office as President. His four-year term has 1,461 days and 100 days are only 6.8 per cent of it. Though it has almost become a global convention to assess the achievements […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 26th, 2015

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 26, 2015 – I was wrong about my view on the recent ban on ogogoro, the locally-brewed gin that caused the death of many in Rivers State recently. I had supported the action of the federal government in outlawing both its production and consumption, perhaps because of […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oil Politics
Saturday, September 26th, 2015

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | London, UK | Sept. 26, 2015 – I was as usual browsing the noted and respected Sahara Reporters website when I came across a Petition/Press Release by a group named Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) who claimed to be a “coalition of over hundred and fifty Anti-corruption organizations whose […]
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Articles, Columnists, Lloyd Ukwu, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Saturday, September 26th, 2015

By Lloyd Ukwu | Washington DC, USA | Sept. 26, 2015 – American and Western European experts predicted that Nigeria will disintegrate in 2015. With the political desperation and frenzy that marked the political campaigns of the 2015 presidential election, many thought that Nigeria was at the point of the predicted 2015 disintegration. Surprisingly, the election took […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 26th, 2015

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Sept. 26, 2015 –The ongoing travails of the Senate President Bukola Saraki and his fight-backs provide incredible excitement to political spectators as they watch the moves and counter moves between the former Kwara State Governor and his suspected traducers. It is the excitement provided by these moves […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, Governors, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 26th, 2015

After 100 days in office El-Rufai is Governor is CGPI best Governor El-Rufai wins CGPI Governor of Nigeria after 100 days in office Adamawa State Governor Mohammed Jubril Bindow is bottom of the class Sokoto and Kano in joint Second Place Wike of Rivers State is in 3rd Place After 100 days in office as […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Saturday, September 26th, 2015

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 26, 2015 – Before the Nigerian presidential election early this year, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) supporters were so full of confidence of their abilities to “deliver”. Their deluded confidence only made them depended on their so-called “Incumbency advantage” to save their party from a shameful […]