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Articles, Columnists, Kogi, NNP Columnists, Shaibu Stephen Ojate, State News
Saturday, September 26th, 2015
By Shaibu Stephen Ojate | Abuja, Nigeria | Sept. 26, 2015 – The just concluded All Progressive Congress’s primary election that seen to the nomination of Prince Abubakar, the former Governor of Kogi State as the flag-bearer of the party for the forthcoming Kogi gubernatorial Election has received mixed reactions by political analysts in the […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 20, 2015 – On May 31, 2015, ‘World No Tobacco Day’ (WNTD) was once again marked across the world. The theme for this year’s campaign is: “Stop Illicit Trade Of Tobacco Products.” First observed in 1987 following a motion passed by a cabinet of the World Health Assembly (WHA) which […]
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Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Monday, September 7th, 2015
By Olakekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | September 7, 2015 – It is no longer news that terrorism is now an, if not the main, issue in African politics today. The terrorist did their very worst on 2 April, 2015. The Garrissa University terror attacks in Kenya by the notorious al-Shabab terrorist group which […]
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Articles, Columnists, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Monday, September 7th, 2015
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 7, 2015 – Strange and worrisome as the decision by the Buhari administration to limit its ongoing probe of public officers and institutions to the era of the regime it took over from is, not a few Nigerians are encouraged by the fact that a bold attempt […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Monday, September 7th, 2015
By Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Sept. 7, 2015-Following my last week’s column, ‘Radio Biafra and the Biafran Narratives’, I had an impassioned telephone conversation with someone – let me call him Ahmed- who said he was a “dedicated reader of my writings”. The point of the conversation centred on a statement in that […]
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Articles, Columnists, Economy, NNP Columnists, Olusola Daniel
Monday, September 7th, 2015
By Olusola Daniel | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 7, 2015 – That the Nigerian economy is the envy of the black race is not in doubt, thanks to the astute management and foresight of a scholar like Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the immediate past Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy. What is […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Monday, September 7th, 2015
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Sept. 7, 2015 -It was a huge relief reading reports that President Buhari had concluded plans to submit a bill to set up anti-corruption courts to the National Assembly. According to the Punch of August 22 2015, the President decided to set up the planned special anti-corruption […]
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Articles, Columnists, David Leffler, Dr., NNP Columnists
Monday, August 31st, 2015
By Dr. David Leffler | NNP | August 31, 2015 – There is a science-based approach to create societal coherence in Nigeria that can protect it from both internal and external threats. Militaries in Latin America and Asia, as well as in African countries like Mozambique, have already applied this non-lethal and non-destructive approach to […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Monday, August 31st, 2015
By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | August 31, 2015 – There is no more potent common denominator for all sections of the Nigerian state than corruption, which is using public office or opportunity for private gains in complete disregard of relevant restraining laws. And there is wide agreement across borders that corruption […]
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Articles, Columnists, Governors, NNP Columnists, Olusola Daniel
Sunday, August 30th, 2015
By Olusola Daniel Lagos, Nigeria | August 30, 2015 – Apart from the menace of terrorism and insecurity occasioned by Boko Haram in the northeast, one major problem that has been the bane of Nigeria’s progress is corruption. Over the past few decades, corruption has eaten deep into the very fabric of our nation such […]
