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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma, Wole Soyinka
Saturday, September 27th, 2014

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | September 27, 2014 – Following the election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011, my cousin, who lives in my hometown, called me. He told me that he, in concert with many other supporters of President Jonathan was celebrating his electoral victory. In such elation and jubilation over […]
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Armed Forces, Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 20th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | September 20, 2014 – Soon after his appointment as the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh declared April this year as deadline for the end of insurgency in parts of the country. Little did Nigerians know that the military chief only made a motivating statement aimed […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raw Politics, Theophilus Ilevbare
Saturday, September 20th, 2014

By Theophilus Ilevbare | NNP | September 20, 2014 – In recent weeks the All Progressive Congress(APC) has been rocked with a tidal wave of defection of a founding member in Chief Tom Ikimi and the party’s 2011 presidential candidate, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to the party Nigerians loathe but can’t vote out of power at the […]
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Armed Forces, Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, John Egbeazien Oshodi, NNP Columnists
Friday, September 19th, 2014

By Dr. John Oshodi | NNP | Sept. 19, 2014 – The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, should publicly offer profound apologies to all women and girls in the nation having recently declared a militarized form of domestic threat against military personnel wives. Just a few weeks ago, while addressing soldiers […]
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Articles, Columnists, Gigi Don-Pedro, Headlines, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 13th, 2014

Dear Ebola, I trust this letter finds you well in spite of the troubling fact that same cannot be said of those you have visited in Nigeria and in the West African sub-continent. It appears to me that you are a Nigerian of Yoruba origin; I say this because your name, “BOLA“, is truly Nigerian. […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 11, 2014 – One of my recent articles, “The problem with the striking doctors”, elicited a number of responses from my readers. Some of them called me on the phone, some texted in their messages and others e-mailed me. They were almost evenly divided between those who thought […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Theophilus Ilevbare
Thursday, September 11th, 2014

By Theophilus Ilevbare | NNP | Sept. 11, 2014 – These days, nothing strikes a bout of panic and paranoia than the thought of Ebola Virus Disease. Its been decades since a disease or calamity of such proportions threatened our relationships, businesses, sports and our very existence. In the midst of all the trepidation came a […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, September 11th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 11, 2014 – The horrifying effects of the dreaded viral disease, Ebola fever, dawned heavily on Nigerians on July 25 when a man, who took ill during a flight from Liberia to Nigeria, passed on at a private medical facility in Lagos. The victim, Patrick Sawyer, a […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, September 5th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 5, 2014 – In an attempt to reinvigorate the ongoing war against insurgency in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan recently requested the National Assembly to quickly approve a $1 billion external loan to strengthen our security agencies in the battle against insurgents. The president said the loan […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, September 5th, 2014

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | Sept. 5, 2014 – “Ex-Governor Storms Capital; Declares Intention to Return to Government House” By the way, the above caption is mine. But I will not be surprised if many newspapers have this as their caption anytime. Yes, former Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Dr Adebayo Alao-Akala […]