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Articles, Columnists, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Friday, April 18th, 2014
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | April 18, 2014 – The initial response of the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, to the death of twenty one young job applicants, including four pregnant women, at the Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment test, at different stadia in the country epitomized the government of Goodluck Jonathan. His earlier […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | April 15, 2014 | On Saturday 5th April 2014, at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel in London, the Association of Nigerian Academics in the UK (ANAUK) led by Councillor Adedamola Aminu, the acting Mayor of the London Borough of Lambeth and a lecturer himself, recognized the achievements […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, April 12th, 2014
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | April 12, 2014 – The Nigerian centenary celebration was to honor hundred persons, some, post-hummus. The number of the award recipients was deliberately pegged at one hundred so that it will conform exactly to the number of years of Nigerian existence. A number of questions ran through my […]
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Articles, Biafra, Columnists, Max Siollun, NNP Columnists
Saturday, April 5th, 2014
By Max Siollun | NNP | April 5, 2014 – January 2014 marked the 44th anniversary of the end of the Nigerian civil war, and the end of the short lived Republic of Biafra. Biafra did not live long enough to see its third birthday. Although the war ended 44 years ago, wounds from it […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Ikomi
Saturday, April 5th, 2014
By Dr. Philip Ikomi | NNP | April 5, 2014 – Not too long ago, the world witnessed an open campaign to dislodge Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, from office following the dissatisfaction felt by the “international community” with his handling the matter concerning the agreement regarding his fellow fighters earlier signed with the […]
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Anambra, Chukwudi Nwokoye, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News
Saturday, April 5th, 2014
By Chukwudi Nwokoye | NNP | April 5, 2014 – Thank you Gov. Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi. When in 2003 I stuck my head out to support your candidacy, I followed my instinct and my judgment. I believed that you had a mission to save Anambra. Even after your victory at the polls were brazenly […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, April 5th, 2014
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | April 5, 2014 – Troubling times are here in Nigeria. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina announced on Wednesday, March 25, 2014 a decision of the National Economic Council (NEC) chaired by the Vice-President, Namadi Sambo: Due to incessant clashes between nomadic […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Ikomi
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
By Dr. Philip Ikomi | NNP | March 25, 2014 – It is quite nauseating to read on the pages of Nigerian newspapers stories such as the subject of this article. Who cares? One would like to know the basis of the US report. Why does the US give reports about various countries around the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria |March 22, 2014 – My attention has been drawn to a letter sent to President Jonathan by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on 24 February, 2014, titled, “MR. PRESIDENT, CALL GOVERNOR SUSWAM TO ORDER NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” As much as […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | March 22, 2014 – There are some Nigerians, a select few, of both living and dead that exceptionally distinguished themselves in politics, business and the professions and in acts of courage, sacrifice for the public good, selfless services to humanity, etc; and thus, deserved to be honored. The […]
