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Articles, Columnists, Hakeem Babalola, NNP Columnists, Soccer, Sports
Monday, November 18th, 2013
By Hakeem Babalola | Budapest, Hungary | Nov. 18, 2013 – I have followed the FIFA U-17 World Cup United Arab Emirates with much enthusiasm and calmness of the mind. As African, I always want African teams to excel; and as Nigerian, I definitely love Nigeria to “super-excel”. I like good football but whenever my […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Breaking News, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Sunday, November 10th, 2013
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | Nov. 10, 2013 – When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” – Thomas Jefferson Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal […]
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Anambra, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Sunday, November 10th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma, | Lagos, Nigeria | Nov. 10, 2013 – Two days before the Anambara gubernatorial election of January 2010, I was at the Onitsha market. In my discussion with a number of traders, I told them that Chris Ngige, the gubernatorial candidate for Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) or Chukwuma Soludo, the candidate […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Thursday, November 7th, 2013
By Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | Nov. 7, 2013 – President Jonathan announced on October 1, 2013 his intention to convoke a national conference at which there would be no issues excluded from discussion. He then inaugurated on October 7, 2013 a committee he charged to come up with a framework for the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, NNP Columnists, Obinna Emeka, State News
Thursday, November 7th, 2013
By Obinna Emeka | Owwerri, Nigeria | Nov. 7, 2013 – By 2015 election is fast approaching so one is not surprise at the propaganda and pull him down campaign going on against notable politicians. Politics, as we know, is generally assumed to be a dirty game. Indeed, it is dirty in so many ways […]
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Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, Olusola Daniel
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
By Olusola Daniel | Lagos, Nigeria | Nov. 3, 2013 – Does being a graduate of a Nigerian university guarantee you a good job these days? The answer is no! In a country like ours where our youths are daily faced with the herculean task of successfully completing a bachelors’ degree under the severest of […]
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Articles, Education, NNP Columnists, Sola Olawunmi
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Dr. Sola Olawunmi | NNP | Nov. 3, 2013 – Nigerian students have always been the victims of the regular scuffles between the government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU); they are indeed the proverbial grass that suffers when two elephants are engaged in a dogfight. ASUU has always blamed government for […]
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Articles, Columnists, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Sunday, October 27th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezakanma | Lagos, Nigeria | October 27, 2013 – Over the years, Nigerians got use to members of the Nigerian House of Representatives fighting themselves in the hallowed chambers of lawmaking. Essentially, there is nothing fundamentally wrong with legislators shoving and punching each other in the legislative House. Undoubtedly, it is indecorous. But […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion, Wole Opesanmi
Sunday, October 27th, 2013
By Wole Opesanmi | Lagos, Nigeria | October 27, 2013 – My dear Religious people; In the spirit of the celebration of the just concluded Eid-el Kabir with our Muslim Brothers, it is imperative that we shed some light on the truth about religion and hope therefore that we become better neighbour to our neighbours, […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Thursday, October 24th, 2013
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | October 24, 2013 – Since graduating from the University of Port Harcourt many years ago, I always look forward to any opportunity to reconnect with Port Harcourt, although it is always difficult to say what exactly fires the attachment. Maybe, the inexplicable joyful feeling that often wells up […]
