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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Omolara Williams, Raw Politics, Women Politics
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
By Omolara Williams | NNP | August 27, 2013 – In the dark old days when the military dominated Nigeria’s political scene, the phenomenon of brain drain became crystallised in our national consciousness, as our best brains in all walks of life embarked on an exodus to nations in different parts of the world, in […]
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Articles, Chika Ezeanya PhD, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
By Chika Ezeanya | NNP | August 27, 2013 – One of the first indicators of a sufficiently educated mind is the unwillingness to resort to stereotypes in the understanding and analysis of contending issues of the day. True learning entails the intentional broadening of one’s mental horizon to eschew lumping human beings – with […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Monday, August 19th, 2013
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | london, UK | August 19, 2013 – He was billed to be one of the greatest heavy weight boxers of his generation. He said he took to boxing after watching journeyman James Douglas knock out the then invincible Mike Tyson in Tokyo in 1990. Before leaving Nigeria for the United […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Monday, August 19th, 2013
By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo | Ibadan, Nigeria | August 19, 2013 – It was sometime in May 1999 that I dared venture to visit my country, Nigeria, after over nine years in the UK. Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-military Head of State, retired Army general and Civil War hero, convicted of treason and incarcerated, nearly executed by […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion
Monday, August 19th, 2013
By Abiodun Ladepo | Los Angeles, USA | August 19, 2013 – Just two houses away from ours in Ibadan, a new church sprang up last year. The arrival of the church signaled the end of the little tranquility we enjoyed in the Apata/Oluyole axis of the city. Before the church, we had had to […]
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Articles, Columnists, Femi Fani-Kayode, Headlines, NNP Columnists, P, South-East
Saturday, August 10th, 2013
By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo | NNP | August 10, 2013 – I am not in any way attempting to hold brief for the Igbos as they are more than capable of doing so for themselves. However, I wish to make a few comments about the unsavory article written by Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, titled “The Bitter Truth […]
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Articles, Columnists, Femi Fani-Kayode, NNP Columnists, South-South
Thursday, August 8th, 2013
By Femi Fani-Kayode | NNP | August 8, 2013 – Permit me to make my second and final contribution to the raging debate about Lagos, who owns it and the seemingly endless tensions that exist between the Igbo and the Yoruba. It is amazing how one or two of the numerous nationalities that make up […]
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Articles, Columnists, Dakuku Peterside, House, Legislature, NNP Columnists
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
By Dakuku Peterside | Abuja, Nigeria | August 5, 2013 – All men of goodwill who look forward to a more progressive and equitable world appreciate the tremendous good Transparency International, TI does with its periodic verdict on nations and institutions across the globe. Sometimes I just wonder what our world would look like without […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | August 5, 2013 – I read with dismay the letter written by the Chief Judge of Imo State Honourable Justice Benjamin Ahanonu Njemanze via his solicitor Prof F.C Dike( SAN) of Nnaji Dike Chambers threatening libel suit against Emperor Iwuala and two media houses based in Owerri (Trumpeta […]
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Akwa Ibom, Articles, Columnists, David Emma, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, August 4th, 2013
By David Emma | Uyo, Nigeria | August 5, 2013 – In what appears to be their personal estates, the brothers of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio have remained unruffled in their continued milking of the treasury of the 31 local government in the state. A source close to the Local Government […]
