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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Sunday, July 7th, 2013
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | July 7, 2013 – The name Charles Thurstan Shaw may not strike a resemblance of an important personality to the current generation of Nigerians, but in the world of archaeology, the name is highly venerated. This assertion stems from the fact that Prof. Shaw from the 50s single […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, July 7th, 2013
By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | July 7, 2013 – In 2010 when the drumbeats for the 2011 general elections in Nigeria grew louder, a group of elders in Northern Nigeria, called the Northern Elders Forum, made very threatening noises and insisted on having a Nigerian from the North emerge as the […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | July 3, 2013 – The ambition of some state governors to retire to the senate at the expiration of their tenures in 2015 is causing political tension in the affected states. At the last count, over 10 of such governors are currently scheming to pick their parties’ senatorial […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP Columnists, United Nations
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
By Prof. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai | NNP | July 3, 2013 – The exponential spread of both domestic and international terrorism has inevitably has made it imperative to curb certain democratic rights in civil societies around the world. I hereby call on the Members of the Security Council to resolve unequivocally to restore the position […]
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Abdullahi M. Seidu, Articles, Budget, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
By Abdullahi M. Seidu | NNP | July 3, 2013 – One topic that has generated so much discourse in the Nigerian public space for a long time is the 2013 budget. Right from the primordial planning stages, it has raised so much dust that even the average Nigerian who would ordinarily maintain an indifferent […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Party Politics
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | July 3, 2013 – Last week, our conclusion as citizens and students of politics was that the most fascinating political formation in the country at the moment is the newly formed All Peoples Congress (APC). We noted also that the APC is of interest to us because […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, P
Monday, July 1st, 2013
By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo | NNP | July 1, 2013 – As the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barack Obama, tours three African countries, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania, the media has been gleefully awash by the exclusion of Nigeria from this latest African tour. It will be recalled that Obama’s first […]
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Abia, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, State News
Saturday, June 29th, 2013
By Odimegwu Onwumere, |Rivers, Nigeria | June 28, 2013 – A government without good performance is like a pregnancy without fetus. A lie can take off with the speed of lightening but a lameduck truth will always surmount that speed. These are unconnected to the scorn called governance of Gov. T.A Orji of Abia State, […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, NNP Columnists, State News
Saturday, June 29th, 2013
By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo State, NIgeria | June 28, 2013 – When I write against any of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s policies , a selected group of paranoid supporters of the government will accuse me of being biased and sponsored by political opponents. They will resort to name-calling. When I stand in favour of any […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), NNP Columnists, Presidency
Saturday, June 29th, 2013
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | June 28, 2013 – Our beloved country of good people is about to convulse once again in a contrived controversy on the ongoing constitution amendment. The polity is beginning to feel warm. The crosscurrents of nonsense, intrigues, dishonesty and lies characterizing the amendment exercise are entertaining for some […]
