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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson, Women Politics
Saturday, June 29th, 2013

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, NIgeria | June 28, 2013 – The greatest lesson in life is to know that sometimes even fools are right—Winston Churchill Early this year, I was with Ngozi Iweala and she spoke glowing on Nigeria’s economy, gdp and all those terms. I nodded and smiled. I recalled our meeting […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Saturday, June 29th, 2013
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | June 28, 2013 – After weeks of our national carnival of the absurd in which the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and those managing it engaged in a parade, wherein factions were dancing to the tune “suspend this”, “fire that” and “I dare you”, our self-proclaimed biggest party […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, South-East, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, June 29th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 28, 2013 – It is leadership that defines a nation. Essentially, it builds or destroys a nation. General Charles de Gaulle relevantly stated that “nothing great can be done without great (leaders)”. In other words, national greatness can only result from great leadership, and corollary, national decline […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | June 26, 2013 – It has since become common knowledge which enjoys widespread acceptance that any day Nigeria is able to make up its mind to end its obscene and ruinous romance with the stubborn monster called “Corruption”, this country will automatically witness the kind of prosperity no […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Oyo, State News
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013

By Abiodun Ladepo | Los Angeles, USA | June 26, 2013 – An Ijesha man (they are always apt for jokes) boarded a commercial vehicle from Ilesha headed for Ibadan. The driver asked him where he would prefer to alight. The man answered: Iwo Road. Once there, the driver asked the passenger to pay and […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

By Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | June 19, 2013 – Ndi igbos say “Nwunye anyi, nwunye anyi”: ka ndeli bia ka anyi mara onye o bu nwunye ya.[“Our wife, our wife”: come midnight and we will know whose wife she really is.] This week my admonition bothers on one of those many topics […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | June 19, 2013 – Politics is defined as activities associated with governance of a country or area. From etymological enquiry, the word politics derives from the Greek word “politikos”, which means “of, for, or relating to citizens.” Thus, Wikipedia defines politics as “an art or science […]
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Abdulrazaq O. hazmat, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, June 14th, 2013

By Abdulrazaq O. Hamzat | NNP | June 14, 2013 – Exactly today, 20 years ago, precisely on June 12 1993, the Nigerian military President, General Ibrahim Gbadamosi Babangida (IBB) conducted an election which was widely regarded as the most free, fair and peaceful election in the history of Nigeria and at the same time, […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, NNP Columnists, Women Politics
Friday, June 14th, 2013

By Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | Abuja, Nigeria | June 14, 2013 – There has recently been a lot of misinformation and misconception in our public debate on debt. My goal in this article is to shed some light on the public debt, to clarify the real state of Nigeria’s debt position, and hopefully, provide a […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, June 14th, 2013

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | June 14, 2013 – Though those that are paid to represent and act on behalf of the citizens of this great country have decided to celebrate its democracy day last month, it is this week, of June of 12, that many of us continue to believe democracy […]