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Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Sunday, October 4th, 2015

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | NNP | Oct. 4, 2015 – It is heart lifting to receive the news of the triumph of the Nigerian Army against the dreaded group, Boko Haram. This is coming at the time when public support for, and the confidence in, the Military is at all-time low. We can only […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, October 4th, 2015

By Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | Oct. 4, 2015 – In 2009, Bishop Desmond Tutu was on the campus of the American University of Nigeria as a guest speaker. In his speech, he apologized to Nigerians for the xenophobic attacks on black Africans the previous year. More than five years later today, South […]
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Articles, Columnists, Cross River, Lloyd Ukwu, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, October 4th, 2015

By Lloyd Ukwu | Port-Harcourt, Nigeria | Oct. 4, 2015 – As of 2007, the quality of education in Cross River State was awful; academic standards were dishearteningly low. Following years of neglect, academic standards and educational facilities deteriorated to a disconcerting level. And the state joined the “infamous league of educationally backward states”. This […]
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Articles, Columnists, John Egbeazien Oshodi, NNP Columnists
Sunday, October 4th, 2015

Dr. John Egbeazien Oshodi | Florida, USA | Oct. 4, 2015 – As in all African cultures including Nigeria, traditionally it is expected that working and financially stable family members will provide financial and emotional care for their school-aged children and aging parents, in addition to other relatives who are coping with sickness, disability and […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Sunday, October 4th, 2015

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | Oct. 5, 2015 – The 70s and the 80s were decades of the Third World countries. These were periods when the Cold War reached its climax, and the new words found themselves into the diction of the so-called developing countries. Words like neo-colonialism feature prominently at these […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, October 4th, 2015
-Vanguard In 1982 Mpagi Edward Edmary, a Ugandan taxi driver, was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of his neighbour. But not only was Edward an innocent man, there hadn’t even been a murder. Edward had been framed after a land dispute between families in the village got out of hand. Witnesses were bribed […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Sunday, October 4th, 2015
-Vanguard By Dayo Johnson Akure—A popular musician, Yinka Ayefele, narrowly escaped being lynched weekend at Ijare area of Ondo State as some hoodlums went on rampage and vandalized his vehicles and musical instruments. Some of his band boys, however, were not as lucky as they were beaten silly when the hoodlums discovered that their […]
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Headlines
Sunday, October 4th, 2015
-Nation •The school entrance. Eight years after it was established, the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH) in Okitipupa Local Government Area looks anything, but a higher institution. The campus is covered by weeds and it is confronted with academic and infrastructural challenges. Members of the host community are not happy with the […]
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Boko Haram, Presidency
Sunday, October 4th, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday, visited the Trauma Centre of the National Hospital, Abuja, in order to have first-hand knowledge on how survivors of Friday night’s bomb attacks on Nyanya and Kuje within the Federal capital territory were recuperating. A statement by Special Adviser to the President on (Media & Publicity), Mr. Femi Adesina, quoted […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Sunday, October 4th, 2015
-Vanguard Former Niger Delta militant leaders, have declared that the December 2015 termination deadline set by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for the amnesty programme is not feasible. The ex-militant leaders, under the aegis of the Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative, therefore, demanded an extension of the programme. The group made the declaration in Yenagoa, […]