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Governors, Headlines, Sokoto, State News
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
The Federal High Court in Abuja will on March 10 give ruling on whether to allow or refuse an application seeking to amend an originating summon pleading for the removal of the Sokoto State governor, Malam Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, from office on the account that the primary election of the All Progressive Congress (APC) that produced […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
Okorocha commends IGP, DSS, CP for killing Vampire Published March 3, 2017 Gibson Achonu,. OwerriThe Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, has commended the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, for dispatching the special squad that worked with officers and men of the Imo Police Command led by its Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu, that finally ended the […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
Mudiaga Affe, CalabarThe Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, on Thursday celebrated his 49th birthday Mudiaga Affe, CalabarThe Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, on Thursday celebrated his 49th birthday with Bakassi refugees amidst fanfare. The event was in fulfilment to celebrate his birthday with the internally displace persons at Ikpa-Nkaya, Akwa-Ikot-Eyo-Edem in […]
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Articles, Columnists, Lagos, NNP Columnists, Philip Amiola, State News
Friday, March 3rd, 2017

By Philip Amiola | NNP | March 3, 2017 – As a dewy-eyed boy growing up in the tranquil town of Ile-Ife, Osun state, I felt nothing but pity for the people who have willfully subjected themselves to the throes of living in a big city like Lagos when they could have had a much […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Friday, March 3rd, 2017

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | March 3, 2017 – After the killings in the January and July coups and that unsurpassed butchery of Igbo civilians in northern Nigeria, there was a desperate need for peace in the country. In search of peace, the regional governors, David Ejoor, Usman Katsina, Robert Adebayo and Chukwuemeka […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
Zimbabwe has appealed for $100m (£82m) to help those hit by floods that have killed 246 people since December. Officials say floods, which follow a crippling drought, have swept through villages, destroying roads, crops and livestock in the south of the country. The air force has transported some marooned villagers to safety. Last week the […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
FORMER Permanent Secretary in the Power Ministry, Ambassador Godknows Igali, has forfeited 47 brand new Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) to the Federal Government. The revelation was contained in a report submitted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the Senate Committee on Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruptionon Wednesday. The Commmittee had earlier received the […]
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Headlines
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
Chukwudi Akasike, Samuel Awoyinfa, Leke Baiyewu and Adelani Adepegba A coalition of Niger Delta militants, on Wednesday, threatened to blow up Multichoice, owner of DSTV; MTN, Shoprite and 16 other major South African investments in Nigeria if the Federal Government failed to shut them down within one month. The militant groups, who were reacting to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
Spain has appointed a ‘sex tsar’ to help boost the country’s “catastrophically low” birth rate . Young couples have reportedly blamed being “too tired after a full day at work” and “late nights” for the decrease. So, faced with a rapidly declining population, the Senado de Espana has tasked demographic expert Edelmira Barreira with sorting […]
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Headlines
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
A taxi stops in the small town of Champlain. Loaded down with belongings, a family with two children gets out and hurries to the road’s end at a stream marking the US-Canada border. “We are coming all the way from Jersey City,” says the father, Mohammed Ahmed. The city near New York is more than […]