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A New Book on the Preservation of Igbo and Nigeria’s Historical Events and Culture –“The Republic of Biafra: Once Upon A Time In Nigeria My Story Of The Biafra-Nigerian Civil War – A Struggle For SURVIVAL (1967-1970”) Dr. Onyema Nkwocha Synopsis of the Book Product Not quite four months after the Western Region’s election [...]

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By Dr. Onyema Nkwocha, USA, Sept. 13, 2011 - My fellow Nigerians and people of the world, the country needs a new and radical constitution to address the current issues of the day and those of the unknown future. The truth of the matter is that the current so called constitution is a false, and after [...]

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Picture: Ghana swears in Vice President John Dramani Mahama as president after President Mill’s death Tuesday ACCRA (AFP) – Ghana Vice President John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as the west African nation’s new president on [...]
Olympics: I’m not scared of Americans, Jamaicans – OkagbareNigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare believes she can upset the pecking order at the Olympics and outshine her 100m rivals from [...]
Olympics: Team Nigeria seeks better outing at London OlympicsJuly 25, 2012 by Kazeem Busari When the athletes flying Nigeria’s flag at the London Olympics begin their events, their aims [...]
Okonjo-Iweala clears the air on NNPC’s JP Morgan accountJuly 25, 2012 by Ademola Alawiye The mystery surrounding the alleged illegal Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation account with JP Morgan was [...]
Reps divided over impeachment plot against JonathanJuly 25, 2012 by Niyi Odebode, John Ameh, Olusola Fabiyi, Oluwole Josiah and Olalekan Adetayo There were indications on Tuesday that [...]
Protesting women, youths shut Shell facility in BayelsaJuly 25, 2012 by Mike Odiegwu, Yenagoa 2 Comments Women from Koroama community in Gbarain clan, Yenagoa Local Government, Bayelsa State, [...]
Police, Nigeria’s number one bribe-takers – ReportMen of the Nigeria Police have been named the number one bribe-taking public officials in Nigeria. A report presented by the [...]
Nollywood’s Uche Jombo’s bold tweetIt may well pass for a creepy scenario for Nollywood actress Uche Jombo on Sunday, when one of her followers [...]
I don’t have official car – Jonathan’s aide Sarah JibrilJuly 25, 2012 by Sunday Aborisade, Akure The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Ethics and Values, Mrs. Sarah Jibril, [...]
Court orders forfeiture of Ibori’s $15m bribe moneyA Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday granted an interim order forfeiting to the Federal Government $15m said to [...]
Ghana’s President John Atta Mills diesGhana’s President John Atta Mills dies President Atta Mills came to power in 2009 Ghana’s President John Atta Mills, who was suffering [...]
Six months after Bonga spill: Oil communities still grumbling (3) By EMMA AMAIZE, Regional Editor, South-South CHAIRMAN of Kou Cluster Development Board, CDB, comprising Agge, Agge Palm Bush, Amazor, Azamabiri, Ogbeintu [...]
Dana: Investigators may send plane’s engines to US Oyetunji AbioyeJuly 24, 2012 by Oyetunji Abioye 5 Comments Following the loss of the data contained in the Flight Data Recorder (the [...]
Security & Exchange: Oteh resumes duty as Bello retiresJuly 24, 2012 by Udeme Ekwere and Ifeanyi Onuba The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Arunma Oteh, on [...]
3,100 corps members redeployed from Kano, Plateau, GombeTHE total of 3,100 corps members were redeployed from violence-prone Kano, Gombe and Plateau states, the National Youth Service Corps [...]
Jonathan vows to clamp down on oil thievesPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said that his administration would do everything legally possible to clamp down on crude oil [...]
Ex-militant disowns threat against ShellAn ex-militant leader and President of the Leadership Forum for Peace in Niger Delta, Pastor Reuben, has distanced himself from [...]
Man loses seven children to Jos floodJuly 24, 2012 by Jude Owuamanam, Jos 31 Comments Abdulramid Useni, a resident of Gangere in Jos North Local Government Area [...]
Pension dispute: FG deploys more soldiers in PHCN HQJuly 24, 2012 by Everest Amaefule and Fidelis Soriwei 141 Comments The Federal Government on Monday deployed more troops in the [...]
Middle Belt defence of Oritsejafor irresponsible –WakuJuly 24, 2012 by Friday Olokor, Abuja Vice President of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Senator Joseph Waku, has described the defence [...]
Impeachment threat not over Lawan, contracts – RepsTHE House of Representatives on Monday said the ultimatum given to President Goodluck Jonathan to either achieve 100 per cent [...]

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The Perils of Taxation Without Credibility – By Tochukwu EzukanmaBy Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 26, 2012 - A major problem of Nigeria is the oil money. [...]
A Question of Honour for INEC and NBA – By Anthony A. KilaBy Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | July 26, 2012 - The honour of two apparently distinct and different [...]
Slow budget implementation: Presidency shifts blame to N-AssemblyBy Ben Agande Abuja — The Presidency, yesterday, shifted the blame for the slow implementation of the 2012 budget to the [...]
20 houses burnt over youth’s death in Rivers BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT - NO fewer than 20 houses, were, yesterday, set ablaze in Omudioga community, Emohua Local Government [...]
Airline operators petition Aviation Minister over 15-yr age limit for aircraft (Cutting corners again?) By Kenneth Ehigiator LAGOS—Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, has petitioned the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, over the recent 15-year age [...]
Presidency after me – Gbajabiamila By Okey Ndiribe & Emman Ovuakporie ABUJA—The controversy generated by the impeachment motion against President Goodluck Jonathan last week took a [...]
FG sacks Nigerian Ports Authority MDPresident Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday relieved the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Mr. Omar Suleiman, of his appointment. The [...]
Lagos: Man burnt to death inside abandoned vehicleTragedy struck on Raufu Alajo Street, Agege, Lagos, on Wednesday when a 19-year-old bus conductor, Sulaimon Balla, was burnt to [...]
Age limit to increase aircraft leasing cost by 83% (So be it)The Federal Government’s plan to reduce the minimum age of aircraft operating in Nigeria from 18 to 15 years will [...]
Olympics: Second dope test rules Nigerian athletes out of LondonThe mandatory second test carried out on three alleged drug-tainted Nigerian athletes in Surrey, United Kingdom, has confirmed two of [...]
CBN may ask banks to close foreign subsidiariesIndications have emerged that some Deposit Money Banks in the country may close their foreign subsidiaries due to inability to [...]
Bayelsa Speaker, lawmaker in shouting match over moneyFresh crack emerged among members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Wednesday following an altercation between the Speaker [...]
Passport of pastor accused of sexual abuse seizedThe Federal Capital Territory Police Command has seized the passport of a pastor accused of sexually molesting young female members [...]
Presidency denies buying 200 cars for presidents’ wivesThe Presidency on Wednesday denied a media report (not The PUNCH) that the Federal Government purchased 200 exotic cars for [...]
African first ladies begin summit amidst controversy, dramaIt is expected to be an edifice for peace and conflict resolution in 12 months when it is projected to [...]
PDP speaks on Jonathan’s impeachment move todayThe Peoples Democratic Party is to speak on the move by the House of Representatives to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan [...]
SSS accuses communities of shielding Boko Haram membersJuly 26, 2012 by Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The Director of the State Security Service in charge of the Federal Capital [...]

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EFCC: How 20 suspects looted N13b subsidy cash•Adoke to lead team •43 witnesses set to testify •Trial begins Fresh facts emerged yesterday on how the N13.4billion fuel subsidy [...]
Mimiko declares for second term (What a surprise)Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko yesterday in Akure, the state capital, declared his intention to run for a second term [...]
Govt restores Abuja’s airfield lightingAviation Minister Ms Stella Oduah has said the full restoration of the airfield lighting at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport [...]
New salary scale for police (for efficiency in taking bribes?)The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of zone 9, Mr. Solomon Olusegun has revealed that a new salary [...]
Dana crash victims were alive in plane inferno – PathologistConsultant Pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Prof. John Obafunwa, on Wednesday said there [...]
Attah Mills’ Death: ECOWAS Condoles GhanaThe leadership of Economic Community for West Africa (ECOWAS) has expressed shock over the demise of President John Atta-Mills, who died on Tuesday [...]
Picture: Greek Olympic star banned from the London games for racist tweet against Africans It was meant to be a joke, but the joke became a costly one for Voula Papachristou, a Greek track [...]

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Run! This Imo Governor is a Deceit – By Greg NwadikeBy Greg Nwadike | NNP | July 27, 2012 - “Greg why are you against your Governor?” was a question [...]
Picture:Inside Owerri hottest nude club I By: By HENRY UMAHI (kinghenrysun@yahoo.com) Date: Sat, 06/16/2012 – 19:37 Once you hit the ground, you will feel the vibe of Owerri, the capital [...]
Gov. Peter Obi to grace Anambra convention in Toronto, July 27th to 29thFiled by New Nigerian Politics Staff Reporter, Toronto, Canada For indigenes of Anambra State in the North American Diaspora, all roads [...]
Army donates anti-bombing devices to churches, mosques (How many mosques have been bombed?)THE Nigerian Army, on Thursday, in Abuja, donated vehicle-stoppers to churches and mosques as part of measures to protect places [...]
Female president possible in 2015 —JonathanDESPITE uncertainties on whether he will re-contest in 2015 or not, President Goodluck Jonathan, in Abuja, on Thursday, said electing [...]
PDP moves against Reps’ impeachment threatTHE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, said necessary moves are in top gear to resolve the threat by the [...]
Terrorism: Concerns over Syria’s chemical weaponsSECURITY agencies in countries facing extremist Islamic insurgents are said to be worried about developments in Syria, especially on the [...]
PDP disowns chieftains’ sons facing trial The Peoples’ Democratic Party [PDP] National Working Committee (NWC) yesterday declared that it would not intercede on behalf of any [...]
N13bn fuel subsidy scam trial: Tukur, Ahmadu Ali’s sons granted bail Photo: Sun News Publishing By: AKEEB ALARAPE Date: Thu, 07/26/2012 – 21:19 Mahmud, Mamman Nasir and Abdullahi, sons of Bamanga Tukur, Ahmadu Ali, Abdul-Azeez Arisekola-Alao respectively [...]
Disturbing Pictures: HORROR IN LAGOS:Brothers kill brother Photo: Sun News Publishing Omotola and Toye kneeling before the decomposed body of Akinbuyi By: PHILIP NWOSU, MATTHEW DIKE and GILBERT EKEZIE Date: Thu, 07/26/2012 – [...]
APGA crisis: Court stops UmehBy: PETRUS OBI, Enugu Date: Thu, 07/26/2012 – 23:30 An Enugu State High Court yesterday, granted an interim injunction restraining the National Chairman [...]
Gunmen kill 3 policemen in BauchiBy: PAUL ORUDE, Bauchi Date: Thu, 07/26/2012 – 23:40 It was a bloody day for the Bauchi State Police Command as gunmen yesterday [...]
Dana crash: Coroner issues Red Cross, Julius Berger, others bench warrantsRelief agencies and oil companies already invited to testify in the ongoing inquest into the June 3 plane crash in [...]
NAFDAC nabs fake Cameroonian doctor with unregistered drugsThe National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has nabbed a Cameroonian who specialized in prescribing; selling [...]
Warning: Disturbing photo – Mystery fire disfigures woman 11 days before wedding Photo: Sun News Publishing Charity, shortly after the explosion, and on her graduation day By: SEYE OJO If Charity Okoroukwu, a 27-year-old woman, who [...]
ACN berates Patience, Turai on Abuja land tussleAction Congress of Nigeria has condemned the legal tussle between Mrs. Patience Jonathan and her predecessor, Mrs. Turai Yar’Adua, over [...]
Jonathan sidelines Abati as he hires Okupe for public affairs special assistantDr. Doyin Okupe resumed yesterday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja as the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to [...]

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Fuel subsidy scam: Resign now, ACN tells PDP chairmanThe Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on the Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga [...]
FCT minister defends revocation of Turai’s land in Abuja Photo: Sun News Publishing By: FRED ITUA, Abuja Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 22:17 Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Bala Mohammed, has defended the action [...]
13 die in Edo auto accidentThirteen persons were yesterday confirmed dead in a road accident that occurred at Ohosu, in Ovia North East Local Government [...]
My SSS invitation, panic in enemies’ camp –Bakare Photo: Sun News Publishing By: RAZAQ BAMIDELE Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 23:26 Head of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has given insight into why [...]
6 killed, 16 injured as Navy, militants clash in Ondo Photo: Sun News Publishing By: TUNDE RAHEEM, Akure Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 23:22 Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area was on edge yesterday as [...]
Picture: AYC 2013 qualifier: Flying Eagles soar above Tanzania Photo: Sun News Publishing Nigeria’s Shehu Abdullahi (l) in action Date: Sun, 07/29/2012 – 22:09 Nigeria’s Under-20 team, the Flying Eagles, took a massive step [...]
NNP columnist brutalized by errant soldiers in Ibadan What looked like a normal day in Ibadan, Oyo State, turned out to be a nightmare in the early hours [...]
Letter: Anambra convention in Toronto Mr editor, Kindly allow me some space to comment on an issue that is uppermost in many of us in diaspora. [...]

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In picture: Bank driver arrested with 19 ATM cards, N652,000 in cash The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Dare Oladujoye, a driver with Zenith Bank, for allegedly being in possession of [...]
Islamists in northern Mali stone adulterous couple to death BAMAKO, Mali – A spokesman for the radical Islamic group controlling northern Mali says a couple who had an adulterous [...]
Picture: Rumours of Saudi withdrawal of female athletes from Olympics over hijab The International Olympic Committee has dismissed rumours Saudi Arabia will withdraw from the London Games over a hijab headscarf [...]
Army rescues 300 human trafficking victims Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Azubuike Ihejirika | credits: The Kogi State Army Commandant of Quick Respond Group Team, Maj. [...]
In Picture: defeat, encomiums for 8-month pregnant Olympian pregnant Malaysian Nur Taibi | credits: Although she has been eliminated from the air rifle event in the London Olymic [...]
Declare emergency in aviation sector, panel tells FG Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah | credits: File copy The investigative panel set up by the Ministry of Aviation to [...]
Subsidy probe not a witch-hunt –TambuwalSpeaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, insists that the fuel subsidy investigation is not a witch-hunt but [...]
Police move to guard Ogun churches, mosquesOgun State Police Command is to step up security around churches and mosques in Ogun State. State Commissioner of Police, Mr. [...]
‘FG knows Boko Haram sponsors’ (What has it done with that knowledge?)Bishop of the Owo Diocese of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Rt. Rev. James Oladunjoye, fears Nigeria may disintegrate [...]
Thief-catcher arrests ex-soldier supplying guns to Plateau factionsRenowned thief-catcher Ali Kwara has arrested a former army officer allegedly notorious for selling arms and ammunition to bandits and [...]
Nigerians living in fear, uncertainty – Obasanjo, IBBFormer heads of state, General Olusegun Obasanjo and General Ibrahim Babangida have expressed concern over the growing insecurity in the [...]
Arsenal stars thrill fans in Lagos Arsenal fans in Lagos were treated to great dance steps by three of the clubs players, defender Bacary Sagna, Per [...]
FG to send soldiers to fight Islamists in Mali (Have you finished fighting the ones in Nigeria?)INDICATIONS emerged on Sunday that Nigeria will soon deploy soldiers in Mali to confront the Islamists troubling the West African [...]
Picture: Olympics: Nigeria soar over Tunisia in men’s basketball COACH of the Tunisia basketball team, Abdel Tlatli, has said that lack of real international exposure put a lot of [...]
Children in prison as mother’s sin passes onto the childIT is a heart-rending story. Many female prisoners now have the misfortune of raising their children in the midst of [...]
Not yet relief for Sosoliso crash victims’ relations, six years onSIX and a half years after a Sosoliso Airlines Fight 1145 from Abuja to Port Harcourt crashed on landing, killing [...]
Pope renews appeal for end to violence in SyriaCATHOLIC head, Pope Benedict XVI has appealed for an end to violence in Syria and called on world powers to [...]
DR Congo accuses Rwanda of backing rebelsPRESIDENT Joseph Kabila of Democratic Republic of Congo’s has accused neighbouring Rwanda of backing rebels hostile to his government, saying [...]
Cheney regrets picking Sarah Palin as VPWITH the race for the White House now gathering momentum, Dick Cheney has some advice for Mitt Romney on choosing [...]
Boko Haram: Jonathan Under Fresh US Pressure• Sect Warns Nigerian High Commission • Hillary Clinton To Meet President PRESIDENT Jonathan is coming under intense international pressure to firm [...]
In Benue, two Youth Service Corps members die, 11 others injured in road accidentNO fewer than two ‘B’ National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members were confirmed dead and 11 others seriously injured in [...]
Reps fault Okonjo-Iweala on budget implementationTHE House of Representatives has dismissed as untrue statements credited to Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to the effect that the [...]
Nigeria loses revenue, status as airlines shun its airspaceSituation to normalise soon, says govt THERE seems to be no respite yet for operators and patrons of the Nigerian aviation [...]

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Pictures: Gov. Obi in Toronto admonishes Nigerians to be good ambassadorsFiled by New Nigerian Politics (Toronto Bureau) Governor Peter Obi addressing members of the Anambra State Progressive Association (ASPA) at its [...]
NNP’s statement on the brutalization of its columnist by soldiers By New Nigerian Politics New Nigerian Politics categorically and unreservedly condemns the unprovoked brutalization of one of its columnists, Mr. Akintokunbo [...]
Wooing Nigerians in Diaspora – By Arnold AlaliboBy Arnold Alalibo | NNP | July 2012 - For the better part of his four years (199-2003), former President [...]
Ending the Debate on Akpabio’s Successor – By Ini-Abasi MbohoBy Ini-Abasi Mboho | Uyo, Nigeria | July 31, 2012 – In recent media outings, the Governor of Akwa Ibom [...]
Before We Impeach Jonathan, Of What Good…? – By Prince Charles DicksonBy Prince Charles Dickson | Jos, Nigeria | July 31, 2012 – No matter how beautiful an ostrich egg is, [...]
Nigeria: World Bank salutes Nigeria over response to HIV/AIDs challengesThe world bank has lauded the efforts of the Nigerian government to rise to the challenges being posed by the [...]
Sharks FC in road accident enroute to Kaduna Filed by New Nigerian Politics New Nigerian Politics has just been reliably informed that Nigeria’s Premier League Division 1 outfit, Sharks [...]