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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, September 8th, 2014
Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are expecting their second child, royal officials confirmed on Monday. “The Queen and members of both families are delighted with the news,” the statement said. As with her first pregnancy for son, George, now one, Kate is suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines
Monday, September 8th, 2014

Award-winning Nigerian pop duo, Peter and Paul Okoye, have come out to shed light on why their spouses don’t stay with them in their house despite being married for months. The Okoye brothers have been reported to be having issues in the last few months but the duo have confirmed that their differences would not […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), House, Legislature, Party Politics
Monday, September 8th, 2014
KOLAWOLE DANIEL takes a look at Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal and the implication of his rumoured presidential bid on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) next year, for his Speakership of the House. SPEAKER, House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, served as the Deputy Chief Whip of the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Monday, September 8th, 2014
– Tribune African Union chiefs held an emergency meeting Monday to hammer out a continent-wide strategy to deal with the Ebola epidemic, which has killed over 2,000 people in west Africa. “Fighting Ebola must be done in a manner that doesn’t fuel isolation or lead to the stigmatisation of victims, communities and countries,” AU commission […]
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Headlines, Religion
Monday, September 8th, 2014

The atmosphere at the church’s service was neither tense nor frigid. Worshippers did all they could to mask the huge controversy that is currently tearing through the very fabrics of what is arguably one of the biggest churches in Africa. It boasts of over 40,000 worshippers cutting across over four countries. At the church’s Oregun […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Monday, September 8th, 2014
The leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau Leader Abubakar Shekau has announced a caliphate in areas Boko Haram controls Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has captured the key north-eastern town of Michika, residents say, gaining more territory in its efforts to create an Islamic state. People fled into bushes […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, September 8th, 2014

By Oluwashina Okeleji BBC Sport, Lagos African champions Nigeria look to have avoided an international ban as a row over the leadership of its football federation seems to have ended. Chris Giwa looks to have given up his claim to be Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president in a move that coincides with a deadline set […]
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Headlines
Saturday, September 6th, 2014
By Soni Daniel and Damilola Faniyi His name does not ring a bell and he is not the type that seeks public attention. But Yusuf Umar, 38, and Chief Receptionist with Jigawa Hotels, is now a celebrity and cynosure of all eyes because of what he did in June this year, lifting the name of […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Saturday, September 6th, 2014

Bow to sleek Congo 3-2 By Ben Efe African champions, the Super Eagles of Nigeria are in danger of not being able to defend the trophy they won 2013 in South Africa as they succumb 2-3 to Congo Brazzaville yesterday at the U.J Esuene Stadium in Calabar in their opening game of the 2015 Nations […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Boko Haram, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Friday, September 5th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 5, 2014 – In an attempt to reinvigorate the ongoing war against insurgency in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan recently requested the National Assembly to quickly approve a $1 billion external loan to strengthen our security agencies in the battle against insurgents. The president said the loan […]