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Osaze, Nwofor can lead Eagles to glory –Rufai

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

Osaze Odemwingie Former Super Eagles captain, Peter Rufai, has commended Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi for picking Stoke City’s Osaze Odemwingie and Uche Nwofor for the World Cup, saying the two forwards could be potent weapons for the team in Brazil. The 2014 World Cup in the South American country kicks off on Thursday. The Eagles […]

Fuel Subsidies – Who is Being Subsized? – By Dr. Philip A. Ikomi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Ikomi Monday, June 9th, 2014

By Dr. Philip A. Ikomi | NNP | June 9, 2014 – The current National Conference has taken on the task of debating the question of fuel subsidy. Yet it is not clear who is really being subsidized. Some delegates who are really interested in making a case for continued subsidy find themselves arguing for […]

Now That Sucession is in Vogue – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma Monday, June 9th, 2014

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | June 9, 2014 – I am totally opposed to the dissolution of Nigeria. I am an avowed, unrepentant proponent .of one Nigeria, Advocates of secession, sometimes, attribute Nigeria’s litany of problems to the country’s diversity and size, and thus, argue that the solution of these problems is in […]

Boko Haram abducts 20 women near Chibok –Reports

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News Monday, June 9th, 2014

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram have reportedly abducted about 20 women near Chibok, the Borno State community where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped on April 14. The women, according to Bloomberg, a United States-based news agency, and The Guardian of London, were taken after the gunmen attacked a nomadic settlement known as Garkin […]

Buhari group blames Jonathan, PDP for Kano riots

Posted by admin General Politics, Kano, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Monday, June 9th, 2014

The Buhari Vanguard has blamed President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party for the Kano riots that greeted the declaration of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the new emir of the ancient city. Chairman of the group, Jasper Azuatalam, said this in Abuja on Monday. Azuatalam said it was apparent that the PDP-led government had […]

Lawmakers got N50m each to defect – Oshiomhole

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, House, Legislature, State News Monday, June 9th, 2014

The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said on Monday that some members of the state House of Assembly, who recently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party from the All Progressives Congress, were given N50m each to sell their mandates. The governor, who said this while addressing different groups of youths on peaceful protest to the […]

I was locked up at Kano airport, says Amaechi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Kano, Rivers, State News, Top Stories Monday, June 9th, 2014

THE Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, was locked inside the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on Sunday for an undisclosed number of minutes after his chartered aircraft was grounded by the airport authorities. The State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, who spoke on Amaechi’s behalf, while briefing newsmen on Monday, said […]

Protests in Kano as Sanusi becomes Emir

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Sunday, June 8th, 2014

sanusi-lamido Protests broke out in parts of Kano on Sunday shortly after a former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Lamido Sanusi was named the new Emir of Kano. Sanusi, who by his appointment becomes the 14th Emir of Kano, takes over from Ado Ibrahim,who died on Friday. Before the Secretary to the Kano State Government, […]

Professor Dora Akinyili, ex Information Minister, dies at 59

Posted by admin General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories Saturday, June 7th, 2014

The former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and former minister of Information Prof. Dora Nkem Akunyili is dead. She died at the age of 59. Isaac Umunna, Media Advisor to Prof. Dora Akunyili confirmed that Akunyili died in an India Hospital. Late Akunyili has been sick […]

Emir of Kano: Sanusi, others in succession race

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Friday, June 6th, 2014

Mallam Lamido Sanusi The race to succeed the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has begun. Bayero, longest-serving emir in Kano’s history, passed on in the early hours of Friday after an undisclosed ailment. He ascended the throne in 1963 and ruled for 50 years until his death and was buried in Kano […]