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Moro ask for forgiveness (Greedy and corrupt Moro)

Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro The Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, on Sunday apologised to Nigerians over the recent botched Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment. He also asked families of the deceased and the injured applicants to forgive him. The News Agency of Nigeria recalled that the March 15 recruitment claimed the lives […]

Nine die in Ogun bus accident

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Sunday, April 6th, 2014

A scene of an accident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. | credits: File photo Nine passengers were burnt beyond recognition after fire gutted a Lagos-bound commercial bus on Warewa Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State on Saturday. PUNCH Metro learnt that nine others sustained injuries in the accident which occurred around 4pm. Although police […]

Keshi denies sharing Eagles cash with NFF officials

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, April 6th, 2014

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has described as untrue a statement by a former assistant coach of the team, Sylvanus Okpala, stating that the money given to the team by the Cross River State Government after last year’s Africa Cup of Nations triumph was shared by the Nigeria Football […]

Military chiefs aiding B’Haram, soldier alleges

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Latest Politics Sunday, April 6th, 2014

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah | credits: www.nigerreporters.com A soldier has claimed that he witnessed incidents that suggested some military chiefs work with Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East. The soldier told the Voice of America Hausa Service how his military unit in Borno State was ambushed by Boko Haram members. He […]

Robbers kill contractor, shoot 12-year-old daughter in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, April 6th, 2014

A gang of robbers on Sunday shot dead a 59-year-old contractor, Alhaji Yusuf Surajudeen, in his home located on Adebola Street in the Ogudu, Ojota area of Lagos State. Surajudeen’s 12-year-old daughter, Aisha, was also shot in the face during the operation which lasted for less than an hour. When our correspondent visited the […]

Nigeria now Africa’s biggest economy, overtakes S’Africa

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Sunday, April 6th, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan The Federal Government on Sunday finally released the result of the rebased Gross Domestic Product for the country, which showed that the Nigerian economy had overtaken South Africa’s as the biggest on the continent. The Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer, National Bureau of Statistics, Dr. Yemi Kale, […]

Christian leaders in APC threaten to quit if Buhari/Tinubu ticket goes ahead

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, National Politics, Party Politics, Top Stories Sunday, April 6th, 2014

Prominent Christians in the country’s biggest opposition party, All Progressives Congress, are threatening to quit the party over an alleged plan to field a Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket. There has been speculation in recent times that power brokers in the party have concluded plans to present a Muslim/Muslim ticket for the 2015 presidential election. But Sunday […]

If Biafra Had Won the War – By Max Siollun

Posted by admin Articles, Biafra, Columnists, Max Siollun, NNP Columnists Saturday, April 5th, 2014

By Max Siollun | NNP | April 5, 2014 – January 2014 marked the 44th anniversary of the end of the Nigerian civil war, and the end of the short lived Republic of Biafra. Biafra did not live long enough to see its third birthday. Although the war ended 44 years ago, wounds from it […]

Double Standards in Perception of Incumbency: Developing Countries vs Developed Countries – Dr. Philip Ikomi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Ikomi Saturday, April 5th, 2014

By Dr. Philip Ikomi | NNP | April 5, 2014 – Not too long ago, the world witnessed an open campaign to dislodge Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, from office following the dissatisfaction felt by the “international community” with his handling the matter concerning the agreement regarding his fellow fighters earlier signed with the […]

As Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra Bows Out – By Chukwudi Nwokoye

Posted by admin Anambra, Chukwudi Nwokoye, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News Saturday, April 5th, 2014

By Chukwudi Nwokoye | NNP | April 5, 2014 – Thank you Gov. Peter Gregory Onwubuasi Obi. When in 2003 I stuck my head out to support your candidacy, I followed my instinct and my judgment. I believed that you had a mission to save Anambra. Even after your victory at the polls were brazenly […]