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Nowrich vs Spurs: Yobo shocks Adebayor

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

Super Eagles captain Joseph Jobo yesterday continued his dream return to the English Premier League as his Norwich City side defeated Tot tenham Hotspurs 1-0.at Carrow Road. Needing a win to keep alive their Champions League hopes, Tottenham Hotspur, parading Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor, instead played awfully and lost to an inspired Norwich side, who […]

Stationary Stores FC returns to Nigerian football

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

Stores FC line-up against Abia Comets Lagos darling club side, Stationery Stores, made a historic return to Nigerian football after many years in the doldrums, ‘TANA AIYEJINA reports For years, Lagosians lamented the ‘death’ of Stationery Stores FC, one of Nigeria’s most glamorous club sides of all time. Founded in 1958 by the late […]

CBN workers express mixed feelings

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

The removal of Mr. Lamido Sanusi as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria has not affected the mood of workers at the Abuja headquarters of the apex financial institution. Our correspondent, who visited the headquarters of the bank on Friday observed the workers performing their duties as if nothing had happened. A senior […]

Jonathan issues ultimatum to PDP defectors

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said politicians who want to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party should do so within a few days or be ready to queue behind wards heads when they finally do so. He insisted that the PDP was a party to beat, and […]

Sanusi may be prosecuted —Presidency

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

Mallam Lamido Sanusi The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, may face prosecution over the allegation of financial recklessness levelled against him by the Federal Government. SUNDAY PUNCH’s investigation revealed that relevant government agencies, especially the anti-graft agencies, would be asked to study the report of the Financial Reporting […]

We Are the Government – By Philip Amiola

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Amiola Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

By Philip Amiola | NNP | Feb. 23, 2014 – When I wrote an article titled Failed Government or Failing Citizens in January 2013, I expected a reverberation of mixed comments. I was not disappointed. In that piece, I attempted to challenge the belief system that makes us channel our creative energies towards blaming the […]

On Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act 2014 – By Chukwudi Nwokoye

Posted by admin Articles, Chukwudi Nwokoye, Columnists, NNP Columnists Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

By Chukwudi Nwokoye | NNP | Feb. 23, 2014 – Gay Marriage is a non-starter in Nigeria! It would never happen with or without the above Act banning it! It would not work in Nigeria, at least in my generation. This is because our culture frowns at it, our morals and religious teachings forbid it. […]

The Lesson Learnt from One Man Peaceful Protest in Ibadan – By Adewale Akande

Posted by admin Adewale T. Akande, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

By Adewale T. Akande | Barcelona, Spain | Feb. 23, 2014 – Idi Ape-Akobo Ojurin-Olorunda road is known to me as a resident for the past ten years now. The road is known for the horrible traffic hold-ups due to spontaneous increase in the population of the residents with corresponding increase in the volume of […]

Anti-Gay Bill: Should Commonsense Not Prevail? By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | Feb. 23, 2014 – The controversy surrounding the anti-gay bill recently signed into law as announced by Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity few weeks back has continued unabated, further generating much buzz. It even gets more exciting seeing several foreign […]

N1.2m ATM Fraud: Lagos banker dies in police custody after drinking a bottle of soft drink

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News, Top Stories Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

An employee of Ecobank, Babatunde Oke, on Thursday, died in the custody of the Falomo Police Divisional Headquarters in Lagos, after he was detained for three days over his alleged involvement in a N1.2m fraud. Oke, who is survived by a wife and two children, was said to have worked at the Ogba, Lagos branch […]