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Action Congress of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Presidency
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan’s scheduled visit to Lagos today has sparked a war of words between the Action Congress of Nigeria and the Presidency. Jonathan is expected to arrive in Lagos on Thursday (today) en route to Ibafo in Ogun State where he will inaugurate WEMPCO’s Cold Roll Steel Plant. But the ACN said on Wednesday […]
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Akwa Ibom, Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | April 16, 2013 – If we want to be honest then we cannot but admit that Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, is not the only leading political figure in Nigeria indictable of manipulating electoral process in his party and in the country. All our major political […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Laghos, Nigeria | April 16, 2013 – Undoubtedly, Boko Haram is a terrorist organization. It is indiscriminately striking at civilian centers, wantonly murdering and maiming the innocent and the defenseless. Its bomb laden, suicidal operatives have bombed places as innocuous as bus stations and sanctuaries as inviolable as the church. It […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
MONTREAL – Police in Thérèse-de-Blainville have confirmed that they were informed Monday by Kahnawake police that a young woman had been found alive in the Châteauguay region. Police have confirmed that the woman, who identified herself as Sara Okafor, seems to have been the victim of a criminal offence. She was taken to hospital to […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Delectable, six-feet tall Funmilola James is the National Coordinator of Breast Without Spot. She spoke with DEBO OLADIMEJI on what it takes to be a volunteer with the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and how it is helping in cancer prevention in Nigeria. AGAINST the backdrop of the need to fight cancer that is becoming a global […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
A BRITISH Airways (BA) plane with over 120 passengers billed to travel to London was grounded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA) after a technical fault on Monday. The Guardian learnt that one of the engines of the aircraft developed a technical fault just before take-off from the airport, as a result of […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
THE Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa State Command, has arrested a father of three, Aminu Ahmed, of Jodan Quarters, Birnin Kudu, while allegedly attempting to rape a 10-year-old girl. The Public Relations Officer of ASC Abdullahi Adamu Shehu, who made the disclosure Monday, said NSCDC officials made the arrest following a tip- […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
BUT for Providence, Lagos would have witnessed another tragedy Monday when a commercial vehicle plying Adekunle Fajuyi Road GRA, Ikeja area of Lagos, had a brake failure and rammed into a water channel. All 16 passengers in the bus had various degrees of injuries. The bus, with Registration No. KRD 709, XC, was conveying passengers […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
How palace messenger plotted the kidnap of Finance Minister’s mother MORE drama is unfolding everyday in the investigation into the atrocious abduction on December 8, 2012 of octogenarian and 82-year-old mother of the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, from the palace of her husband, the traditional ruler of Ogwashi-uku, Aniocha South Local Council Area […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
MANY traditional rulers from the Northern part of the country were at the Aso Rock Villa Abuja last night ostensibly to plead with President Goodluck Jonathan to press ahead with granting amnesty to the members of Boko Haram sect. The delegation which was led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III met with […]
