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Oduamadi late strike denies Kenya victory over Nigeria

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

The African champions Nigeria needed a dramatic equaliser to draw 1-1 with Kenya in their 2014 Group F World Cup qualifier in Calabar. Substitute Nnamdi Oduamadi scored three minutes into stoppage time to cancel out Francis Kahata’s first half free-kick for Kenya. It was the second draw in three games in World Cup qualifying for […]

Enyeama declares war on Harambee Stars

Posted by admin Headlines, Uncategorized Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama says the Super Eagles have put last month’s Africa Cup of Nations victory behind them and are ready to slog for World Cup qualification. Nigeria face Kenya on Saturday in a 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier, and the stand-in captain says the squad are focused in that game “For us the Afcon […]

Prof. Chinua Achebe dies at 82

Posted by admin Headlines, Top Stories Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Chinua Achebe Foremost novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, is dead. He was 82. Reporters learnt he died last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. A source close to the family said the professor had been ill for a while and was hospitalised in an undisclosed hospital in Boston. The source declined to provide […]

Why Should Nigerian Christians Not Complain? – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma Thursday, March 21st, 2013

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | March 21, 2013 – The German theologian, Prof. Motlman, rightly stated that “it is not the idealistic concept of none violence that is in consonant with the Gospel, but a responsible action of love”. It is a misunderstanding of the Christian Gospel of nonviolence for a man to […]

Minister tasks federal hospitals on self-financing (So you can steal their budgets)

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 21st, 2013

THE Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has directed all the chief executives of federal hospitals in the country to think of more innovative ways of financing their hospitals’ projects and programmes. Chukwu also directed them to seek suitable ways and means of having fruitful dialogue with the various professional ranks and groupings recognised by […]

U.S. excludes Nigeria from Africa’s democracy summit

Posted by admin American Politics, National Politics, Top Stories Thursday, March 21st, 2013

IN a subtle move to further register its displeasure over the recent pardon granted embattled former Bayelsa State Governor, D.S.P Alamieyeseigha, the United States (U.S.) has excluded Nigeria from a planned summit between President Barack Obama and some African leaders on how to strengthen democratic institutions in the continent. The presidents of four select countries […]

Soyinka, NBA oppose pardon for Alamieyeseigha, Ijaw Congress, Kalu disagree

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Uncategorized Thursday, March 21st, 2013

THERE may be no end yet to the criticisms trailing the recent presidential pardon granted the former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha as Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Niger Delta Civil Society Coalition (NDCSC) have faulted the pardon. But, former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu and the Ijaw […]

Lack of defence counsel stalls Kabiru Sokoto’s trial

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics Thursday, March 21st, 2013

THE planned arraignment of the alleged mastermind of the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madala, Niger State, Mr. Kabiru Umar (alias Kabiru Sokoto) before the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, got stalled Wednesday owing to the absence of legal representation. Sokoto, who claimed not to understand English Language, spoke through […]

Alamieyeseigha’s pardon, symbol of corrupt mentality —Soyinka, NBA

Posted by admin Latest Politics Thursday, March 21st, 2013

The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the state pardon granted a former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, by President Goodluck Jonathan, as an act of impunity and a symbol of corrupt mentality. Also,the Nigerian Bar Association on Wednesday described the pardon as a bad signal in the anti-corruption campaign. Alamieyeseigha, who was […]

Tinubu backs amnesty for terrorists Boko Haram

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday in Kano called for the granting of amnesty to Boko Haram militants, insisting that they are not ghosts as alleged by President Goodluck Jonathan. Tinubu, the National Leader of Action Congress of Nigeria, who was in Kano to commiserate with the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado […]