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Headlines
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
Two Nigerian athletes convicted in U.S., face 10 years in prison for wire fraud Toluwani Adebakin and Emmanuel Ineh A United States District Court in Hattiesburg, Mississippi State has found two collegiate athletes, Emmanuel Ineh, 23, and Toluwani Adebakin, 25, guilty of transferring thousands of dollars to Nigeria as part of a complex fraud scheme. […]
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Anambra, Governors, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
By Seun Opejobi The apex Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has listed punishments that would be meted out to the Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, over his recent attack on the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Ohanaeze Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro said Ndigbo would ensure that Soludo never gets a second term as Governor. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
Ugandan university fires Nigerian lecturer over sex for marks scandal By Biodun Busari Kabale University in the Western Region of Uganda has sacked a Nigerian lecturer, Dr Nafiu Lukman Abiodun, the Head Department of Economics and Statistics in the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences over his alleged involvement in the sexual harassment of female […]
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General Politics, Governors, Latest Politics, National Politics, Presidency, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, November 15th, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari, Adams Oshiomole, Peter Obi and Governor Nyesom Wike Governor Nyesom Wike of River State has invited President Muhammadu Buhari and former Governor Adams Oshiomole, among others for projects commissioning in Rivers state. The commissioning has been scheduled as a week-long programme commencing today Monday, November 14, and expected to end on […]
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Aviation, Headlines
Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
By Prince Okafor Air travellers from Nigeria to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE, will be forced to consider alternative means of transportation in the coming days. This came as Nigeria’s indigenous airline, Air Peace suspended flight operations to the country indefinitely. This is coming against the backdrop of non-issuance of visas by the UAE government […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, Local Govt, NNP Columnists
Saturday, November 12th, 2022

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba | NNP | Nov. 12, 2022 – The concern of some of us who know is that, this failure by state governors to release to the Local Government Councils their monthly statutory allocation from the Federation Account has contributed to the blight of poverty in our communities, dilapidated primary schools and […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, November 12th, 2022

By Jideofor Adibe | NNP | November 12, 2022 | In recent years, ‘vote buying’ has become a popular phrase in our political discourses. But what does this really mean? Is it the same as ‘vote trading’? Does it have any impact on the country’s efforts at deepening its democracy? And what can be done to […]
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Headlines
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
The remains of Tunde Mark, son of the former President of the Senate, David Mark, has been laid to rest in his home town Otukpo, Benue amidst tears. Tunde who died on Oct. 21, 2022 in a London hospital at the age of 51, had battled with cancer for over a year. This is contained […]
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Africa & World Politics, Governors, Headlines, State News
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
Gov Diri denies link to sex tape scandal in South Africa By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, on Saturday, said he does not know nor have contact or relationship with a South African parliamentarian, Zanele Sifuba. Sifuba is at the centre of a trending sex scandal in South Africa over a […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
Real reason CBN is redesigning Naira notes By Lydia Ngwakwe The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday said counterfeiting and hoarding were the reasons for redesigning and issuing new naira notes. Mrs Amina Abdulmalik, Deputy Director, Currency Operations Department, CBN, said this at the apex bank’s special day, at the ongoing 36th Lagos International […]