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Petrol: NNPC, Oando, others to import 4.8b litres

Posted by admin Headlines, Oil Politics Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Font size: Executive Secretary of PPPRA, Reginald C. Stanley The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has shortlisted 42 oil marketing firms to import 4,794,075,000 litres of premium motor spirit (petrol) for the second quarter of this year. In a statement signed by the Executive Secretary of PPPRA, Reginald C. Stanley, the agency said […]

Eight killed in Nasarawa

Posted by admin Nasarawa, State News Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

The Nasarawa State Police have confirmed the killing of eight persons by unknown gunmen, who attacked Tse Yaji Village near Kadarko Town in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Sunday night. Its spokesman Cornelius Ocholi, confirmed the killing in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia yesterday. NAN […]

Niger Delta group plans protest

Posted by admin Niger Delta Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

n environmental rights group, Agape Birthrights will today stage a protest in Abuja over environmental degradation and pollution of oil, bearing communities in the Niger Delta by multinational oil companies. At a news conference, the group’s President, Ms. Annkio Briggs said the cries of the Niger Delta people against the “careless and heartless ways the […]

EFCC gives N34.6m to families of dead officials

Posted by admin EFCC Politics Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

•Lamorde (right) presenting a N10 million cheque to Danladi, one of the deceased’s son…yesterday. With them is EFCC’s Director, Organisation Support Mr. Bolaji Salami With a heavy heart, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, yesterday presented over N34.6 million terminal insurance benefit cheques to the families of […]

Jos death toll hits 19

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

•Air Chief Marshal Petinrin Stations shut as Boko Haram kills policeman in Kano Defence chief Petinrin: we’ll device anti-violence strategy Jos was struggling yesterday to regain its rhythm, after Sunday’s bombing of St. Finbarr’s Church. In Kano, Boko Haram, the fundamentalist group believed to be responsible for the suicide bombing in Jos, struck in Kano, […]

The Writer as a Thinker: Charles Dickens Lives 200 Years On – By Professor Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, NNP Columnists Monday, March 12th, 2012

By Professor Dr. Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, Abuja, Nigeria, March 12, 2012- It is a conviction that I have strongly held for a long time that those social humans, who think deeply and constantly reflect on the deeper things of life, live long and become anointed. People, who are granted the gift to communicate human intelligence […]

South Africa Must Be Warned – By Raheem ‘MOSHOESHOE’ Oluwafunminiyi

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi Monday, March 12th, 2012

By Raheem ‘MOSHOESHOE’ Oluwafunminiyi, Ibadan, Nigeria, March 12, 2012 – When two Elephants fight, it is widely believed the grass suffers. This aptly describes the ongoing diplomatic war between two African Elephants, Nigeria and South-Africa. This of course would not be the first time the two countries would follow the cold war path. Many would […]

Psychological Imbalance, Suicide, Murder in the Nigeria Police – By Dr. John E. Oshodi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, John Egbeazien Oshodi, Nigerian Police, NNP Columnists Monday, March 12th, 2012

By Dr. John Egbeazien Oshodi, Abuja, Nigeria, March 12, 2012 – The Nigeria leadership, institutions and the public in general need to realize fully that in spite of whatever attitude we have about our police men and women, police work in general is highly demanding and remains a stressful job. In our current society, we […]

Group Urges President Jonathan to Declare an Emergency on Corruption and Profligacy

Posted by admin Headlines, Press Releases Monday, March 12th, 2012

Campaign for Breakthrough Nigeria, a non-partisan group of Nigerian professionals, has called on President Jonathan to declare an emergency on corruption and profligacy. The letter signed by the group’s Convener, Professor Kevin Iyk Ibeh and his colleagues, notes that these deadly sins pose a real and urgent danger to our nation’s existence, and that “the […]

Edo State, Nigeria: Comrade Governor! Buddy Connect Wants to Come Home -By Odenigbo Chidi Anyaeche

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Edo, NNP Columnists, Odenigbo Chidi Anyaeche, State News, Uncategorized Monday, March 12th, 2012

By Odenigbo Chidi Anyaeche, London, UK, March 12, 2012 – This is a true story. And it is about the dire state of security in Edo state, Nigeria especially the capital Benin City. To the uninitiated, Comrade Governor is the nick name of the current governor of the state – Mr Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole. Adams […]