Posted by admin
Articles, Columnists, newnigerianpolitics.com, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, Ibadan, Nigeria, Feb. 1, 2012 – This writer has followed events in the last couple of weeks and have come to a conclusion that for all the salt we are worth as a nation and people, we have learned nothing other than the mindless continuation of the status quo that continues to renegade […]
Posted by admin
Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, Ibadan, Nigeria, Feb. 1, 2012 – Looking at the last one to two years, the headlines that greet the average Nigerian has been that of senseless killings unprecedented in the history of this country. It seems the so called geographical expression (to borrow a leaf from the late Chief Awolowo) has finally reached […]
Posted by admin
Headlines
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
What would have made a woman so heartless as to mete out the kind of punishment that would lead to the death of her child? How stubborn or disobedient can a child be to warrant death as punishment? These were the questions on the lips of nurses and doctors of St. Mary Hospital Gwagwalada, and […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Lagos — Embattled former Chief Security Officer to late Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has appealed the verdict of the Lagos High court which sentenced him to death by hanging. Al-Mustapha, in the notice of appeal filed on Tuesday, said the death sentence hanged on him by the lower court was unwarranted,unreasonable and a manifest […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to call off its strike action after its consultation with individual striking universities on the offer made by the Federal Government. ASUU had been on strike for over two months now demanding increased funding for universities as well as increased wages and retirement age for members from 65 […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Damatur — Wife of Major Hamza al Mustapha, Hajiya Hafsat al Mustapha, has condemned the death sentence passed on her husband and called on northern leaders to disagree with the judgment. Speaking to our Yobe State correspondent on phone, she said, “We are totally not in support of the judgment of the Lagos High Court […]
Posted by admin
Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
PASSIONATE football lovers in Nigeria, who already look forward to the proposed Arsenal pre-season playing tour of the country in June, may have their hopes dashed if feelers emanating from the English Premier League club are anything to go by. Stakeholders in the English Premier League side are beginning to query the rationale behind taking […]
Posted by admin
Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Abuja — IN Continuation of its plan to Islamize Northern Nigeria, the Boko Haram Islamic Sect on Monday night invaded the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, barracks as well as a police station in Maiduguri, Borno State, killing five persons including a soldier, two policemen and two civilians. Also, two other civilians were reportedly injured, as […]
Posted by admin
Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Abuja — What could have been another Boko Haram tragic incident this year, was averted over the weekend, by staff of a private security firm, Encouragers Security company Limited, thwarted attempt by a female suicide bomber, suspected member of the deadly Islamic sect, Boko Haram from gaining entrance into the complex of the Federal Capital […]
Posted by admin
Headlines, Kano, State News
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Immediate past governor of Kano State and presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, in the April 2011 general elections, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau was on Tuesday quizzed for several hours by the State Security Services, SSS, operatives over alleged sponsorship of the Boko Haram sect. The sect which had killed at least 1,000 […]
