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Nigeria: It’s a Matter of Upbringing – By Ikechukwu Enyiagu

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP Columnists Monday, January 23rd, 2012

By Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP, Jan. 23, 2012 – “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”- Proverbs 22:6. This passage in the Holy Book, the Bible, is arguably the most recommendable for children’s upbringing – both for Christian and non-Christian parents. It […]

Just in: Boko Haram bombs two more churches in Bauchi

Posted by admin Bauchi, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Kano – Explosions struck two churches in the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi on Sunday, witnesses said, destroying one of them completely, although there were no immediate reports of casualties. Bauchi township resident Garbi Ali said he heard two explosions at around 02:00 on Sunday, before anyone would be likely to be in church, and […]

Pictures: Quads celebrate UK first as all simultaneously graduate with Masters degrees from same university

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Graduating from university is normally an occasion for a family get-together. And this was certainly a big celebration for the Ogunsanya quadruplets who were handed their well-deserved degrees from the same university on the same day. The 23-year-old quads, identical sisters and the oldest by four minutes, Toks and Temi Ogunsanya, and identical brothers, Tobi […]

Arise O Compatriots: Spit Out the Fodder and Raise Up Your Fists – By Igene Tennyson, Jr.

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Igene Tennyson Jr, NNP Columnists Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

By Igene Tennyson Jr., NNP, Jan. 22, 2012 – The talks between the Federal Government headed by HRH King Lagarde Iweala Jonathan I, Nigeria Labour Congress, and the Trade Union Congress pertaining the tyrannical petroleum products (premium motor spirit) price hike is gradually coming to an end and with this morning’s announcement from Labour Congress […]

Boko Haram: Our policemen are mercenaries –Tsav

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

A retired Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has said that most of the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force are mercenaries, who are only out to make money. He noted that in doing so, such officers had no respect for the ethics of the highly-respectable profession. Tsav, however, said this did […]

Tension as two explosions rock Bayelsa, Jonathan’s home state

Posted by admin Bayelsa, National Politics, State News, Top Stories Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

A wave of panic swept across Bayelsa State on Saturday after two explosives were detonated by unknown persons at strategic places in the capital city of Yenagoa. The explosives went off about 11pm, Friday, shortly after coordinated multiple bomb blasts rocked the ancient city of Kano in the northern part of the country. While many […]

C’River PDP ticket: Stage set for Imoke, Abang

Posted by admin Cross River, State News Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

MUDIAGA AFFE writes on the intrigues and power play in Cross River State as Governor Liyel Imoke faces Ambassador Sonny Abang on January 23, 2012 for the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party in the April governorship election The political climate in Cross River State has come alive following the clearance of Governor Liyel Imoke […]

Lagos public toilets: Paying to get infected?

Posted by admin Lagos, State News Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Many public toilets in Lagos are unhygienic, as many of them are decrepit and neglected, reports SAMUEL AWOYINFA Have you been pressed and you had to make use of a public toilet in CMS bus stop or Agege area of Lagos? If your answer is yes, then you must have noticed the unhygienic condition […]

Picture: Police use teargas in on-going Nations Cup to disperse fans

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Police used tear gas to try and slow a crush of fans forcing their way into the Bata Stadium complex for Saturday’s opening match of the African Cup of Nations. Police tried to check fans’ tickets one-by-one at the main gate to the complex ahead of Equatorial Guinea’s match against Libya. But several […]

Opinion: Parable of oil subsidy

Posted by admin Headlines, Oil Politics Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

WHILE President Goodluck Jonathan has continued to say that the government spends so much money on subsidising the oil consumption, the economic indices point to the contrary. Experts in the field of petroleum, civil societies and non-governmental organisations have given a concise analysis of how much crude is lifted, sold, and brought back for sale […]