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Nigeria, at 51, Carelessly Holding a Gun – By Prince Charles Dickson

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson Monday, October 3rd, 2011

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – October 3, 2011 – A kì í mú ìbọn tetere. One does not hold a gun carelessly. (Always be careful in handling dangerous matters.) As we count days to our 51st independence anniversary, all is not well with our beloved nation Nigeria. This in itself is no news, […]

Nigeria at 51: Elegy to a Confounding Country – By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo

Posted by admin Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Monday, October 3rd, 2011

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, London, UK – October 3, 2011 – I normally don’t join in celebrating Nigeria’s Independence Day anywhere I am in the world; at least not since the late 70s. I also do not write the usual piece analyzing our problems and preferring solutions. Other better, able and more flamboyant writers always […]

Make security priority for Guinea – Toro

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, October 3rd, 2011

With Nigeria’s all-important game a matter of days away, former Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Alhaji Sani Toro, has called on the federal government and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to make security for the Guineans a top priority. Toro, said the importance attached to the game made it imperative for Nigeria to ensure that security […]

Fashola Vows to Defend Residents

Posted by admin Lagos, State News Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola By Funmi Ogundare Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, has stated his administration’s readiness to defend any citizen who served the state conscientiously as long as he did so within the law. Fashola said it was wrong for people to assault officials of the Lagos State Traffic […]

Boko Haram Scare Sparks Demolition in Lagos

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, October 3rd, 2011

GOVERNOR BABATUNDE FASHOLA By Gboyega Akinsanmi Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Other Special Offences stormed Agege area of the state Sunday, demolishing shanties and structures built along the rail line and drainage channels owing to what was ascribed to the constant scare of Boko Haram attacks in Lagos. Chairman of […]

Sultan Speaks on ‘Islam and Peace’ at Harvard

Posted by admin Headlines, Sultan of Sokoto Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III By Olusegun Adeniyi The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, will today deliver the Samuel L. and Elizabeth Jodidi Lecture, one of the most distinguished lectures at the Harvard University. According to a statement by the university, “the Sultan of Sokoto is the religious leader […]

Northern Govs Discussing New Wage, Says Dakingari

Posted by admin Governors, North-Central, North-East, North-West Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Governor Saidu Dakingari of Kebbi State By Saka Ibrahim Governor Saidu Dakingari of Kebbi State at the weekend, said Northern governors, under the aegies of the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) have commenced discussion on the issue of N18,000 minimum wage, which had become a subject of controversy since it was signed into law by President […]

National Hospital rejects accident victims in anticipation of bomb blast victims

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, October 3rd, 2011

National Hospital, Abuja. Inset: Accident and Emergency Unit A female auto crash victim in Abuja died on Saturday following National Hospital’s refusal to admit her at the Accident and Emergency Unit. PUNCH METRO gathered that there was an “order from above” that patients should not be admitted to the hospital in anticipation that there might […]

Kastina enacts Law against preaching

Posted by admin Katsina, State News Monday, October 3rd, 2011

The controversy over the recently-promulgated law banning preaching in Katsina State has been attributed to a lack of adequate consultation before its promulgation. An Islamic scholar, Gambo Tudunwada, made this assertion in Katsina on Sunday at the meeting organised by the state branch of the Jama’atul Nasrul Islam. The News Agency of Nigeria reported […]

Nigerians killed near Gaddafi’s hometown

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, October 3rd, 2011

Three Nigerians, alleged to be fighting alongside the soldiers of the ousted Libyan leader, Col. Muamar Gaddafi, have been killed by the National Transitional Council fighters close to Sirte, the ousted leader’s hometown. Spain-based Hamada Radio International monitored in Kaduna on Monday listed the three Nigerians killed as 33-year-old Ugochukwu Okafor; Emeka Aloysius Mohammed, […]