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Pillars sour continental weekend

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, March 21st, 2011

Kano Pillars were beaten 2-0 late on Sunday night to take the gloss off what should have been a fine weekend for Nigerian clubs in continental competition. The Nigeria runners-up were beaten 2-0 away to Morocco’s Wydad Casablanca and now face an uphil battle to progress in the CAF Champions League. But it was better […]

Enyeama has been ruled out of this weekend’s 2012 African Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Monday, March 21st, 2011

Enyeama played no part in Hapoel Tel Aviv’s match on Sunday night after picking up an injury. “He is out for two weeks,” assistant coach Simon Kalika confirmed, but said there will be no replacement, with Dele Aiyenugba and Rotimi Sunday available. But a replacement has been called up in midfield, where Obiorah Nwankwo has […]

INEC okays 352 candidates for gov poll

Posted by admin Governors, Latest Politics, National Politics Monday, March 21st, 2011

No fewer than 352 candidates will contest the April 16 governorship election in 26 out of the 36 states in the country. A list of the candidates posted by the Independent National Electoral Commission on its websitewww.inecnigeria.org on Sunday, shows Rivers State topping the list with 28 candidates. Delta State came second with 23 […]

Jonathan meets Bode George, Lagos, Ogun PDP over crises

Posted by admin Latest Politics Monday, March 21st, 2011

Indications that the Peoples Democratic Party is serious to take over Lagos State in the coming elections emerged on Sunday as President Goodluck Jonathan held a crucial meeting with former National Deputy Chairman of the PDP in the South West, Chief Olabode George and some party leaders in the state. Though, details of the […]

Revolution and Nigeria’s ‘economy of affection’

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists Sunday, March 20th, 2011

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Mar 20, 2011 – In a very influential work, Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania: Underdevelopment and the Uncaptured Peasantry (1980), Swedish-American political scientist Goran Hyden argued that African small cultivators prioritise their informal support networks such as familial and ethnic obligations over the pursuit of profit. For Hyden, African […]

Made in Lagos, Nigeria

Posted by admin Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists Sunday, March 20th, 2011

By Anthony A. Kila , London, UK – Mar 20, 2011 – It is a common practice amongst social scientists and political philosophers that occupy themselves with the thought of how best to manage or improve their country and world to seek and study model places that they can use as example to embody their […]

MEND threat: Nigerians should be vigilant — Police

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Niger Delta, Nigerian Police Sunday, March 20th, 2011

THE Police have called on Nigerians to be more vigilant in their daily activities. The warning from the Police followed a threat by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, asking Nigerians to steer clear of political gatherings in Lagos, Abuja and Niger Delta. The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Olusola Amore, who […]

Cut president, govs’ tenure – CBN Gov Sanusi

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), General Politics, Governors Sunday, March 20th, 2011

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has urged the nation to consider a single tenure for the president and governors, a uni-camera legislature and a reduction in the number of ministers in the search for a durable democracy. This is as he accused the present ruling class of failing to leave […]

Two killed as bomb explodes in Jos

Posted by admin Plateau, State News Sunday, March 20th, 2011

Jos – Two persons, believed to have been out to bomb some places of worship were killed on Sunday when their bombs exploded in their faces. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bomb exploded between the two places of worship while the faithful had assembled. The faithful ran in all directions […]

Only two Nigerians caught in Japan’s earth quake – Envoy

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, March 20th, 2011

Abuja – Only two Nigerians were affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami which devastated parts of Japan, Nigeria’s envoy to Japan, Mr Godwin Agbo, has said. In a statement mailed to the News Agency of Nigeria from Tokyo, Agbo said the affected Nigerians had already been evacuated and were receiving care from the […]