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Letter: Anambra governor suspends 12 traditional chiefs for travelling out of the state without permission

Posted by admin Anambra, Governors, Headlines, State News Wednesday, August 12th, 2020

(NNP) NNP is in possession of a letter from the the Anambra State governor identifying the chiefs who have been sanctioned for travelling out of the state without consultation or permission. wp_posts

Walter Carrington, ex United States envoy to Nigeria, dies at 90

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines, NNP News Wednesday, August 12th, 2020

(NNP) A former United States ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Clarington has died. He was 90. A statement from his wife, Dr. Arise Carrington, a Nigerian medical doctor stated, “It is with a heavy and broken heart but with gratitude to God for his life of selfless humanity that I announce the passing of my beloved […]

Soldiers shoot at protesters in Rivers, injure many

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Rivers, State News Wednesday, August 12th, 2020

Soldiers yesterday opened fire on protesters, who barricaded OB/OB gas plant operated by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Council of Rivers State, leaving many injured. They reportedly stripped old women and manhandled old men who were part of the protest. Some indigenes of Obosi quarters in Omoku had since last week […]

Putin says Russia is the first country to develop COVID-19 vaccine ready for use

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health, NNP News Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

(NNP) Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is the first to approve a vaccine for the coronavirus that would be used to vaccinate the Russian people against the virus infection. However, this declaration is coming against the fact that the country has had less than two months of human testing, an important phrase that […]

Fulani vigilante will not operate under any guise in Benue – Ortom

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

Rose Ejembi, Makurdi The Benue State government has once again insisted that the Fulani vigilante group is not present in Benue and will NOT, under any guise operate in the state. Governor Samuel Ortom who stated this in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase on Tuesday said the desperation being […]

Southern Kaduna: Killers on ethnic cleansing, say Pentecostal Bishops

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

Fred Ezeh, Abuja Pentecostal Bishops in northern Nigeria under the umbrella of the Pentecostal Bishops’ Forum of the 19 northern states have described the unending killings and community destruction in Southern Kaduna as a well orchestrated mission to overrun the indigenous people of the region. This was as Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) affirmed […]

Bauchi PDP Asks Gbajabiamila to Declare Dogara’s Seat Vacant

Posted by admin Bauchi, Headlines, House, Legislature, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

Femi Gbajabiamila Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi A team of legal practitioners of the Bauchi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, and the leadership of the House to as a matter of necessity invoke the provisions of Section 68(1)(g) and (2) […]

We’ll Scuttle APC Plans to Rig Edo Election, Says Wike

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Edo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

Nyesom Wike Rivers gov talks more than he campaigns, says opposition party Court fixes date for suit seeking Ize-Iyamu’s disqualification Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt and Alex Enumah in Abuja AThe Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Campaign Council for Edo Governorship Election and Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said the […]

FG eyes improved gas investment

Posted by admin Economy, Latest Politics Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

Timipre Sylva Chineme Okafor in Abuja The federal government has stated its desire to boost investment in Nigeria’s natural gas market with its formal activation of the National Gas Transportation Network Code yesterday. According to the Technical Adviser (TA) on Gas Business and Policy Implementation to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Timipre […]

Tambuwal Advocates Increase Funding for Army, Other Security Agencies

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Governors, Latest Politics, Sokoto, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

Aminu Tambuwal The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has advocated that a special provision be made constitutionally to increase funding for the Nigerian Army and other security agencies in the country. Tambuwal and his Zamfara State counterpart, Bello Muhammad Mutawalle, who were special guests at the Nigerian Army Special Super Camp 4 at Faskari, […]