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Governors, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
By Omololu Ogunmade President Muhammadu Buhari has commenced another round of meeting with members of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Security Council in the State House, Abuja. The meeting is coming 24 hours after the president met with North-east governors, service chiefs and all heads of security agencies over worsening insecurity in the country. Present […]
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National Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
Nigeria’s former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said he does not care what people say about him when he die. Obasanjo had on Saturday released a sarcastic statement on the death of Senator Buruji Kashamu, saying that the former lawmaker used politics and legal means to escape justice but could not use the same to […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Wole Soyinka
Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | August 11, 2020 – Nigeria’s wordsmith extraordinaire and master of quotable quotes, Professor Wole Soyinka (born Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka on July 13 1934), turned 86 last Monday. Coincidentally Wole Soyinka became the first black Nobel Laureate in literature in 1986 so his birthday this year has a special […]
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First Ladies, Hajiha Aisha Buhari, Headlines, Women Politics
Sunday, August 9th, 2020
By Ifreke InyangAisha, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been flown abroad for medical treatment, Daily Trust reports. She left Nigeria for Dubai, UAE over the Sallah weekend due to persistent neck pain. The problem began when she returned to Abuja from Lagos, where she had gone to pay a condolence visit to Florence […]
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Headlines, Kwara, Sex and Relationship, State News
Sunday, August 9th, 2020
Wife of Kwara State Governor, Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq has extended a helping hand to the blue-eyed Kwara mom who was abandoned by her husband. Risikat, a mum-of-two from Kwara State, told Punch that she was born with naturally blue eyes. She explained that since it was unusual, her parents took her to the General Hospital […]
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Headlines, NNP News, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, August 9th, 2020
(NNP) The Cameroonian national team that played in the 1990 World Cup hosted by Italy, has finally been given houses they were promised by the government 30 years ago. The 1990 team was the first in Africa to proceed beyond the second round to the quarter-final stage, eventually losing to England. In the first match […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Edo, General Politics, Governors, NNP News, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, August 9th, 2020
(NNP) The political imbroglio in Edo State has descended to a new low with the dual impeachment of the Speaker, Frank Okiye and his deputy on the same day. The development has drawn reaction from some of the eminent politicians in the country, including former vociferous senator from Kaduna, Shehu Sani, who likened the unfolding […]
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Headlines, Health, Medical Professionals
Friday, August 7th, 2020
By Taiwo Okanlawon Election into executive positions in the Enugu State Chapter of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) descended into chaos after thugs allegedly sponsored by a faction of the body invaded the venue of the election. The much-advertised election was holding at the Michael Okpara square before the thugs stormed the venue with dangerous weapons […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Edo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Friday, August 7th, 2020
By Gabriel Enogholase & Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY-THERE is tension in Edo State, as security personnel from the police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and armed plainclothes security men took over the state House of Assembly complex over an allegation that 19 lawmakers were planning to storm the Chief Anthony Enahoro complex, elect […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, August 7th, 2020
The Debt Management Office (DMO), yesterday, put Nigeria’s loan liability to China at $3.121billion as at March 31 2020, representing 3.94 per cent of the nation’s $79.3 billion debt portfolio. The move might have followed recent controversies generated by the issue in the public space. The government agency explained that in terms of foreign sources, […]
