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Border closure: Obasanjo backs Buhari

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Thursday, November 28th, 2019

Asks Benin to mend its ways Nigeria too big to be threatened by Benin, says Prof. Lumumba, Ex-Kenyan anti-graft czar Says borders can be open without being porous By Prince Okafor, Olayinka Ajayi & Jane Ogunnaike, with Agency reports LAGOS-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, spoke in favour of Nigeria’s partial border closure with neighbours, asking […]

British Airways flight heading to Abuja loses engine mid-air

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Aviation, Headlines Thursday, November 28th, 2019

…Returns to Heathrow A British Airways flight heading to Abuja from London on Tuesday returned to Heathrow Airport after the plane lost one of its engines mid-air. The airline confirmed that BA 083 flight returned to Heathrow and was met by the emergency services as a precaution measure after what it called “a minor technical […]

How my wife reacted when I was diagnosed with cancer-Soyinka

Posted by admin National Politics, Top Stories, Wole Soyinka Thursday, November 28th, 2019

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says his journey battling cancer has been uncomfortable, but easy. The literary icon was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014 when he went for a routine checkup. Speaking to BBC, Soyinka said the disease was discovered in its early stage so it was easy to control and treat. He said he […]

Allen Onyeama, CEO of Air Peace Airlines, indicated in the U.S. for money laundering , denies all charges – statement from his lawyer

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, November 23rd, 2019

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Nigerian Immigration arrests human trafficker with 5 female victims

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Saturday, November 23rd, 2019

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) says it has arrested a suspected human trafficker with five female victims enroute Niger Republic to Europe. The Comptroller General, NIS, Mr Muhammad Babandede, disclosed this in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday James, on Saturday in Abuja. He added that the arrest was made by […]

We Haven’t Taken a Decision on Oil Resumption in Ogoni – MOSOP

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News Saturday, November 23rd, 2019

The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, wishes to make some clarifications on a purported decision of to movement on oil resumption in Ogoniland. MOSOP wants to make unequivocally clear that it has not taken a decision on oil resumption in Ogoniland nor has it met to agree on conditions for oil […]

Agony of Bank Customers – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Saturday, November 23rd, 2019

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | November 23, 2019 – In an attempt to establish quality service delivery in Nigerian banks, a former Central Bank Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, launched a most far-reaching and comprehensive recapitalisation and consolidation of the banking sector. Twenty-five banks emerged after the consolidation. Two positive effects of the restructuring […]

October 1st, a Day of Lamentation – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma Saturday, November 23rd, 2019

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | November 23, 2019 – As usual, on October 1, 2019, Nigeria held her annual ritual: the commemoration of Nigerian independence. The day that was celebrated fifty nine years after is October 1, 1960. On that historic day, the Nigerian Prime Minister, Alhaji Tafawa Belewa, concluded his speech with, […]

CAN Warns UNN Against Holding Witchcraft Conference

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Saturday, November 23rd, 2019

Southeast chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has warned the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, against going ahead with its planned conference on witchcraft. The planned controversial conference being organized by the B.I.C Ijomah Centre for Policy and Research in UNN, has been generating mixed reactions in many quarters, especially among religious leaders who condemned […]

CEO of Air Peace indicted for bank fraud and money laundering in the U.S.

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Saturday, November 23rd, 2019

ATLANTA – Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema, the Chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, has been charged with bank fraud and money laundering for moving more than $20 million from Nigeria through United States bank accounts in a scheme involving false documents based on the purchase of airplanes. The international airline’s Chief […]