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Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
The Ogoni people have declared that the Nigerian state must end the injustices against Ogoni to resolve the prolonged Ogoni conflict. Speaking at a public rally in Bori, traditional headquarter of the Ogoni people on Saturday, August 24, 2019, president of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke said Ogoni is seeking for one thing. According to Nsuke, that […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
No fewer than five thousand patients yesterday benefited from a free medical outreach programme funded by wife of the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Ogbuefi Vivian Irona, even as Chairman, Interim Management Committee of Oru West Local Government Area, comrade Kenneth Akunnakwe has vowed to sustain the gesture in his area. The first phase of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa | Nigeria – The recent news that the United States’ Department of Justice has indicted 80 individuals, 78 of whom are Nigerians, (mostly Igbo), for email scam and money laundering scheme of about $3bn, has expectedly led to the ethnicization of the issue. I had a very light-hearted chat on […]
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Headlines, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News, Taraba, Women Politics
Sunday, September 15th, 2019
By Saidu Adamu Former women affairs minister Aisha Alhassan popularly known as “mama Taraba” who suffered massive defeat in the 2019 Governorship election in Taraba, says she has completed arrangements to return to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Alhassan was the gubernatorial flag bearer of United Democratic Party (UDP) in the 2019 elections in which […]
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Headlines
Sunday, September 15th, 2019
Prolific Nigerian-born writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been honoured with the Kassel Citizens’ ” Prism of Reason” Award for “her vision of humanistic diversity”. At the award ceremony which held in Germany on Sunday, coincides with the 42nd Birth Anniversary of the multiple award winning writer. According to a statement issued by the organisers of the […]
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Enugu, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Sunday, September 15th, 2019
By Stanley Nwanosike The Police Command in Enugu State is investigating a complaint of alleged weakness of male genital organ by Mr Sunday Ebubechukwu, after a handshake with a suspect identified as Anayo. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Sunday, September 15th, 2019
By Chijioke Okoronkwo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the legacy of determined, proud and assertive black emancipation left by late Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe will live long in the hearts of Africans. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said the vice president conveyed the message on the condolence […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, State News, Top Stories
Friday, September 13th, 2019
Akpabio not returning to Senate, Ekpenyong wins at Tribunal The National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal, sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state has upheld the election of Christopher Ekpenyong, striking out the petition by Sen. Godswill Akpabio. In a landmark judgment delivered on Wednesday, the Tribunal held that the Akwa Ibom North […]
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Headlines
Friday, September 13th, 2019
Rape case: Group threatens to name pastors sponsoring Fatoyinbo’s ordeaL By Emmanuel Afonne A human right and social justice organisation, Social Justice League (SJL) has threatened to publish the names of “big Pastors” alleged to be behind the ordeal of Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, Senior Pastor, Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA). The group made the threat […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 13th, 2019
Mugabe now to be buried in new mausoleum in October (dpa/NAN) A burial for Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, will be held at the National Heroes Acre sometime in October, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday. It was previously agreed that there would be a symbolic burial on Sunday in the hilltop shrine in Harare, […]
