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Budget, Headlines, Plateau, State News
Wednesday, December 26th, 2018
Gyang Bere, Jos Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has presented the Sum of N148.7 billion as budget for the 2019 fiscal year. Governor Lalong, who presented the budget tagged ‘Budget of Rescue and Infrastructural Growth’, on Monday, at the state’s House of Assembly, said his administration would prioritise continuity in governance, policy and programme […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, December 26th, 2018

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | December 21, 2018 – Since the Vice Presidential debate on December 14 2018 between the candidates of selected five political parties, there have been continuous spin not only on who won the debate but also on whether Buhari would show up for the presidential debate slated for […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, December 26th, 2018
Burundi declared the small central city of Gitega the country’s new political capital on Saturday, in line with a presidential promise made a decade ago. A government spokesman named Gitega while also stating that the previous capital Bujumbura, on the north-eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, would in future function solely as the country’s economic centre. […]
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Edo, Headlines, Legislature, Senate, State News
Wednesday, December 26th, 2018
Tony Osauzo, Benin Ahead of next year’s general elections, 13 political parties in Edo State under the banner of Progressives Registered Political Parties (PRPP), have adopted Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon and Mr. Washington Osifo as their candidates. 2019: Obahiagbon, Sen. Urhoghide trade blames over billboards destruction Obahiagbon and Osifo are candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Wednesday, December 26th, 2018
Clement Adeyi, Osogbo A 300-Level student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Abiodun Babalola, of the Department of Accounting, was killed at the weekend by unidentified hoodlums during an attack on Adam and Eve, an out-of- campus students’ residential hostel, along Parakin – Ede road of Ile Ife. Babalola’s demise followed the injuries he […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
“One core belief I have always held is that our strength as a nation is inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances and partnerships. While the US remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances […]
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Aviation, Headlines
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Uche Usim , Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has described the newly-completed terminal building at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, as a fulcrum on which Nigeria’s new economic frontier would revolve. This is as the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika seeks the release of a second tranche of $69.3 million government’s […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Grace Mugabe, wife of the former president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, in South Africa. It was revealed on Wednesday that the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa had issued an arrest warrant against Mrs. Mugabe for allegedly assaulting a model, Gabriella Engels at a hotel in […]
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Budget, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories
Thursday, December 20th, 2018

As soon as Buhari concluded his speech, the session turned rowdy again. It was time for Saraki and Dogara to present their speeches but while APC lawmakers chanted ‘four more years,’ their PDP counterparts screamed, ‘no more years.’ After more than 10 minutes into the drama, the Presidential Guards Brigade band suddenly to play the […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, South-East, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | December 19, 2018 – One Nigeria is not a homogenizing vat where different cultures blend into one. Consequently, although I am an avowed proponent of one Nigeria, I am exceedingly conscious that I cannot be a true Nigerian without first being a consummate Igbo. So, as I brood […]