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Governors, Lagos, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has congratulated his main challenger in Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary in the state, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Governor Ambode’s congratulations came at a press conference he addressed at Lagos House, Ikeja, on Wednesday afternoon. By this, the game appears up for him as he has conceded defeat in Tuesday’s primary in […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Governors, Headlines, Party Politics, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has found itself in further crisis as party bigwigs flex musles over who picks the governorship ticket of the party in various states. Delegates and some members of National and State Houses of Assembly, yesterday, protested the postponement of Adamawa governorship primary election by the National Working Committee (NWC) of […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, yesterday, held a consultative meeting with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar at the Government House, Port Harcourt. The meeting with Atiku came barely 24 hours after another consultative parley with the Sokoto State Governor and another PDP presidential aspirant, […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
Captain John Mikel Obi has been “excused” from Nigeria’s latest squad because he needs time to recover from injury, according to the country’s football federation, the NFF. He was the most notable absentee from the Super Eagles squad for back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with Libya this month. The 31-year-old, who plays for Chinese […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
By Arnold A. Alalibo| NNP | October 2, 2018 – Nigeria is 58 today, the 1st of October, 2018. Poor you, the founding fathers – Herbert Macaulay, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Professor Eyo Eta, Alvan Ikoku, Alhaji Aminu Kano, Joseph Tarka, Dennis Osadebay and a host of other founders. […]
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American Politics, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
Melania Trump on Tuesday arrived in Ghana on the first leg of her maiden, solo tour of Africa that has been billed as a chance to carve her own diplomatic path. The US first lady stepped off an overnight flight from Andrews Airforce Base near Washington and onto a red carpet at Accra’s Kotoka International […]
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Headlines
Saturday, September 29th, 2018
When Chimamanda started out as a writer at Nsukka, she began as a poet and playwright, but she soon found she wasn’t cut out for the stage and the bardic universe. She tried her hands on prose fiction, and hit a goldmine. “I was trying to find my voice, and I found it in […]
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Headlines
Saturday, September 29th, 2018
Chimamanda Adichie has announced the return of her annual Creative Writing Workshop.Sponsored by Trace Nigeria, it will run from November 20 to November 30, 2018. Said Adichie, “The workshop, which is currently in its 11th year, will continue to provide me the opportunity to contribute to the growth of the writing community in Nigeria. It will […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News, United Nations
Saturday, September 29th, 2018
Plateau killings: Jang cries for UN intervention Gyang Bere, Jos The senator representing Plateau North in the National Assembly and a PDP Presidential aspirant, Dr. Jonah David Jang, has called on the United Nations (UN) to urgently intervene in the killings in Plateau Statebbefore the people are wiped out. Sen. Jang, in a press statement […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 28th, 2018
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana on Thursday addressed the attacks on Nigerian traders in Ghana. Akufo-Addo assured Buhari that Nigerian traders were being taken care of. He stated this at a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in New York on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to […]
