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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, August 18th, 2018
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | August 18, 2018 – Let’s give it to Buhari and his advisers. Whoever suggested making June 12 the country’s ‘Democracy Day’ (rather than May 29, which it has been until now) gave the Daura General a master stroke. It was a decision that especially excited the sensibility […]
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Articles, Columnists, Lagos, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2018
By Olalekan Waheed ADIGUN | Lagos, Nigeria | August 18, 2018 – On Monday 13 August 2018, I had an urgent call to see my project supervisor at the University of Lagos, Akoka. Because I had other previously-scheduled appointments for the day, I had to defy the heavy rain to see my supervisor in other to […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Press Releases
Saturday, August 18th, 2018
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) says the Nigerian government and the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited aught to be ashamed of their conduct in Ogoniland rather than speaking of cleanup plans for Ogoni as an achievement. Nsuke spoke yesterday in Bori, Khana local government area of Rivers State […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, South-East
Saturday, August 18th, 2018
19th August 2018 Okwuosa, who is angling to represent Anambra South in the forthcoming 2019 election, gave reasons he wants to go to the upper legislative chamber. David Onwuchekwa, Nnewi Honourable Azuka Okwuosa is a knight of the Anglican Church and frontline politician in Anambra State, who was mentored by the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka […]
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Education, Headlines
Saturday, August 18th, 2018
— 18th August 2018 Geoffrey Anyanwu, Awka The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised the alarm over what it called government’s programme to undermine public universities in the country. Raising the alarm, on Friday, in Awka, ASUU Owerri zone, said there was a deliberate policy on the part of government to undermine public […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, United Nations
Saturday, August 18th, 2018
NAN Victims of the UN building bombings in Baghdad, Abuja and others cities around the world have been remembered by the United Nations to commemorate the 2018 World Humanitarian Day. Remembering 22 colleagues killed by the “horrific terrorist attack” on the UN headquarters in Baghdad 15 years ago, Secretary-General António Guterres called on all staff to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, United Nations
Saturday, August 18th, 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari has called his counterpart in Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo, from London, to condole him and the people of Ghana over the passing of former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in the early hours of Saturday. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, August 18th, 2018
— 18th August 2018 Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari is back in the country after his 10-day vacation in London. He landed 6.35p.m. When asked how he was feeling, he replied, “I’m good.” He was received by the governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief […]
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Latest Politics, Nnamdi Azikiwe (1963-66), Presidency
Saturday, August 18th, 2018
By Emeka Obasi Major Abraham Eghagha got me thinking about President Nnamdi Azikiwe’s role in the January 15, 1966 military intervention. He was reacting to my piece on Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu. That was in April 2017. Eghagha[N1067] is 78 years now and served in the Nigeria Army Medical Corp[NAMC]. He retired in 1982, three years […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Senate
Saturday, August 18th, 2018
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Movies | Music | Shopping Entertainment, Movies, Music. News, Shopping The APC has come alive. It barks endlessly these days. That is some consolation for many of its disillusioned supporters. They can begin to hope again. That this enthusiasm and energy would yield a strong party with firm democratic traditions. Time […]
