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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Nasarawa, Nigeria | November 3, 2017 – Nigerians love buzzwords – slogans that are repeated frequently enough, (and imbued with assumed values), that they begin to sound like established facts or self-evident truths. One of the favourite mantras in Nigeria today is the notion of the ‘detribalized’ Nigerian. Depending on the […]
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Emeka Chiakwelu, Headlines
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
God Bless Texas – Standing strong against Harvey By Emeka Chiakwelu A meddling dew night Disastrous darkness shrouded in duplicity Destabilizing wind deepen with wrecking flood But what are you? Wind, rain and Yes a flood – a voracious evil Multidimensional devilish character Houston is in its place – beautiful and evergreen So is our […]
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Articles, Biafra, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | November 3, 2017 – If you look into the mirror and see dirt on your face, you clean your face and leave the mirror alone. Even, if you choose to ignore the dirt on your face, as revealed by the mirror, you still do not bother the mirror. […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
By Fegalo Nsuke The 1995 hanging of nine Ogoni human rights activists remains a permanent stain on Nigeria’s claim to civilization. The role Shell played in the hangings will continue to question the company’s credibility and public perception no matter how much she invests to launder her battered image as the chief sponsor of terror […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
By Arnold A. Alalibo | November 3, 2017 | NNP | The hue and cry in opposition to the eradication of History Studies from our primary and secondary schools has eventually paid off. Its notional existence for about three decades has proved catastrophic to a nation and generations interred in ignorance or incapacity. A proclamation […]
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Corruption Politics, Lagos, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
Senator Dino Melaye has accused the Babatunde Fashola-led Ministry of Power, Works and Housing of spending monies not appropriated in its budget. Melaye raised an alarm on the ‘monumental fraud’ in the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing. Speaking on the floor of the Senate, yesterday, Melaye accused the ministry of spending monies not appropriated […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
Italy seized more than 24 million tablets of a synthetic opiate that Islamic State militants planned to sell to finance attacks around the world, the head of a southern Italian court said on Friday. According to a statement from the court, the pills were seized by finance police and customs officials in the container port […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
Oladimeji Ramon The Lagos State Government on Friday said it opposed the ‘no-case’ submission filed by the defendants in the case of the collapsed Synagogue Church of All Nations’ building, which killed about 116 persons in September 2014. The defendants in the case are the Registered Trustees of the Synagogue Church of All Nations and […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
Football tournament holds in Sambisa forest Olaleye Aluko, Abuja Youths in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State have been organised by the Nigerian Army into 16 teams in a football competition in the Sambisa Forest area. Our correspondent learnt the 8 Task Force Division put the competition together to prevent the radicalisation and recruitment […]
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Anambra, Elections, Governors, Headlines, State News
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
Olalekan Adetayo The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has said about 21,000 policemen would be mobilised for the governorship elections coming up in Anambra State on November 18. He added that water boats and helicopters would also be used. The Police boss disclosed this to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on […]
