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BREAKING: Ex-COAS, Gen. Victor Malu is dead

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Headlines Monday, October 9th, 2017

From: Rose Ejembi, Makurdi A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Victor Malu, is dead. Gen. Malu died at the age of 70. Gen. Malu, according to a family source, Bem Adoor, died on Monday morning, at a Cairo, Egypt hospital where he had traveled to for normal medical check-up two weeks ago. The […]

Texas Not A Mere Geographical Space – By Chinedu Ogoke

Posted by admin American Politics, Articles, Chinedu Ogoke, Columnists, NNP Columnists Sunday, October 8th, 2017

By Chinedu Ogoke | NNP | October 8, 2017 – [Texas] “is no longer a mere geographical space”— John O’Sullivan, 1845 ‘[I]n my early youth,’ as a kid, two books I won in a competition brought some locations in America so close that I could physically touch those places. The names Colorado and Colombia rang in my ears like booming sounds at a […]

Independence: Another Look at Nigeria – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Sunday, October 8th, 2017

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | October 8, 2017 – I am not surprised at the current widespread agitations for secession across the country. The gestures have always loomed in the horizon of the country long ago. Years of turmoils, claims and counter-claims of marginalization as well as vituperations, especially from stakeholders and former […]

Senate Probes IGP Over Alleged Fraud, Nepotism …As Idris’ In-Laws Threaten Misau

Posted by admin Headlines, Legislature, Nigerian Police, Senate Sunday, October 8th, 2017

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (middle),with military officers and officials of the International Community of Red Crescent, at the inauguration of 20-bed capacity special clinic at the Military Medical Centre, the Nigerian Army, 7 Division, Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, last Tuesday. The Senate, yesterday, set up an eight-member ad-hoc committee to investigate allegations […]

LIBERIAN ELECTIONS: Vice President Boakai is the man to beat

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, October 8th, 2017

From Lindsay Barrett: Just back from Monrovia Liberia’s Presidential polls that will commence on Tuesday this week will very likely be among the most important of such exercises to take place anywhere in West Africa in recent times. As Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s constitutional tenure of two six-year terms draws to a close the region is […]

Murtala Muhammed airport gets world class multi-level car park

Posted by admin Aviation, Headlines Sunday, October 8th, 2017

Urowayino Warami Friday, October 6, 2017 TOP HEADLINES TRAVELLERS from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport will no longer experience parking space problem at the airport as the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has, in partnership with Seymour Aviation Limited constructed a world-class multi-level car park to make life easier for them. The newly commissioned […]

2018 World Cup Qualifier: Alex Iwobi’s lone strike lands Nigeria in Russia

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, October 8th, 2017

Arsenal forward Alex Iwobi sent Nigeria to the 2018 World Cup finals with the winning goal in a 1-0 African qualifying victory over Zambia on Saturday. The Super Eagles became the first African team to advance to Russia after taking an unassailable lead atop Group B. It will be their sixth World Cup finals appearance. […]

Nnamdi Kanu has no means of livelihood, says army

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Biafra, General Politics, Latest Politics Sunday, October 8th, 2017

Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Nigerian Army has said the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has no means of livelihood, but used “propaganda” to make people believe him. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, stated this in Abuja, while rounding off a two-day media conference on the military’s enhancement […]

It’s no big deal if actresses sleep their ways to the top (Except one of them is your daughter)

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Saturday, October 7th, 2017

It’s no big deal if actresses sleep their ways to the top — 7th October 2017 –Nollywood twins, Tracy & Treasure Daniels By Christian Agadibe Nollywood twins, Tracy and Treasure Daniels have been counting their blessings since they joined the Nigerian movie industry. Right now, the duo has added another feather to their caps with […]

Youths protest against SARS in Rivers

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Saturday, October 7th, 2017

From: TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Hundreds of youths in Rivers State yesterday, staged a peaceful protest in Port Harcourt, condemning the activities of some operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the state police command. Protesting on the platform of Niger Delta Non-Violence Youth Leaders Assembly (NDNYLA), they marched through some major streets in […]