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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Tuesday, August 15th, 2017
Lawyers for Grace Mugabe are negotiating with South African authorities after Zimbabwe’s first lady failed to hand herself in to police over allegations she assaulted a woman in an upmarket Johannesburg hotel at the weekend. “We have identified a suspect but she hasn’t handed herself over yet. We do not know her whereabouts at this […]
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Education, Headlines, Press Releases, Rivers, State News
Sunday, August 13th, 2017
PRESS RELEASE WIKE’S CLAIMS ON SCHOOL RENOVATION FRAUDULENT AND A PLOY TO SIPHON FUNDS — RIVERS APC Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike’s claim that his administration has embarked on the renovation of 175 schools across the State has been dismissed as a big fraud by the State Chapter of the All Progressives […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, August 13th, 2017
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | August 2017 – President Buhari’s health challenges have sparked intrigue in Nigeria and awakened the politics of succession, which revolve around an assumed power-sharing arrangement between the northern and the southern parts of the country. This intrigue is reminiscent of what happened when former President Umaru Musa […]
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Headlines, Philip Amiola, Press Releases
Sunday, August 13th, 2017
Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) Awardee Launches Digital Library e86 Limited, a Nigerian software development firm and an awardee of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP), has expressed commitment to making learning fun, affordable and more readily accessible through its flagship product, Panacea e-library. In a statement released by the its management team, e86 Limited laments […]
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Articles, Biafra, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Sunday, August 13th, 2017
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | August 13, 2017 – The story is told of an Emperor whose obsession with clothes is second to none. His love for clothes was so much that he spent all his money on being well dressed. He cared less about state functions like warfare, people’s welfare, recreation, […]
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Articles, Biafra, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Sunday, August 13th, 2017
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | August 13, 2017 – A lady from Akwa Ibom derisively talked about the map depicting the frontiers of Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) Biafra. The map placed her state within the boundaries of Biafra. The lady thought it was comical, and facetiously, she added, “If I am now […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Niger Delta, Raw Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, August 12th, 2017
By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA- A coalition of Niger Delta agitators on Thursday handed down an ultimatum to Northerners and Yoruba from south west zone resident in the region to vacate before October 1. The coalition also said that it is set to resume the bombings of major oil and gas installation in the coastal region. […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Borno, Headlines, State News
Saturday, August 12th, 2017
The Nigerian Army on Friday said it had conducted cordon and search operation at a building housing the United Nations (UN) staff in Maiduguri following alert on high profile Boko Haram members. Lt. Col. Samuel Kingsley, the spokesperson, 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, said in a statement released in Maiduguri that the army had […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, August 12th, 2017
TOP HEADLINES Idris Adesina Nigeria moved up a spot from the 39th to 38th position in the latest FIFA Rankings released by the world football body on Thursday. The three-time African champions also moved up a place from the seventh position they occupied last month to the sixth position on the continent. The Super […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, August 12th, 2017
Anyaoku We must translate our potential to reality – Gambari We need a new constitution – Omole By Providence Emmanuel Lagos-There was a critical assessment of the state of the nation yesterday, with former Commonwealth Secretary General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku and former Nigeria Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, with both expressing […]
