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New CAF president appoints Amaju Pinnick to replace Hayatou

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

’Tana Aiyejina President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick has been appointed the President of the Organising Committee for the Africa Cup of Nations, a position previously occupied by ex-Confederation of African Football president, Issa Hayatou. The appointment was announced on Monday at the inaugural meeting of the new CAF Executive Committee in Manama, […]

Some Chibok Girls Refused Rescue – Insist on Staying with the Terrorists

Posted by admin Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

Olalekan Adetayo and Eniola Akinkuotu Leaders of Chibok community, under the aegis of Kibaku Area Development Association, have faulted a negotiator, Zannah Mustapha, for saying that some abducted schoolgirls refused to be part of a group of 82 girls freed at the weekend. The Chairman, Chibok Community in Abuja, Hosea Tsambido, told reporters in Abuja, […]

20-year-old Nigerian shines in US varsity

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

Friday Olokor Twenty year-old Nigerian-born Diane Isibor, on Saturday, went home with two prestigious awards during the 223rd convocation ceremony of Valdosta State University, United States. They are the Spring 2017 President’s/Vice Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence (for the Harley Langdale Jr. College of Business Administration) and Annie Power Hopper Award. The President’s award was […]

Video & Picture: Bride hesitates to kiss groom on wedding day

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, May 9th, 2017

Bride hesitates to kiss groom on wedding day A video footage of a bride who had to be persuaded to kiss her new husband has got Nigerians talking online. In the two-minute clip, the new bride’s countenance read between being petrified and beingabashed when it was time to kiss after the officiating minister declared […]

Lagos GDP hits $136b –Ambode

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, May 5th, 2017

Lagos GDP hits $136b –Ambode — 6th May 2017 By Moshood Adebayo Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has described the state as the fastest growing mega city in the world, just as he revealed that its Gross Domestic Product GDP has hit $136 billion. He also said the state accounts for over 90 per cent […]

Seven killed in Borno suicide attack

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Friday, May 5th, 2017

Seven persons were killed on Thursday during a suicide attack in Konduga, a town in Borno, the police said on Friday. A statement by the Assistant Public Relations Officer in charge of Borno Police Command, Murtala Ibrahim, said that two of the dead were suicide bombers while the other five were innocent citizens. The statement […]

Gov. Okorocha, Praise Singersrs and 2019 (Part I) – By Kenneth Uwadi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Friday, May 5th, 2017

By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | May 6, 2017 – I came into a bar by 4pm on Friday in Owerri. People working at the bar were wearing skinny jeans and white on top. I ordered for a bottle of beer. The bar top was sticky and the walls were painted yellow. It wasn’t my […]

Mass rape: Four students arrested for assaulting Lagos schoolgirls in broad daylight

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, May 5th, 2017

Kunle Falayi After an eyewitness shared on social media how final year secondary school students sexually assaulted their female counterparts on their last day in school at Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, in what has been described as a “tradition”, the Lagos State Government is said to be hunting for the students responsible. Saturday PUNCH learnt on […]

We’ll resist rejection of oil firms’ relocation to N’Delta –Ijaw youths

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta, Oil Politics Friday, May 5th, 2017

Chukwudi Akasike, Port Ijaw youths on Friday warned the National Assembly that they would resist the rejection of the executive order to oil companies to relocate their administrative head offices to the Niger Delta region. The youths, under the aegis of the Ijaw Youth Council, expressed dissatisfaction that the House of Representatives could reject a […]

Buhari’s health status: CSOs, lawyers, others give FG ultimatum

Posted by admin Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency, Top Stories Friday, May 5th, 2017

+1 President Muhammadu Buhari Dayo Oketola, Friday Olokor, Simon Utebor, Gbenro Adeoye, Etim Ekpimah, Jesusegun Alagbe, Adeniyi Olugbemi and Peter Dada Civil society organisations and some lawyers have issued an ultimatum asking the Presidency to publicly disclose the true state of health of President Muhammadu Buhari on or before May 29, to put a rest […]