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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Headlines
Friday, May 5th, 2017
The popular and award-winning author, Chimamda Adichie in an interview with the New York Times explains what motivated her to writing her latest book ‘Feminist Manifesto in fifteen suggestions. She explained that the book was birthed while she was trying to help a friend, who had intentions of raising a feminist child. She explains, “I […]
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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics
Friday, May 5th, 2017
By Ramon Oladimeji The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday named Mrs. Folashade Oke as the owner of Flat 7B, No. 13, Osborne Road, Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, where the sums of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23, 218,000 were recently recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Mrs. Oke is the wife of the […]
