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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News
Saturday, March 18th, 2017
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | March 18, 2017 – The Rivers State Government recently advised churches and business operators in the state to desist from generating noise pollution. The Special Adviser to Governor Nyesom Wike on Pollution Control, Mr Nwuke Anucha, gave the warning at a meeting on pollution control and religious matters […]
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Headlines
Saturday, March 18th, 2017
A leading African writer has transfixed the internet with her comments on gender – but fellow Nigerians say they feel hurt. Transgender women in Africa have benefited from “male privilege” because they grew up as men. With this argument, writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie kicked off a vexed discussion, trending everywhere from Facebook to Teen Vogue. […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, March 18th, 2017
Ahmad is eager to being an assessment of the state of Caf Newly-appointed Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad says his first act will be to conduct an audit of the body. The Malagasy dethroned long-term Caf president Issa Hayatou on Thursday, winning the Ethiopia-based elections by 34 votes to 20. “I will go […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere
Saturday, March 18th, 2017
By Odimegwu Onwumere We have become the haunted In their elusive fight against corruption; The corruption we did not elect them for, Or they rigged themselves in to indulge? Our wailing is deafening And no parameter can measure our tears Caused by their self-inflicted peril on us As every commodity skyrockets in the mall Just […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
A Nigerian returnee from Libya reacts on arrival at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. PHOTO: NAN • Waves of irregular migration despite deportation • Govt’s ‘rescue’ programme returns 859 in three months About 1,200 Nigerians are currently seeking asylum in Germany, some officials of the Federal Government have said. At least half of the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Row over Ghana’s ‘elephant-size’ government AFPPresident Nana Akufo-Addo was inaugurated in January The Ghanaian government has defended itself against accusations of running an “elephant-sized” government, after new appointments announced on Wednesday brought the number of ministers and deputy minsters to 110. The ministries of Information, Energy, Agriculture and Local Government will each have three deputy ministers, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Sierra Leone pastor finds huge diamond Olivia Acland Artisanal, or freelance, miners are a common site in Sierra Leone’s diamond-rich Kono district A Christian pastor has discovered one of the world’s largest uncut diamonds in Sierra Leone’s Kono district. The diamond, weighing 709 carats, is now locked up in Sierra Leone’s central bank in Freetown. It […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Ahmad id the chief of African football’s governing body Madagascar Football Association chief Ahmad is elected Confederation of African Football president, ending Issa Hayatou’s 29-year reign. wp_posts
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American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Donald Trump’s ex-wife Ivana Trump is set to publish a book with Simon & Schuster. And it’s not about politics. Entitled, “Raising Trump,” the “non-partisan, non-political” book will detail Ivana’s experience raising her three children with Donald Trump — Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr. — according to the publishing house. It’s set to be published […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
(CNN)A federal judge in Hawaii is making headlines after temporarily freezing President Donald Trump’s revised ban on travelers from several Muslim-majority countries. In a 43-page ruling, US District Court Judge Derrick Watson issued a scathing rebuke just hours before Trump’s revised travel ban was to go into effect Thursday. “The illogic of the government’s contentions […]
