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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
Caf president Issa Hayatou is coming under increasing pressure Egypt’s general prosecution has referred Confederation of African Football president Issa Hayatou to the country’s Economic Court on charges of violating local anti-monopoly rules. Caf Secretary General Hicham El Amrani has also been charged. A lawyer representing both parties attended a hearing in on Monday. With […]
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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Headlines, Oil Politics, Women Politics
Monday, March 13th, 2017
There was a twist on Monday in Lagos in the ongoing trial of Mohammed Belgore (SAN), and a former Minister of National Planning, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman for alleged N450 million money laundering as the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, was joined in the suit. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s prosecutor had […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Monday, March 13th, 2017
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | Abuja, Nigeria | March 13, 2017 – The Evolution of Yemi Osinbajo Jideofor Adibe Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has been receiving deserved kudos for the way he has been holding forte since Buhari went on medical vacation in England on January 19 2017. In this round as […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Latest Politics, Party Politics, Presidency
Saturday, March 11th, 2017
Former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), on Saturday re-echoed his support for a two-party system, and declared that it was the best option toward deepening democracy. Babangida spoke in Minna, when the Strategy and Inter-Party Affairs Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presented its report on how to move the party forward, to […]
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Headlines, Religion
Saturday, March 11th, 2017
A former Nigeria’s President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, said on Saturday in Lagos that good governance was imperative for the socio-economic growth of the country. Obasanjo said this at the Pro. Gabriel Fakeye Memorial Lecture entitled, “The Challenge of Good Governance, National Stability and Development” at Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Ayo Ni O. He said […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, March 11th, 2017
Champions League title hopefuls, Rangers International of Enugu and Rivers United will this weekend rub shoulders with the big guns as the continent’s premium, club competition enters its last-32 stage. Rangers are away in Egypt to face Zamalek while Rivers United host Al Merrikh of Sudan in Port Harcourt in the first of two-legged encounters. […]
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Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Latest Politics
Saturday, March 11th, 2017
By Caleb Ayansina – ABUJA – The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Dr Samson Ayokunle, weekend, called on all Nigerians to sustain their prayers for the complete recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari. This is just as the CAN helmsman on behalf of Christian faithful congratulated PMB, his family and the populace on […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, March 10th, 2017
Eman Ahmed A 36-year-old Egyptian woman reportedly the heaviest in the world has undergone successful weight-loss surgery at the Saifee Hospital in Mumbai, a hospital spokeswoman said on Thursday. Eman Ahmed was flown to Mumbai on a cargo plane on Feb. 11 in the hope that the hospital’s bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery) specialists would […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, March 10th, 2017
Samson Folarin The twin brother and the wife of Taiwo Ariyo were in shock when the 34-year-old drank local insecticide, Sniper, in their presence after suffering a bout of depression. Despite efforts to save his life, the victim died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos. PUNCH Metro gathered that Taiwo had expressed […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, March 10th, 2017
Buhari’s return: Residents of Bauchi road in Jos hit the streets in jubilation esidents of Jos and Maiduguri on Friday trooped to the streets to celebrate the return of President Muhammad Buhari to Nigeria after over a month in London. Bauchi Road in Jos was early on Friday besieged by jubilating residents, causing traffic hold […]
