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Women drum support for woman President in 2019

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Women Politics Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

Sokoto – Women in Sokoto State are drumming up support for the emergence of a woman as Nigeria’s President in 2019. The women made their feelings known at a rally in Sokoto on Wednesday to mark the International Women’s Day. Prof. Aishatu Madawaki, who spoke on behalf of the women, lamented over the continued marginalisation […]

110 passengers land, take off from Kaduna Airport with Ethiopian Airline Boeing 787

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Aviation, Headlines Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

By Favour Nnabugwu One hundred and ten passengers, Wednesday, landed and took off from Kaduna International Airport with Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 flight at 11:30am Nigerian Time. Ethiopian Airline Boeing 787 landed in Kaduna International Airport with 50 passengers from Addis Ababa @ 11.30am and took off with 60 passengers to Addis Ababa @ […]

Varsity student to die by hanging for killing colleague

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

A 200 level student of Lead City University, Ibadan, Moshood Owolabi, is to die by hanging for stabling his fellow student to death. Delivering judgment on Wednesday, Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte of an Ibadan High Court sentenced Owolabi to death by hanging for causing the death of one Seun Kolawole, two years ago. Owolabi, of the […]

Acting President Osinbajo is not a ‘Nigerian’

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

After watching the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo in Benin City, Edo State, on TV live during his fact finding meeting with the good people of Edo state, I realised that he is totally not a Nigerian. He listened to all speakers with rapt attention and concentrated interest. One could see him practically and personally […]

Postphone your trips to US for now, Abike counsels Nigerians

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

Abike Dabiri-Erewa By Victoria Ojeme Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foregn Affairs and Nigerian in Diaspora Hon Abike Dabiri- Erewa has advised Nigerians who have no compelling or urgent reason to travel to the United State of America, USA, to postpone their travel plans until the new administration’s policy on immigration is clear. […]

PHOTOS: Boy penetrates crowd to shake hands with Osinbajo

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

A courageous boy riggled himself out of a crowd to shake hands with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo in Benin City, Edo State during presidential visit. See photos: wp_posts

Corruption: Court freezes Patience Jonathan’s multiple accounts

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, First Ladies, Latest Politics, Patience Jonathan, Top Stories, Women Politics Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

Ramon Oladimeji A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the freezing of multiple bank accounts linked to the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. The accounts, opened in the names of companies and an individual, had a cumulative balance of N7,418,829,290.94 (N7.4bn) and $429,381.87. The court presided over by Justice Mojisola Olatoregun […]

Okonjo-Iweala Still “In Office” – By Tope Bankole

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tope Bankole, Women Politics Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

By Tope Bankole | NNP | March 7, 2017 – When one continues to forge ahead on a glorious pedestal in spite of detracting fellows who conjure snags, it becomes worthy of discussion, praise and emulation. This is the case with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, whose profile […]

Be Warned, Canada Has No “Visa Lottery Program.”

Posted by admin Articles, Canadian Politics, Columnists, Johnson Babalola, NNP Columnists Monday, March 6th, 2017

By Johnson Babalola | Toronto, Canada | March 6, 2017 – The messages kept coming in through emails, phones and texts. They came from different individuals with varied educational and ethnic backgrounds but with one thing in common: they were all Nigerians. They all asked about the same program: the Canadian “lottery” program. A telephone […]

Buhari calls Obasanjo

Posted by admin Latest Politics Sunday, March 5th, 2017

By Anthony Ogbonna President Muhammadu Buhari, Sunday, called the Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo via telephone from London and felicitated with him on the occasion of his 80th birthday. In a statement made available to newsmen by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari recalled his days in the military with the […]