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Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
I do not like to delve into matters touching and concerning the APC because I am not a member. However, what is happening in the ruling party today transcends partisan politics and should be a concern to us all. At the very least, we can learn some very hard lessons from it. The truth is […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Nigeria’s Flamingoes have arrived in Jordan ahead of their opening game at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, scheduled to take place in the Asian country from September 30 – October 21. The Emirates Airline flight had a stopover in Dubai before embarking on the journey to Amman. The Nigeria U-17s led by skipper […]
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Education, Headlines
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

By Dayo Adesulu & Joseph Erunke WHEN Miss Faizal Abu bakar Sani, 17, a former student of Olumawu School, Abuja, was writing her West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, WASS-CE, few months ago, little did she know that the examination would earn her a scholarship to study any course of her choice in any university in […]
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Biafra, Headlines
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016
Spurred by the “no referendum for Biafra” statement of President Buhari, Prophet Nwoko said that whether referendum or no referendum, Biafra would be restored and urged Buhari to have a rethink and ‘let Biafra go’ because no amount of force would stop the Biafra project, not even Buhari himself. Recall that President Buhari during a […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016
Court freezes Imo state accounts News By: adekunle Tuesday, September 27, 2016 advertisement TOP HEADLINES Chronic forex shortage pushes naira to 445/dollar Court freezes Imo state accounts Bola Ahmed Tinubu and those who want him dead, by Femi Fani-Kayode Emirates Airlines rejects naira in payment for flight Buhari appoints heads of 13 agencies […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emeka Oraetoka, First Ladies, NNP Columnists, Patience Jonathan
Saturday, September 24th, 2016

By Emeka Oraetoka | NNP | Sept. 24, 2016 – There is no doubt that President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has recorded some milestone in its fight against corruption. The prudent management of government funds through the Single Treasury Account [TSA] has substantially, if not totally eliminated leakages and profligacy in government, notwithstanding the position of […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists
Saturday, September 24th, 2016

By Emeka Chiakwelu | NNP | Sept. 24, 2016 – Nigeria is officially in recession for there are now two consecutive negative growths and GDP contractions in two quarters. The economy shrinks sequentially in first and second quarters by .36 and 2.06 percent respectively. Before the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and National Bureau of […]
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Headlines, Kebbi, State News, Top Stories
Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Image copyright . Image caption Hindatu Umar assumed the position after the tenure of the local chairman expired A 25-year-old woman has taken over as the head of a local authority in the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria. Hindatu Umar is the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position in […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
Ahead of the re-run elections for the state ad national assembly seats in Ogoniland, five persons were Sunday morning arrested in Yeghe Ogoniland, including a strong loyalist of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. John Sorbarikor Gbarazia. Also arrested is the wife of John S. Gbarazia, Mrs Gloria Gbarazia. John Gbarazia is a member of the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, September 23rd, 2016

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria |Sept. 23, 2016 | Governor Ambode’s urban renewal policy is fundamentally flawed. For one, it strives to recast a Nigerian city in Parisian or Washingtonian mold. Secondly, it fails to realize that Lagos does not have to look like Paris, New York or Washington DC to be a beautiful, […]