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Nigeria as an Amusement Park – By Ikechukwu Amaechi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Amaechi, NNP Columnists Monday, September 5th, 2016

By Ikechukwu Amaechi | NNP | Sept. 5, 2016 – Nigeria is a huge amusement park. All you need do to have fun is sit back and watch the theatrics of the political gladiators. It is God’s doing, though. Our ability to laugh at our folly and the fact that there are so many clowns out […]

Opinion: Giving Credit to Whom It is Due

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, September 5th, 2016

Giving Credit to Whom It is Due By Tope Bankole and Uzoma Ngozi On July 26, the media was awash with news of the commissioning of the Abuja-Kaduna railway project. The news elicited a tweet from the PDP via their official twitter handle. This eventually sparked off a controversy on who should actually take the […]

A Killing Too Many – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Monday, September 5th, 2016

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NPP | Sept. 5, 2016 – The increasing spate of religious-induced killings in Nigeria and the ease with which the act is perpetrated is of particular concern to me and to all well-meaning Nigerians. These killings are indications that the country is ill and deserves urgent attention by every citizen. […]

Buhari’s Quest for Emergency Economic Powers – By Dr. Jideofor Adibe

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency Monday, September 5th, 2016

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Sept. 5, 2016 – Since Reuters broke the news on August 22 2016 that the government would be seeking for emergency powers to enable it fix the economy, Nigerians have been debating the pros and cons of that yet- to- be confirmed Bill. Though officially the government continues […]

Mark Zuckerberg’s Gift: Nigeria Will Shape the World! – By Samuel O. Adeyemi

Posted by admin American Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Samuel O. Adeyemi Monday, September 5th, 2016

By Samuel O. Adeyemi | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 5, 2016 – On the eve of my birthday, I glued my eyes to the live broadcast of Mark Zuckerberg’s town hall meeting with software developers and entrepreneurs in Lagos. Even though I had other pressing tasks to attend to, I stayed glued. Mark spoke extensively on […]

Four Soldiers Feared Dead in Bayelsa Boat Accident

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Bayelsa, Headlines Monday, September 5th, 2016

Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa Four soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force, JTF, Operation Delta Safe,ODS, who are currently carrying out an operation codenamed ‘Crocodile Smile’, to rid the Niger Delta of criminalities, were on Monday feared dead in the creeks of Bayelsa State. The loss of the security personnel, it was learnt, followed a […]

FG says US Congressman’s comment on Buhari out of tune with reality

Posted by admin American Politics, Latest Politics Monday, September 5th, 2016

FG says US Congressman’s comment on Buhari out of tune with reality Iyobosa Uwugiaren in Abuja Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed advertisement The federal government has described as “sadly out of tune with reality” the published letter from US Congressman, Tom Marino, to the Secretary of State, John […]

An Unending Disease – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Monday, September 5th, 2016

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Sept. 5, 2016 – Despite efforts by the Federal Government and stakeholders to end the polio virus that has plagued the country for a long time and get Nigeria free of it, the disease re-emerged with a confirmation that Borno State, precisely Gwoza and Jere Local Government Councils were […]

Lagos: Pastor turns teenage church girls to sex objects

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, September 5th, 2016

• Pastor Chukwuma Nwkocha By Evelyn Usman & Ebere Aham It was a shocking revelation yesterday at the Lagos State Police Command as three teenagers recounted how the General Overseer of Tongue of Fire Ministry, Shogunle, Lagos, Pastor Chukwuma Nkwocha, had been sleeping with them, in exchange for money to pay […]

How civil servants defraud state with multiple ATM cards —Shettima

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Thursday, September 1st, 2016

How civil servants defraud state with multiple ATM cards —Shettima — 2nd September 2016 Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, has revealed how senior civil servants in the state colluded with commercial banks to defraud the state with the use of fake bank accounts. The governor said the fraudulent workers mobilised people to pose as civil […]