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Latest Politics, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has approved the review of the case of 2,000 applicants who were dismissed during recruitment training into the Nigeria Immigration Service in February, 2015. The applicants had on many occasions staged protests over their dismissal at the Ministry of Interior in Abuja, prompting the government to hold several meetings […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Pius Ayinor, Rio de Janeiro In spite of the denials by the sports ministry officials in Rio de Janeiro that the Team Nigeria captain Mikel Obi paid the hotel bills of the extra persons with the football team at the Olympics, it has been confirmed that the money has actually been returned to the Chelsea […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | August 14, 2016 – Barring unforeseen circumstances, residents of Port Harcourt will soon witness the return of the city to its former ‘Garden City’ status. Before his exit from office, the immediate past caretaker committee chairman of the Port Harcourt Local Government Council, Mr. Samuel Soni Ejekwu, began […]
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Articles, Columnists, David Leffler, John Theobald, NNP Columnists
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
IDT: A POWERFUL, PROVEN TOOL FOR POLICE AND MILITARY By John Theobald and Dr. David Leffler Whatever one’s view of law enforcement and military personnel, certainly we can agree that these are highly stressful times for these professions. Therefore it is important to know that a powerful scientifically-validated, cost-effective stress reduction tool is […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | August 14, 2016 – How has Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former Professor of Law at the University of Lagos fared as an intellectual in politics? The role of intellectuals in politics is often a controversial one. Do intellectuals do well in […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | August 14, 2016 – While preparing for the Universities Matriculations Examinations (UME) (now known as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations) in 2005, I came across one new “fact” reading the book A Course Text on Government by Oghenekaro Ogbinaka. I learnt that the word “State” can be […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines, Navy, Niger Delta
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
THE Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, this morning, confronted the Commander of Operation Delta Safe, Rear Admiral Joseph Okojie and Commanding Officer, NNS Delta, Commodore Joseph Dzunye, asking them to come to the creeks of the Niger Delta, rather than stay in the cities and arrest “sleeper” agents, who they brand as NDA members to curry […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
Boko Haram on Sunday released a video of the girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok in April 2014, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes. The video is the latest release from embattled Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, who earlier this month denied claims that he had been replaced as […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Enyim Enyim Onitsha-Fresh crisis has erupted in the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, over alleged tenure elongation for the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Fidelis Okafor by the Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, branch of the institution disclosed this yesterday to newsmen at a press conference held after its […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Thursday, August 11th, 2016
A group that recently split from Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a militant organization that has claimed responsibility for bombing numerous oil facilities, has claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan was the grand patron of the NDA. In a statement issued today by Cynthia Whyte, an alias for a male spokesman, the splinter group also named […]
