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Headlines, Katsina, State News
Monday, May 16th, 2016
MTN’s Solar Electricity Service expanding across Katsina State Wednesday, May 11, 2016 KATSINA, NIGERIA – MTN and Lumos today announce their commitment to further expand their service across Katsina state, providing accessible electricity to thousands of homes and businesses across the state. Expansion to Katsina began earlier this year with hundreds of customers already enjoying 24/7 electricity. The announcement […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Samuel O. Adeyemi
Monday, May 16th, 2016
By Samuel O. Adeyemi | Lagos, Nigeria | May 16, 2016 – Yet again, another casualty has been recorded on the global media scene. The Independent Newspapers in the United Kingdom isabout going all digital, thereby burying its print edition forever. At its peak, The Independent was churning out half a million daily prints and then it went down to an abysmal low […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Monday, May 16th, 2016
During the week in London, President Muhammadu Buhari spoke on burning national issues to journalists from four media houses, including TheCable. Below are the excerpts. ON A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THE HERDSMEN CRISIS The problem is virtually as old as Nigeria itself. Culturally, the herdsmen don’t stay in one place. They move with the season. Normally, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Emmanuel Omoh Esiemokhai, Headlines
Monday, May 16th, 2016
President Dilma. Rousseff V the Senate of Brazil. (1) The former President of Brazil,D. Rouseff should be discharged and acquitted, for the following reasons: (a) That incompetence is not a crime but is due to human frailty and limitation in knowledge common to all human beings. (b) That her offence falls into the “political offence” […]
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Articles, Columnists, Hakeem Babalola, NNP Columnists
Monday, May 16th, 2016
By Hakeem Babalola | Budapest, Hungary | May 16, 2016 – They now say I am fantastically corrupt. Is this true or not? Fantastically corrupt! I know I am corrupt, but am I fantastically corrupt? Are they right to say I am fantastically corrupt? Even if I am fantastically corrupt, is it right for my […]
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Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Rivers, State News
Monday, May 16th, 2016
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja -Punch President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met briefly behind closed door with Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike. The meeting which was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja did not last up to 30 minutes. Wike arrived for the meeting at about 2pm and left a few minutes […]
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Headlines
Monday, May 16th, 2016
Afeez Hanafi A commercial driver, Fatai Ogundele, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping his 14-year-old daughter, Titi (pseudonym). He was said to have been arrested by the police from the Onipanu Police Divison after he beat up his daughter for denying him more sex. It was learnt that Ogundele […]
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Headlines, Oil Politics
Monday, May 16th, 2016
-Punch Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Bishop of Sufficient Grace and Truth Ministry, Seun Adeoye, on Monday staged a solo protest against the deregulation policy of the Federal Government which has led to a sharp increase in the price of fuel. The bishop, who is a former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Osun State […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Monday, May 16th, 2016
A woman in the US state of Florida was rushed to a hospital after being bitten by a shark — with the whole animal still clutching on to her right arm, local media reported. The small nurse shark, which was about two feet (61 centimeters) long, was killed by a beachgoer soon after the attack […]
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Abia, Corruption Politics, General Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, May 16th, 2016
-Punch Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, said it would await another decision of the Supreme Court’s judgment before it would proceed with the trial of a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, and his co-accused on money laundering charges. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had, in […]
