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Picture: I made N3,000 hawking water in 20 minutes – White Naija Girl

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Monday, May 16th, 2016

Can you give a brief background of yourself? My husband gave me a Nigerian (Yoruba) name, ‘Ibukun,’ which means ‘blessing.’ I am originally from Hungary. I live in the United Kingdom at the moment. In 2008, I came to the UK, where I met my husband, Gbenga Afolabi of MagnumN3. I studied Business and Management. […]

Trump fights back on questions over women, taxes

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Sunday, May 15th, 2016

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in the race for the White House, fought Sunday to stem several controversies including his relationship with women and his refusal to release his tax returns. The billionaire real estate mogul and his backers hit back at a New York Times article that detailed Trump’s complex and contradictory history […]

Looted funds: FG to repatriate slush funds stolen, hidden away – AGF

Posted by admin Latest Politics Sunday, May 15th, 2016

Looted funds: FG to repatriate slush funds stolen, hidden away – AGFBy Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Buoyed by a swath of agreements reached with other countries of the world in the world in London last week, the Federal Government is to begin moves to prosecute corrupt Nigerian politicians who have fled to Europe and […]

Love, Forgiveness panaceas to broken marriages, says Abioye

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, May 15th, 2016

Abuja – The Vice President, Living Faith Church, Worldwide, Bishop David Abioye has urged couples to embrace love and forgiveness in their unions to forestall broken homes. Abioye gave the advice on Saturday in Abuja at the wedding ceremony of former Miss Minaro Macfrank to Emmanuel Oyo-Ita, the son to the Head of Civil Service […]

Herdsmen attack another Benue village, kill 12

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, State News Sunday, May 15th, 2016

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Just when Benue farmers were enjoying some respite from the activities of dare-devil Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the state, no fewer than 12 persons were late Friday night reportedly killed by suspect herdsmen at Tarfi village, Binnev Ward, in Buruku local government area. Sunday Vanguard learned that the attack also […]

Buhari: Cleaning the Augean Stables – By Mike Rapu

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Mike Rapu, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, Presidency Thursday, May 12th, 2016

By Mike Rapu | Lagos, Nigeria | May 13, 2016 – Augeas, the mythical king of Elis, kept great stables that held 3,000 oxen and had not been cleaned for thirty years – until Hercules was assigned the job. Hercules accomplished this task by causing two rivers to run through the stables. This story depicts […]

Developing Minds, Developing Nations – By Leonard Karshima Shilgba

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists Thursday, May 12th, 2016

By Leonard Karshima Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | May 12, 2016 – Nations are not labeled “Developed” just because they have world-class infrastructure, which are after all only by-products of development, but because of the amount and quality of knowledge that they have created through exercised developed minds, by which I mean minds that are able to […]

Fuel Price Hike: I am not against the removal of subsidy but the approach – Princewill

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Thursday, May 12th, 2016

Fuel Price Hike: I am not against the removal of subsidy but the approach – Princewill By Hector Spiff Prince Tonye Princewill, the Labour Party Governorship candidate in the 2015 general elections in Rivers State, has reacted to the current removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government yesterday, saying that he was […]

Niger Delta Avengers militant group goes underground as army hunts for members

Posted by admin Latest Politics, National Politics, Niger Delta, Raw Politics, Top Stories Thursday, May 12th, 2016

By Emma Amaize & Brisibe Perez WARRI—MEMBERS of Niger Delta Avengers, largely an Ijaw militant group, which admitted bombing oil and gas installations in Delta State, recently, have gone underground following a massive manhunt for them by the Army, Navy and other security agencies. President Muhammadu Buhari had recently given a marching order to the […]

Yobo pleased with players’ turnout for testimonial

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, May 12th, 2016

FORMER Nigeria captain Joseph Yobo is pleased to have secured the services of major international players to take part in his testimonial game later this month in Port Harcourt. Yobo, 35, has been in Europe visiting his old stomping grounds and speaking to players expected at the game and is happy at the overwhelming response […]