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Abia, Headlines, State News
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016
…Jubilation in Abia as Kalu goes to tribunal — 2nd April 2016 THERE was great jubilation in major towns and cities in Abia State last Thursday as news filtered into the air that the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) candidate at the Abia North Senatorial rerun poll, Dr. Orji Kalu has filed a suit at the tribunal […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, State News
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016
Patience Jonathan, Obasanjo, Wike, Mimiko, others attend Umahi’s mother’s funeral — 2nd April 2016 Former first lady, Patience Jonathan, former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike, his Ondo state counterpart, Olusegun Mimiko and others were part of the dignitaries that attended the funeral of the mother of the Ebonyi state governor, David Umahi, […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016

AFCON 2017 ticket: We lost it in Dar Es Salam, not Alexandria –NFF — 2nd April 2016 By George Aluo DOWN cast! That is the word to use in describing the mood in Nigeria’s camp after last Tuesday’s loss to the Pharaohs of Egypt in the battle of Alexandria. The 1-0 victory the Egyptians secured at home […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016
2 Killed, 40 houses razed, as 2 communities clash over mango in Edo — 2nd April 2016 FROM TONY OSAUZO, BENIN A clash between Uneme- Ekpedo and Bekuma- Okpameri communities in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State over mango, has reportedly left two people dead. Trouble was said to have started on Wednesday, when one out […]
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Headlines, Health
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016
Ministers pledge to improve access to vaccines at first-ever Ministerial Conference on Immunization in Africa Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (25 February 2016) – With one in five African children lacking access to all needed and basic life-saving vaccines, ministers of health and other line ministers countries committed themselves to keep immunization at the forefront of efforts […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016

By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | April 2, 2016 – The inspiration for this reflection is the World Happiness Report 2016, released recently in Rome ahead of this year’s UN World Happiness Day, which was celebrated on the 20th of March. The World Happiness Report surveys the state of global happiness and ranks countries […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016

By Odimegwu Onwumere | Rivers, Nigeria | April 2, 2016 – Many Nigerians have unnerved views that the education industry is supposed to be one of the biggest industries in the country. If the successive governments have harnessed the industry very well, it stands to earn the country billions of naira per annum. Those […]
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Headlines
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016
Does Fashola remember this phrase: This is federal road; please, bear with us? — 1st April 2016 MINISTER of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, sure will remember the phrase: “This is a federal road. Please, bear with us.” It was a message once placed at various locations in Lagos, especially on bad roads across […]
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Headlines, Oil Politics, Raw Politics
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016
Kachikwu and the sins of his fathers — 29th March 2016 Emma Agu Guest columnist THAT frustration over the slow pace of the economy is beginning to boil over can be deduced from the variegated reactions of various stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over a candid opinion expressed by the Minister of Petroleum […]
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Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016
Is President Buhari an especially upright leader? 31st March 2016 LET us not waste anybodys time with intros. Rather let us go for the jugular: If the question: Is President Muhamadu Buhari, General, Retired, an especially upright person or leader is raised, the answer is and must be no, a capital no. Repeat, no. The […]