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Air Force, Armed Forces, Corruption Politics, General Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Former Director of Finance and Accounts at the Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Air Commodore Salisu Abdullahi Yushau (retd), yesterday, revealed before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, that all past Air Chief Marshals, diverted N558.2 million monthly from funds meant for the payment of salaries of Nigerian Air Force officials. Badeh […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Chelsea celebrate his new role Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel, has been announced as the new captain of the Super Eagles. John Obi Mikel takes part in a training session. The cheery news was announced by Ahmed Musa, who was the skipper until yesterday. The CSKA Moscow winger replaced Vincent Enyeama, after the goalkeeper announced […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Coach Samson Siasia will look to the inventiveness of the duo of Victor Moses and Moses Simon to unlock the defence of Egypt in today’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying game in Kaduna. GETTING READY … Super Eagles duo, Victor Moses (l) and Obi Mikel . Both players have looked sharp in attack, posting […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, dubbed Rivers State as Nigeria’s most deadly state, even as he offered profuse apologies for the ill-tempered elections conducted under his watch in Kogi, Bayelsa and Rivers states. Speaking at the first National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja this […]
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Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | March 24, 2016 – It usually surprise many people that, on their arrival at the Obafemi Awolowo University Campus, one of the first structures out of all the beautiful buildings on the campus, one come across is the Great Ife Students’ Union Building, also known as Ken Saro-Wiwa […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Lagos probes pupil’s floggings by principal, teachers Ogechi Anyalewechi advertisement Samson Folarin The Lagos State Government has launched an investigation into an alleged case of child brutality at the Eva Adelaja Girls Secondary School in the Bariga area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that a 14-year-old pupil of the […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
By Odimegwu Onwumere | Rivers State, Nigeria | March 24, 2016 – There is ongoing debate among stakeholders of industries that corporations should necessitate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a business necessity. The argument hinges on the fact that corporations should become socially conscious, but the media have a great role to play on how […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
By Kingsley Omonobi Abuja – The Nigerian Army said yesterday that its soldiers prosecuting the war on terror on Wednesday night rescued 180 hostages mostly women and children who had been in Boko Haram captivity for months. During the confrontation to rescue the captives from the camps, five (5) Boko Haram terrorists’ were killed in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam wants to be extradited to France “as soon as possible” to face charges following his arrest in Brussels, his lawyer said Thursday. Asked if his client had prior knowledge about Tuesday’s suicide bombings at Brussels airport and on a metro train, lawyer Sven Mary said in English: “He didn’t know […]
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Agriculture, Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | Marc h 24, 2016 – The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, recently raised an alarm that Nigerians risk starvation by 2050 if nothing is done to introduce an all-year-round farming. This call underscores the urgent need to improve on our farming method to achieve increased productivity. In […]
