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General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories, Wole Soyinka
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

• Agitation in South-East not surprising By Doris Obinna Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, yesterday spoke frankly on the agitation in the South East and declared that Biafra cannot be defeated. Soyinka added that the agitation did not come to him as a surprise. He also defended his choice of President Muhammadu Buhari as a […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says more work is needed to perfect the conduct of elections in Nigeria. The President made the remark when he received newly elected members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council’s (IPAC) Executive Committee in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. He frowned at what he described as “unhelpful electoral attitudes” of […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

Senegal U-23 coach Serigne Saliou Dia insisted that they must keep their focus ahead of their clash with Nigeria in the semifinals of the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. The tournament hosts finished top of Group A to book their spot in the last four of the competition, after enjoying consecutive victories over South […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
The Director-General of the National Sports Commission, Mallam Al Hassan Yakmut, was full of praises for the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, over the church’s initiative to wake-up the country’s sports authorities on the possibility of the Team Nigeria winning gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Yakmut, […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Philip Amiola
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

By Philip Amiola | Lagos, Nigeria | December 8, 2015 – The world was recently taken aback by news of a London-based Nigerian doctor, Emmanuel Edet, and his wife who were found guilty of enslaving one Ofonime Sunday Inuk for 24 years. As pathetic as the case is, it is only one of many such […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | December 8, 2015 – It has been long I sang the Nigerian national anthem. I remember joining in its singing long after leaving secondary school few years ago during my National Youth Service. Often I find myself on the warpath with school teachers and my students who […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
Abuja – Nigerian Troops have intercepted and killed many Boko Haram terrorists while trying to escape the onslaught on the Sambisa forest. In a statement, the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, on Wednesday, said the insurgents were “ decisively dealt with” while trying to escape through Pulka. He said many of the […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – The Federal Government, Tuesday, slammed six-count money laundering charge against former chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi over his alleged complicity in the $2billion arms deal fraud. Dokpesi who was recently arrested and later granted administrative bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was alleged […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says more work is needed to perfect the conduct of elections in Nigeria. The President made the remark when he received newly elected members of the Inter-Party Advisory Council’s (IPAC) Executive Committee in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. He frowned at what he described as “unhelpful electoral attitudes” of […]