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Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
Buhari and Jonathan ADVERTISEMENT President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said officials of the recent past government abandoned all financial and administrative instructions put in place in parastatals and agencies, thereby throwing the country into financial crisis. He regretted that the impunity, lack of accountability and financial recklessness in the management of national resources which […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, June 22nd, 2015
-BBC Markets in Maiduguri have repeatedly been targeted by suicide bombers Boko Haram At least 20 people have been killed after female suicide bombers attacked a fish market in Nigeria’s north-eastern city of Maiduguri, eyewitnesses have told the BBC. The attackers disguised themselves as beggars to try to enter the market, eyewitnesses say. One […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion
Friday, June 19th, 2015
By Anthony A Kila | London, UK | June 19, 2015 – Fasting is intended to teach Muslims to reflect and practice self discipline and self-restraint. It will be great blessings for Nigeria if in the next thirty days our Muslim public officials can really follow the requirements of Ramadan and truly refrain from looting […]
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Articles, Columnists, Media, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Friday, June 19th, 2015
Mr. Femi Adeshina __________________ By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | June 19, 2015 – Inasmuch as I admire person of Mr. Femi Adeshina, the Managing Director/Eitor-in-Chief, The Sun newspapers, for his resourcefulness, professionalism and humility, I am at not sure as to whether to congratulate or sympathise with him on his reported appointment […]
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Articles, Bade Adebolu, Columnists, Ekiti, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, June 19th, 2015
By Bade Adebolu | Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | June 19, 2015 – I have read several articles for or against the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, since he won the state gubernatorial election for the second time last year. The most recent I read was written under the title, STILL ON STOMACH INFRASTRUCTURE by my old […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Media, NNP Columnists
Friday, June 19th, 2015
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | June 19, 2015 – It is fairly axiomatic that in any democracy, the media plays an indispensable role in creating, moulding and reflecting public opinion. Edmund Burke, the Irish-born philosopher and politician was said to have referred to the media as the Fourth Estate of the Realm […]
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Headlines
Friday, June 19th, 2015
Ogundimu and Aderinoye In an act, which has shocked residents of a neighbourhood in Iju area of Lagos, three friends – Habeeb Adisa (25), Kehinde Aderinoye (25) and Ilyas Ogundimu (27) – have raped one of their female neighbours, a young woman,who is their close friend in the neighbourhood. The victim, 19-year-old Adenike (not […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, June 19th, 2015
Qatar paid the Confederation of African Football $1.8m to present its bid for the 2022 World Cup at a congress, the continent’s top football official told a French magazine. CAF president and FIFA vice president Issa Hayatou said he saw nothing wrong with the payment made before the confederation held a congress in the […]
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Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Top Stories
Friday, June 19th, 2015
As President Muhammadu Buhari settles down to work, the Presidency has called for the Bank Account Balances of all federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs. The directive to all Chief Executive Officers and Accounting Officers of MDAs was contained in a circular Ref No: TRY A4 & B4/2015 /OAGF/CAD/026/V .1/254 and dated 1 June, 2015. […]
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General Politics, INEC Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Friday, June 19th, 2015
By Festus Ahon OLOROGUN John Oguma, JP, is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Delta State. In this interview with select journalists, he spoke on the 2015 elections and other issues of national interests.Excerpts: What is your reaction to the outcome of the 2015 general election? We in PDP abandoned ‘we’ and […]
