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Ekiti, Governors, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, June 1st, 2015
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose Tension rose again in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Monday as supporters of the state Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and some Peoples Democratic Party members laid siege to the state House of Assembly in Ado Ekiti . Their action was to prevent the 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers from […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Oyo, State News
Monday, June 1st, 2015
Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Katsina (right) and some officers of the state command at the fake currency factory. | credits: NAN ADVERTISEMENT The Oyo State Police Command has discovered a place in a remote village of Ibadan, where thousands of fake pounds, euros, dollars and other foreign currencies were being […]
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General Politics, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Monday, June 1st, 2015
A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu and the outgoing Senate President, David Mark, on Monday disagreed on the need for National Assembly to cut its budget in line with the current economic realities in the country. They spoke at a retreat organised for the Peoples Democratic Party National Assembly […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Monday, June 1st, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday held a closed-door meeting with the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki(retd.). It was learnt that the meeting, which held at the Defence House, Abuja, was aimed at assessing the security situation in the country against the backdrop of renewed attacks by the Boko Haram sect. Investigations also revealed that […]
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Akinola Johnson, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Women Politics
Sunday, May 31st, 2015
By Akinola Johnson | Abuja, Nigeria | May 31, 2015 Few years ago, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala wrote a book by this same title. I had the good fortune of reading this book few days ago. What resulted from my reading this book was a lightbulb moment which I will now attempt to document with the […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, South-East, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Sunday, May 31st, 2015
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 31, 2015 – The lecture, Wole Soyinka delivered at Harvard University titled, “Predicting Nigeria, Electoral Ironies”, was something of an acidic tirade. It read like a vent of disgust and frustration with the state of affairs in Nigeria. He was caustic in his denunciation of Goodluck Jonathan, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, May 30th, 2015
Akinwumi Adesina speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative Euactive Nigeria’s outgoing Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, on Thursday emerged the 8th President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Mr. Adesina, 55, will succeed incumbent president, Donald Kaberuka, at the end of his second term as President of the Bank in August 2015. […]
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Bayelsa, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, May 30th, 2015
Former President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File copy Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday identified a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, as the person responsible for the political height he attained in Nigeria. Jonathan made this known during a special thanksgiving service in his honour at the St. Peters Anglican […]
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Headlines
Saturday, May 30th, 2015
The associates of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, and members of the Olive Tree House Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God, Banana Island, Lagos, where Osinbajo served as a senior pastor, tell ARUKAINO UMUKORO and GBENGA ADENIJI what they know about him ‘He is a no-nonsense man’ What is your name and position in the […]
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Headlines
Saturday, May 30th, 2015
The building GBENGA ADENIJI writes about the family house of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in Lagos that has become the centre of attraction The interior of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo family house located in Obanikoro area of Lagos State is tastefully furnished aside the modest exterior of the building. From the upholstery to the hue for […]
