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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Thursday, May 28th, 2015
By Kingsley Omonobi-Abuja *grandaunts The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of seventy two (72) senior police officers including 14 Commissioners of Police and 20 Deputy Commissioners of Police. The promotion was part of the decisions of the Commission at its 12th Plenary Meeting held in Abuja on Wednesday, May 26th 2015 and presided […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, May 28th, 2015
South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula on Thursday denied allegations that huge bribes were paid to win the right to host the 2010 World Cup, saying that public money had not been given to “criminals”. FIFA has been engulfed in a bribery scandal that includes accusations from the US attorney general that FIFA officials took […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Nigerian Police, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Wednesday, May 27th, 2015
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | May 27, 2015 – In what may be described as a new wave of sacks of the “president’s men” in different positions by President Goodluck Jonathan in apparent revenge for his lose in the last presidential election, the former Inspector-General of Police(IGP), Suleiman Abba, became one of the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Leonard K. Shilgba, PhD, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
Read Part One By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba | Yola, Nigeria | May 26, 2015 – In the first of this series, I addressed issues such as accreditation and management of tertiary education in Nigeria. I now turn my attention to funding of education and federal support to states for sub-tertiary education. FUNDING HIGHER EDUCATION […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raw Politics, Uwa Eghomeka, Women Politics
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
By Uwa Eghomeka | Benin City, Nigeria | May 26, 2015 – We live in an unusual world – a world where vices are seen as virtues, where ignorance is strength, freedom is slavery and war is peace. (Apologies to George Orwell). I recall that when I was growing up, my mother often told me […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
By: Luka Binniyat KADUNA – Kaduna State governor-elect, Mallam Nasir El Rufai Tuesday vowed that once he assumed office next Friday, every person that stole Kaduna State money must return the loot or would be made to face “impolite” consequences. El Rufai of tthe All Progressive Change, APC, also said that the ruling Peoples Democratic […]
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Education, Headlines
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
Walden University to host information session on online learning in Nigeria By Emeka Aginam Walden University has concluded arrangements to host an information session about its graduate programmes in Lagos next month. According to Walden University’s interim president, Jonathan Kaplan, said that the the session aims to provide working professionals and adult learners with information […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, United Nations
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
The United Nations Children’s Fund has called on the incoming All Progressives Congress-led government to find a way of protecting girls and women from the onslaught of Boko Haram. The UNICEF said the number of Nigerian girls and women being used in suicide-bombing attacks was increasing at an alarming rate. In a statement issued on […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics, Oil Politics
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
People waiting to buy fuel at a filling station along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Lagos … on Monday | credits: Segun Bakare Officials of the Nigerian Army on Monday took over the Ojodu Berger outlet of Capital Oil, buying petroleum products in drums, after scaring away thousands of consumers. The armed personnel came in the […]
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Latest Politics, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
Mr. Buruji Kashamu The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday failed to bring the senator-elect for Ogun-East senatorial district, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, before a Federal High Court, Lagos, for extradition hearing despite a declaration by the agency that he would be produced in court. The agency, whose operatives had laid siege to Kashamu’s […]
