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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Saturday, May 9th, 2015
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Liberia free of the Ebola virus, confirming that the country has had no new cases in 42 days. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told the BBC that Liberia had “crossed the Rubicon” and would be celebrating a concerted effort to stem the disease. More than 4,700 deaths from Ebola […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, May 9th, 2015

Top left: Osamor; top bottom: Onwurah; middle: Cameron; top right: Grant; top bottom: Umunna. In one of the most keenly contested general elections in British history, four Nigerians won seats to the revered parliament, making it the first time such feat would be recorded Against all odds, David Cameron has won his re-election bid in […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, May 9th, 2015

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | May 9, 2015 – A onetime American president, Richard Nixon, once wrote that: power is not for everyone because it takes a unique kind of man to win the struggle for power. It takes qualities like courage, perseverance, self-confidence, and especially, the belief in one’s ability to change […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
Governor Sullivan Chime Crisis erupted in Enugu State on Monday as 14 members of the state House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Eugene Odoh, commenced moves to impeach Governor Sullivan Chime. The governor is facing impeachment barely three weeks to the end of his tenure in office. He will complete two terms of four […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh | credits: trends.com.ng The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has said the hate campaign against Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress by the President Goodluck Jonathan campaign team played a huge part in PDP’s woeful outing at the last general elections. It also accused […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday met separately with two leading pastors in the country based in Ogun State. Jonathan met with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; and the Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo. The headquarters of Winners Chapel […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News, Taraba
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
No fewer than 100 people, including a pastor and three soldiers, were killed at the weekend and Monday in Plateau and Taraba states. Seventy of the deaths were recorded in Karim Lamido and Takum local government areas of Taraba State and 30 in two villages at the Barkin Ladi LGA of […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: File photo The father of a 26-year-old pregnant woman, who was murdered in the Arepo area of Ogun State last week, has blamed President Goodluck Jonathan for the incident. Mr. Babafemi Ojo, whose daughter Damilola Fajana, was killed on April 28, said this in a statement on Monday. Ojo […]
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Headlines, Oil Politics
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned the Federal Government against removing fuel subsidy in the country. President of the NLC, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, argued in a statement on Tuesday that the disagreement between the Federal Government and the marketers on the exact amount of money owed the marketers, indicated that the current fuel scarcity could […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said he still wants to buy Arsenal despite failing in a 2010 bid to acquire a stake in the club. The Nigerian billionaire is now worth nearly eight times as much as when he tried to buy into the Gunners, and the passionate Gooners has not given up on […]