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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Friday, March 27th, 2015
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | March 27, 2015 – Recently (January 2015), Nigeria ’s Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, confirmed the outbreak of bird flu in eleven states of the federation. The states affected are Kano, Lagos , Ogun, Rivers, Delta, Edo , Plateau, Gombe, Imo, Oyo and Jigawa states. Not many Nigerians even heard of the […]
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Armed Forces, Election 2015, Elections, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Friday, March 27th, 2015
Soldiers in a show of strength on Oyemekun Road in Akure, Ondo State … on Thursday. | credits: Goke Famadewa Preparations for tomorrow’s presidential and National Assembly elections heightened across the states and the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday with more sensitive and non-sensitive electoral materials sent to Local Government Areas by state offices of […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Nasarawa, State News
Friday, March 27th, 2015
The Lokoja-Abuja Expressway was on Friday at a standstill for many hours as voters make their way from the Federal Capital Territory to various parts of the country for the March 28 poll. The Lokoja end of the road, our correspondent observed, was blocked for more than 10 hours with men of the Federal Road […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Nigerian Police, Party Politics
Friday, March 27th, 2015
Nasir El-Rufai The All Progressives Congress Campaign Council in Kaduna State on Friday alleged that the State Police Command has perfected plans to arrest its governorship candidate, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, and some other key members in the state. Other key figures of the APC to be arrested by the police, according to the party’s campaign […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Friday, March 27th, 2015
NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR ON THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS,FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2015 Dear Compatriots, As we prepare to go to the polls tomorrow, I have come before you this morning to express my immense appreciation for the opportunity you gave me to lead this great nation of ours in the past […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, March 27th, 2015
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned those who may be planning to thwart the will of the people, by announcing cooked up result of Saturday’s general elections and then unleashing armed troops against those who may protest the fake result, to desist from such an anti-democratic and anarchic plot. In a statement in Lagos, […]
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Headlines, Nasarawa, State News
Friday, March 27th, 2015
The Emir of Wamba in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Musa Nagogo, on Thursday urged politicians to accept the outcome of the March 28 and April 11 elections in good faith. Nagogo made the call during an interview with newsmen at Wamba Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. “Leadership as an act of God; God gives power to […]
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Election 2015, Headlines
Friday, March 27th, 2015
advertisement Concerned Nigerian gender activists have called on the women of Edo State to forgive the unguarded comments credited to Mrs. Aisha Buhari, wife of the APC Presidential Candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari. Mrs. Buhari had in a campaign rally for her husband’s presidential bid in Edo State over the weekend, […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, March 26th, 2015
A coordinated attack is set to be carried out by the military to liberate Gwoza, Borno State, from Boko Haram captivity as the defence authorities have deployed four attack helicopters and two air force fighter jets to flush out the terrorists in the areas. A reliable source in the military told our correspondent on Thursday […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, March 26th, 2015
Andreas Lubitz, the 28-year-old co-pilot who a French prosecutor has said appeared to fly Germanwings Flight 9525 intentionally into the French Alps, was a member of a German flying club that said he joined the group as a youth to “fulfill his dream of flying.” In a news conference Thursday, the French prosecutor in charge […]
