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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye | Lagos, Nigeria | March 10, 2015 – Not a few across the world are convinced that it has become completely impossible to feel any sympathy for President Robert Mugabe no matter what happens to him. Mugabe’s 35-year old rule which has rewarded Zimbabweans with untold hardship has continued to defy any attempt at […]
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Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), John Egbeazien Oshodi, NNP Columnists, Presidency
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
By Dr. John E. Oshodi | NNP | March 10, 2015 – President Goodluck Jonathan, the haunting powers of Captain Sagir Koli, a Nigerian military intelligence officer, could result in you carrying around a load of guilt in both your states of awakenness and dreams regarding the recorded Ekiti rigging matter. It could even make […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | March 10, 2015 – A recent discussion with a friend over the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) informed my decision this week to reflect on the organisation, what its sponsors probably want and the organisation’s possible trajectory. My opinion of TAN is that it has achieved both fame and […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, South-West
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | MArch 10, 2015 – The presidential campaign team of the PDP and their presidential flag bearer, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan must know something we do not know about the electoral value of the monarchs in some parts of Yourubaland for he is spending quite some time with them lately. […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
A 30-year-old Nigerian mobile phone maker, Michael Akindele, is beginning to attract attention from the global community, especially the international media. Akindele is an application developer and co-founder of SOLO, a Nigerian smarthphone marker. For instance, a Forbes contributor, Mfonobong Nsehe, describes the Nigerian as a serious challenger in the highly competitive smart phone business. […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Flying Eagles coach Manu Garba Nigeria’s U-20 men’s national team, the Flying Eagles, will attempt to qualify for their sixth consecutive FIFA U-20 World Cup, when they play Congo at the Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium in Dakar in the ongoing African Youth Championship, on Wednesday (today). The 2015 U-20 World Cup is scheduled […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Lt. Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (retd.) | credits: www.informationng.com President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday sacked Lt. Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (retd.) as the Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, five days after the former Chief of Army Staff delivered the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s 78th birthday lecture. The President has named Mr. […]
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Headlines, North-East, Presidency
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Uche Igwe At last, President Goodluck Jonathan visited the troubled areas of Baga and Mubi recaptured from the Boko Haram insurgents by the Nigerian military. It was nice to see the President visit injured soldiers, commend and encourage those at the battlefield. It was nice to hear him chant, “Never again.” The visit constituted […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
The Nigerian Army has launched a major operation to liberate the strategic town of Bama, Borno State from Boko Haram insurgents. Investigation revealed on Tuesday that deployment of ground forces and equipment was preceded by days of targeted aerial operations in Bama and its environs. An intelligence source, who made this known, said that the […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Governors, INEC Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
L-R: Governors Sule Lamido, Jigawa State; Babangida Aliyu, Niger; Godswill Akpabio, Akwa Ibom/Chairman, PDP Governors’ Forum; Jonah Jang, Plateau; and Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo, during the PDP Governors’ Forum interactive session with the media and Civil Society Organisations, in Lagos…on Tuesday. | credits: Saheed Olugbon The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has kicked against the use […]
