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Celebrating Samuel Olusegun Osoba at 80 – By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi Thursday, February 12th, 2015

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | Feb. 12, 2015 – My intention was to teach history as I knew it, research into history as I understood it and share the product of my intellectual excursions with as many people as possible. — Segun Osoba It is rare these days for people to live till […]

This is a Coup and We Must All Take a Stand – By Anthony A. Kila

Posted by admin Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, Election 2015, Elections, NNP Columnists Thursday, February 12th, 2015

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | Feb. 12, 2015 – Whilst it is true that every well meaning Nigerian within and beyond the borders of the country should act with caution and avoid utterances and actions that can heat up an already charged polity, it also true that at times like this it […]

N’East: EU demands security to monitor elections

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, North-East Thursday, February 12th, 2015

The European Union may send election observers to the North-East, if Nigerian government guarantees security of its officers in the zone. The Chief Observer of the EU Election Observation Mission in Nigeria, Mr. Santiago Fisas, gave this indication during an interactive session with journalists in Abuja on Thursday. Fisas was asked whether the EU would […]

Female bomber attacks Biu market, kills five

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Thursday, February 12th, 2015

A scene of Boko Haram attack. | credits: www.bbc.com The main market in Biu, the largest town in the southern part of troubled Borno State, was attacked on Thursday with a bomb detonated by a female member of the terrorist group, Boko Haram. The blast led to the death of five persons, including the female […]

Soldiers ready to testify to rigging in Ekiti —Fayemi

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Thursday, February 12th, 2015

Kayode Fayemi A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that some soldiers are ready to testify in support of the leaked audio file on how chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party connived with the military to rig the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti. The audio file released by Sahara […]

Ideye delighted with scoring form

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, February 12th, 2015

Brown Ideye West Brom striker Brown Ideye has expressed delight in his newfound scoring form, having netted two goals in two games for the Baggies. Ideye had struggled to find the back of the net after he became West Brom’s record signing £10m from Dynamo Kiev last summer. He was almost sold in January after […]

Court hears T.B. Joshua’s objection to coroner’s inquest

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, February 12th, 2015

Pastor T. B Joshua A Lagos High Court on Thursday commenced hearing in the objection filed by the Founder, Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua, against the coroner’s inquest into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the church’s six-storey guest house. About 116 persons, mostly South Africans, died in the September 12, 2014 […]

CBN under pressure to devalue naira again

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Thursday, February 12th, 2015

CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele DEVELOPMENTS in the foreign exchange market are putting the Central Bank of Nigeria under intense pressure to further devalue the naira. The currency has been experiencing free fall since November 25, 2014 when the CBN Monetary Policy Committee devalued it by eight per cent from 155 to 168 against […]

Tinubu, Saraki, Amaechi’s phones have been bugged —APC

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Latest Politics, Party Politics Thursday, February 12th, 2015

L-R: Saraki, Tinubu and Amaechi The All Progressives Congress says Federal Government’s security agencies have bugged the mobile phones of a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Senator Bukola Saraki. The party added that the telephones of its National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and its National […]

Plaintiffs withdraw eligibility suit against Jonathan (Has money changed hands?)

Posted by admin Latest Politics Wednesday, February 11th, 2015

The plaintiffs in one of the suits before a Federal High Court, Abuja, to challenge the eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan to seek re-election in the March 28 presidential election have withdrawn the case. Justice Ahmed Mohammed on Wednesday struck out the suit following an application by the plaintiffs to discontinue the suit. The court […]