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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Women Politics
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020
File image; Policewomen Two men: Gbenga Adekoya and Abiodun Adesope, were on Tuesday arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly assaulting two policewomen. Adekoya, 34, an apprentice, Adesope, 35, a businessman, who are residents of Ifo in Ogun, are being tried for allegedconspiracy, breach of peace and assault. According to the Prosecutor, […]
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Headlines, Sex and Relationship
Monday, December 21st, 2020
Police in Houston Texas at the weekend provided fresh insight into the death of Nigerian couple, Dr. Benjamin Okigbo and his wife, Theresa who was a nurse. The police said there was no shooting incident: Benjamin strangled his wife. Police said on Saturday that their investigation revealed that Benjamin Okigbo strangled Theresa Okigbo to death. […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, December 21st, 2020
A child christening party on Ojuwoye Street in the Mushin area of Lagos State has turned bloody after some attendants stabbed a guest to death on the claim that he collected food more than three times. The Lagos State Police Command, which confirmed the incident, said it had launched a manhunt for the killers and […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Katsina, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Saturday, December 19th, 2020
From Agaju Madugba, Katsina The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State has described the recent abduction of some 333 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, as an indication of a breach of certain provisions of the 1999 Constitution regarding the primary responsibility of government. ‘The security and welfare of the people shall be the […]
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Headlines
Saturday, December 19th, 2020
Prof. Mustapha Muktar of Economics Department, Bayero University, Kano says the reopening of borders by the Federal Government is timely while maintaining the ban on rice importation. Muktar said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Thursday in Abuja. NAN reports that President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday […]
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Governors, Headlines, South-East
Saturday, December 19th, 2020
From Okwe Obi, Abuja The Conference of Igbo Elders for Peace and Development has called on South-East governors to establish a security outfit to curb the rising cases of banditry and kidnapping ravaging the region. The Conference’s National President, Dr Festus Edochie, and Secretary, Barr Esther Amadi, in a statement on Thursday, disowned the security outfit […]
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Education, Headlines, Imo, State News
Saturday, December 19th, 2020
No fewer than 655 African students have benefited from the education scholarship scheme of a former Imo State Govenor, Senator Rochas Okorocha, to study in the Eastern Palm University, Ogboko, Imo State. A breakdown of the figure indicated that 10 scholarship slots went to each of the 19 northern states, 250 slots went to South-East […]
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American Politics, Articles, Columnists, Headlines, NNP Columnists
Saturday, December 19th, 2020
By Prof. Phil Alalibo | NNP | December 19, 2020 – Since November 7 when Biden was declared the winner of the presidential elections, America has had no functioning president. Trump appears to be on hiatus from his presidential duties, allowing the country to auto pilot to January 20, when Biden assumes office. His resounding […]
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Boko Haram, Governors, Headlines, Katsina, State News
Friday, December 18th, 2020
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has confirmed the release of all the abducted students of the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State. Masari, who gave the confirmation on Thursday in Katsina, said the students released were 344. The governor added that the government had already sent vehicles to convey the children to Katsina, […]
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Headlines, House, Latest Politics, Legislature, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
By Nimot Adetola Sulaimon Members of the House of Representatives have called for the immediate suspension of the Federal Government’s Special Works Scheme. Earlier, the National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Labour, Employment and Productivity had clashed over the recruitment of 774,000 workers for the scheme. At the plenary, the House asked the Federal […]
