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Trump imposes $15,000 Visa bond for visitors from Nigeria, others

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

A new temporary rule that could require tourist and business travelers from a dozen African countries, including Nigeria, to pay a bond from $5,000 to $15,000 to visit the United States, will take effect from 24 December. Other countries whose tourist and business travelers could be subject to the bond requirement are those from Democratic […]

Plastic surgeon Adepoju suspended by Medical Council

Posted by admin Headlines, Health, Medical Professionals Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

Lagos plastic surgeon, Anuoluwapo Adepoju, who has been in the eye of the storm recently, has been indefinitely suspended by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). Her suspension followed the death of her patient, Nneka Onwuzuligbo. MDCN took the interim disciplinary action against Adepoju, owner of Med-Contour, on Monday, pending the determination of […]

Biden will start receiving daily presidential briefings on security

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines, NNP News Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

(NNP) The Trump administration said today that it has authorized the President-elect, Joe Biden, to receive the Presidential Daily Briefings on security matters that have been denied the president-elect since he was declared the winner of the Nov. 3 presidential elections. Trump has still not conceded the elections even though it is now clear that […]

Trump backsdown, authorizes transfer of power to Biden team

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

The General Services Administration has informed the Biden transition team on Monday evening that the Trump administration is ready to begin the transfer of power. GSA head Emily Murphy wrote in a letter that federal government agencies will now make resources available to the Biden team in preparation for the incoming president’s assumption of office. […]

NAF Jet bombards another ISWAP base in Borno, kills scores

Posted by admin Air Force, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

Molly Kilete, Abuja The Defence Headquarters(DHQ), said the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has bombarded a logistics base belonging to the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) logistics base killing scores of their fighters in air strikes conducted at Tumbun Rego on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno State. Coordinator Defence Media […]

BREAKING: Gombe Assembly Speaker, majority leader impeached

Posted by admin Gombe, Headlines, State News Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

Abdulrazaq Mungadi, Gombe The Speaker, Gombe State House of Assembly, Abubakar Ibrahim Kurba, has been sacked by members of the State House. The impeachment motion was moved by a former Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr. Shuaibu Adamu who was impeached earlier this year. The impeached letter as read by Shuaibu Adamu, was signed by 16 […]

Nigerians and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections: A Post Mortem – By Prof. Phil Alalibo

Posted by admin American Politics, Articles, Columnists, Headlines, NNP Columnists, P Monday, November 23rd, 2020

By Prof. Phil Alalibo | NNP | Nov. 23, 2020 – The recently concluded U.S. presidential elections appeared to be a badly acted script out of a mafia movie. It had all the machinations of elections held in a developing country with political threats, threats of violence and ample warnings of election irregularities hardly in short […]

Eagles forced to take COVID-19 test at airport in Sierra Loane hours after testing negative before arrival

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, November 21st, 2020

Despite the negative test results obtained by members of the Super Eagles before their first leg against Sierra Leone in Benin last Friday, immigration officials at the International Airport in Lungi, Sierra Leone refused the Nigerian players and officials clearance until they underwent another round of COVID-19 test. Nigeria’s delegation had arrived in Freetown yesterday […]

Gbajabiamila suspends security aide who killed newspaper vendor

Posted by admin Headlines, House Friday, November 20th, 2020

Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described the killing of a newspaper vendor in Abuja by one of the security details as horrible, saying he is distraught by the incident. Gbajabiamila, in a statement he personally signed and issued in the early hours of Friday, said he did […]

Zamfara goldfield belongs to FG – Commissioner

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Zamfara Thursday, November 19th, 2020

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Dr. Nuruddeen Isa, the commissioner overseeing Zamfara State Ministry of Solid Minerals has said that the state government does not own any goldfield rather it belongs to the federal government. Dr. Isa said this while addressing journalists on Wednesday. The commissioner stated that the state government was not directly involved in mining […]