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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 […]

Sack Rohr now, Aiyegbeni urges NFF

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, November 19th, 2020

By Patrick Omorodion Former Super Eagles striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni has lamented the poor form of the national team under the tutelage of Gernot Rohr and therefore wants the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to sack him immediately. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The former Everton of England forward who spoke on a Lagos radio station, Lagos Talks 91.3 FM […]

[VIDEO] Lekki shootings: DJ Switch will be exposed as a fraud -Lai Mohammed

Posted by admin #EndSars, Headlines Thursday, November 19th, 2020

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FG faults CNN report on Lekki shootings, threatens action

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Thursday, November 19th, 2020

Kayode Oyero The Federal Government has threatened to sanction a foreign media outlet, CNN, over its report on the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki toll plaza on October 20, 2020. The government described the report by the foreign news medium as “irresponsible journalism.” Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, […]

Sexual assault: Nigerian Embassy in Germany suspends security staff

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

The Nigerian Embassy has suspended a security staff over alleged sexual abuse and other criminal activities in Berlin Germany. A statement issued by the Nigerian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, stated that the staff, name (withheld), was suspended following the allegation of a circulated material on social media that suggested the official was demanding favors in […]

Nigerian cleric prays for Trump victory at US Supreme Court

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, November 17th, 2020

US President Donald Trump Okey Sampson, Umuahia A Nigerian cleric, Bro Samuel Okonkwo, of the John 3:16 Ministries, Aba, Abia State said he has gone into prayers for God to give the US President Donald Trump victory at the Supreme Court. In the just-concluded US election, Democrats’ candidate, Joe Biden was declared winner having garnered 306 […]