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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News
Monday, November 16th, 2020
By Michael Adeshina Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and his Gabon teammates slept at the Banjul International Airport on Sunday. The Panthers were scheduled to play Gambia in Bakau on Monday and they arrived at the Banjul International Airport late on Sunday night but were delayed. According to reports, their passports were seized despite providing their […]
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COVID-19, Headlines, Health, United Kingdom (UK)
Sunday, November 15th, 2020
(NNP) The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has gone into isolation having been exposed to someone with corona virus. While the PM has no symptoms, he has decided to isolate out of abundance of caution and in line with COVID-19 guidelines. Johnson contracted the virus several weeks ago and was hospitalized for a few days. Cases […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Governors, Headlines, NNP News, Raw Politics, State News
Sunday, November 15th, 2020
(NNP) The Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has estimated the total damage wrath on his state by the terrorist organization known as Boko Haram, to be $6 billion. The governor made this known in the state capital when he unveiled the 25-year strategic recovery plan for the state. The plan, he stated, will […]
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Headlines
Saturday, November 14th, 2020
Popular comedienne, Emanuella Samuel, has given her mother an early Christmas gift. She took to her official Instagram account to announce to her 471,000 followers that she built her mother a house. “I built this for you mom. For all the prayers; all the encouragement and support. Mummy, I know you said you want a […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, November 13th, 2020
Johnny Edward and ‘Tosin Oluwalowo Nigeria played out a 4-4 draw against Sierra Leone in Friday’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin. A brace from Alex Iwobi and strikes from Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze gave the Super Eagles a deserving lead after 29 minutes. But in the […]
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American Politics, Headlines, NNP News
Friday, November 13th, 2020
(NNP) The U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden, adds to his electoral vote tally by winning the traditionally Republican state of Arizona. This is the third win by Democrats in the state in 70 years. Biden won the state with over 12,000 votes, thus picking up its 11 electoral votes. This win puts Biden’s electoral vote total […]
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Headlines
Friday, November 13th, 2020
As a young schoolboy being introduced to African Literature, I was mesmerized and rendered speechless by the myth of an inscrutable muse, some vague indefinable, revenant unlike everyday people, who superintended over the printed page. This awe-inspiring quality of the phenomenon called “Book” was made all the more mind-bending owing in large part to the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, NNP News
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
(NNP) Former Ghanaian military and civilian leader, Flight Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, has died at the age of 73. According to reports, he died of COVID-19 complications. Rawlings first came to national prominence when he staged a failed coup on May 15, 1979. He was court-martialed and sentenced to death, only to emerge from prison […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
Urges Governor Wike to Halt Further Ogoni Repression The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has called on the Nigerian Government to clear the names of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the eight others executed with him in 1995 to help the Ogoni people overcome the deep injuries and psychological pains caused by the […]
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Governors, Headlines, Kaduna, NNP News, State News
Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
(NNP) Balarabe Musa, ex governor of Kaduna State is dead at the age of 84, according to his son, Kassim Balarabe Musa, who announced the dead of his father in a state. He said, “I will like to inform you the passing away of my father, Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa. He died this morning about 30 […]
