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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
(NNP) Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, two-time finance minister for Nigeria was on Wednesday, recommended as the new Director-General for the World Trade Organization. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala’s candidacy was favoured by 104 out of the 164 member countries against her opponent from South Korea, Yoo Myunghee, a lawyer and the country’s trade minister. However, news have emerged late that the […]
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Headlines, Sex and Relationship
Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
A 30-year-old Nigerian, identified as Emmanuel has been stabbed to death in India by his Ghanaian wife after she “got to know that he was involved with another woman,” police said. According to Indian Express newspaper, the murder took place early on Monday morning when 30 year-old Abigail, and her Emmanuel got into an altercation […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
Hindi Livinus, Yola Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has given looters 12 hours to return all stolen items carted away in the unrest that followed the #EndSARS protests against police brutality. Fintiri, who said looters have up to 6 am on Wednesday to return all looted items, threatened to issue an executive order to […]
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American Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health, NNP News
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
(NNP) With only seven days to the presidential elections in the United States, the Trump administration admitted that it had given up on containing the pandemic and instead is focused on therapeutics and the long awaited vaccine to control the virus. While been interviewed by CNN’s Jake Tapper on the “State of the Union” program […]
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#EndSars, Articles, Columnists, Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), NNP Columnists, P, Presidency
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
Fellow Nigerians, My heart bleeds to see what is happening in our country. The killing of young peaceful demonstrators at Lekki Toll Gates of Lagos State on October 20, 2020, is completely unacceptable. These young Nigerians were simply exercising their democratic rights in a peaceful manner. My government has instituted an immediate and complete investigation […]
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#EndSars, Headlines, NNP News
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
New Nigerian Politics (NNP) Statement on Lekki Shootings and #EndSARS Protests New Nigerian Politics (NNP) is a news outlet designed to inform Nigerians and the wider global community on trending news and events about Nigeria. The media platform has taken a non-partisan approach to reporting the news to allow its vast audience to interpret the […]
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Headlines
Monday, October 26th, 2020
An army colonel, S.B Onifade, who was abducted along the dangerous Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, has been reportedly killed despite his abductors collecting N10 million ransom. Mr Onifade, a consultant gynaecologist, was abducted at about 3 a.m near Olam Farm area in Kaduna, while traveling on September 27. According to a report by DAILY NIGERIAN, Onifade was […]
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#EndSars, Headlines, Ondo, State News
Monday, October 26th, 2020
By Dayo Johnson – Akure No fewer than ten suspected looters of shops in Akure, the Ondo state capital and other parts of the state during the #EndSARS protest have been arrested by police detectives. Police spokesperson, Tee Leo lkoro, who said this in Akure pointed out that the search for other looters was still […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Monday, October 26th, 2020
The appointment of a former Super Eagles captain and coach, Augustine Eguavoen, as the Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been commended by Nigerian coaches. Eguavoen’s elevation into the top position to oversee all technical matters in Nigerian football, was ratified at last Tuesday’s Executive Committee meeting of the country’s highest football […]
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Biafra, Governors, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, October 25th, 2020
By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared one Stanley Mgbere wanted with a N50 million bounty for his arrest for allegedly leading proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday’s fatal attacks in parts of Rivers state. The suspected IPOB members in the attacks from dawn of […]
