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Walter Carrington, ex United States envoy to Nigeria, dies at 90

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines, NNP News Wednesday, August 12th, 2020

(NNP) A former United States ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Clarington has died. He was 90. A statement from his wife, Dr. Arise Carrington, a Nigerian medical doctor stated, “It is with a heavy and broken heart but with gratitude to God for his life of selfless humanity that I announce the passing of my beloved […]

Soldiers shoot at protesters in Rivers, injure many

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Headlines, Rivers, State News Wednesday, August 12th, 2020

Soldiers yesterday opened fire on protesters, who barricaded OB/OB gas plant operated by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Council of Rivers State, leaving many injured. They reportedly stripped old women and manhandled old men who were part of the protest. Some indigenes of Obosi quarters in Omoku had since last week […]

Putin says Russia is the first country to develop COVID-19 vaccine ready for use

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health, NNP News Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

(NNP) Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is the first to approve a vaccine for the coronavirus that would be used to vaccinate the Russian people against the virus infection. However, this declaration is coming against the fact that the country has had less than two months of human testing, an important phrase that […]

Fulani vigilante will not operate under any guise in Benue – Ortom

Posted by admin Benue, Headlines, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

Rose Ejembi, Makurdi The Benue State government has once again insisted that the Fulani vigilante group is not present in Benue and will NOT, under any guise operate in the state. Governor Samuel Ortom who stated this in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase on Tuesday said the desperation being […]

Southern Kaduna: Killers on ethnic cleansing, say Pentecostal Bishops

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

Fred Ezeh, Abuja Pentecostal Bishops in northern Nigeria under the umbrella of the Pentecostal Bishops’ Forum of the 19 northern states have described the unending killings and community destruction in Southern Kaduna as a well orchestrated mission to overrun the indigenous people of the region. This was as Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) affirmed […]

Bauchi PDP Asks Gbajabiamila to Declare Dogara’s Seat Vacant

Posted by admin Bauchi, Headlines, House, Legislature, State News Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

Femi Gbajabiamila Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi A team of legal practitioners of the Bauchi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, and the leadership of the House to as a matter of necessity invoke the provisions of Section 68(1)(g) and (2) […]

Nigeria Receives 200 Ventilators Promised by Trump (Always at the receiving end)

Posted by admin American Politics, COVID-19, Headlines, Health Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

By Adedayo Akinwale and Udora Orizu The federal government on Tuesday finally received the 200 ventilators donated to it by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, for Covid-19 response. On April 28, Trump had, in a phone call conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari, promised that his administration would send ventilators to Nigeria. Speaking […]

FG Approves More Evacuation Flights for Stranded Nigerians in US

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

By Adedayo Akinwale The federal government has approved the eighth and ninth evacuation flights for stranded Nigerians in the United States. The Nigerian Consulate in the US, in a statement dated August 10, but issued on Tuesday, said the ninth flight is the final evacuation flight for stranded Nigerians from the US. The Consulate said […]

First Lady, Aisha Buhari, flown abroad for neck pain

Posted by admin First Ladies, Hajiha Aisha Buhari, Headlines, Women Politics Sunday, August 9th, 2020

By Ifreke InyangAisha, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been flown abroad for medical treatment, Daily Trust reports. She left Nigeria for Dubai, UAE over the Sallah weekend due to persistent neck pain. The problem began when she returned to Abuja from Lagos, where she had gone to pay a condolence visit to Florence […]

Blue-eyed mother, daughters to receive help from Kwara Gov’s wife

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, Sex and Relationship, State News Sunday, August 9th, 2020

Wife of Kwara State Governor, Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq has extended a helping hand to the blue-eyed Kwara mom who was abandoned by her husband. Risikat, a mum-of-two from Kwara State, told Punch that she was born with naturally blue eyes. She explained that since it was unusual, her parents took her to the General Hospital […]