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Headlines, House, Legislature, Niger Delta, Oil Politics
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
The Niger Delta Development Commission said its acting Managing Director, Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, ignored medical advice to attend a House of Representatives Committee hearing today in Abuja. Pondei fainted on Monday while he was being questioned by lawmakers investigating mismanagement of funds up to the tune of N81.5 bn in the NDDC. The incident, which […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
Ekiti State Corps Commandant of Amotekun, Brigadier-General Joe Komolafe (Rtd.) said that the agency will deploy ancient, local and modern security techniques to ward off kidnapping, robbery and other heinous crimes from the state. Speaking at Efon Alaaye during a sensitisation tour to Ekiti West, Komolafe averred that the neglect of traditional culture and patterns […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to the video where some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti, took turns to make a vow to be loyal to him and promised not to betray. In a five minute video that went viral, the leaders agreed that death should be the consequences […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
-Washington (CNN) – Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said Monday he was considering four Black women to be his running mate, and has been receiving extensive vetting briefings about each potential candidate. “I am not committed to naming any (of the potential candidates), but the people I’ve named, and among them there are four Black […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
Pa Reuben Fasoranti ‘The North may rig the South out’ Says daughter’s murder would have been swept under the carpet had ‘strings not been pulled’ By Dayo Johnson & Dapo Akinrefon Leader of pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, speaks on the 2023 presidency and the speculation that the National Leader of the All […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature, Niger Delta, Oil Politics
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
By Abdul SeyeThe Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has directed the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio to publish the names of lawmakers taking contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) within 48 hours or risks the full wrath of the House. The Speaker directed the Clerk of the National […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Women Politics
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
(NNP) A Nigerian lady, Ms. Nneka Ede, is now the new owner of the 108-year old Portuguese Football Club Lusitana Ginasio. With this acquisition, Nneka Ede becomes the first African woman and the second African to own an European football club. In 2015, a Nigerian businessman, Kunle Soname, purchased Clube Desportivo Feirense, another Portuguese football club. […]
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Air Force, Armed Forces, Headlines, National Politics, NNP News, Top Stories
Monday, July 20th, 2020
(NNP) The Killer of Nigeria’s first female combat pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, has been unveiled. He is Nehemiah Adejoh, a former classmate of the deceased Flying Officer at Air Force Secondary School. According to the investigation by the Nigerian Airforce, Mr. Adejoh, a civilian, was the driver of the Kia Sorento SUV with registration […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Canadian Politics, Headlines, Osun, State News
Sunday, July 19th, 2020
By Taiwo Okanlawon The Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II in collaboration with others have paid for a charter flight to bring back stranded Nigerians in the United States of America and Canada. According to the monarch, the pandemic is a collective fight that requires support both at home and abroad. […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, July 19th, 2020
Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh used bribery proceeds and stolen government funds to buy a mansion in a suburb of Washington, D.C., U.S. authorities allege in a lawsuit seeking to seize the property. The west African nation’s longtime dictator conspired to launder roughly $3.5 million in “corruption proceeds” through the purchase of a lavish […]
