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Mikel remains Super Eagles Captian until…, says Rohr

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, January 24th, 2019

The Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, says that the status quo still remained in the national team over the captainship, adding that Mikel Obi still leads the team until he makes a formal request that he wants to leave. The Franco-German tactician made the comment on the sidelines of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) […]

Chimaroke Nnamani’s political revival: Act of Ugwuanyi’s show of love

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Sunday, January 20th, 2019

Emmanuel Jonathan In what could be likened to the Biblical story of the ten lepers that Jesus Christ encountered and healed while on his way to Jerusalem, and only one of the lepers had the thought to come back and say ‘thank you’ to the Messiah, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has again demonstrated […]

‘My friend and her husband abducted me, stripped me naked, shared my nude photos on social media’

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 17th, 2019

Lady falsely accused of stealing money at Akwa Ibom wedding tells her traumatic story Women lawyers step in, seek justice Police to arraign Councillor over incident By Harris-Okon Emmanuel, Uyo Her voice cracked and tears welled up in her eyes amid sobbing while recounting her ordeal on that fateful day, Monday, November 5, […]

IMO GOVERNORSHIP 2019: Hope Uzodinma is the Answer – By Kenneth Uwadi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Governors, Headlines, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News Thursday, January 17th, 2019

By Kenneth Uwadi | NNP | January 2019 – I got into the ship, destination Bonny, a big ship. Nnamdi runs the engineering office from the throne in the centre of a room. One wall is covered in instruments, the other is a long window overlooking the Bonny River . Nnamdi is a friend. He was assisting me to cross […]

Ghanaian undercover reporter shot dead in his car

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, January 17th, 2019

Ahmed is an undercover reporter with Tiger Eye, an investigative media platform owned by Anas Aremeyaw Anas in Ghana. The journalist was instrumental to the story which exposed the corruption in the Ghanian sports sector. On Wednesday, gunmen on a motorbike rained bullets on his car while he was driving. He was shot twice in […]

Nigeria police team shines in Somalia, AMISOM honours officers

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Police Thursday, January 17th, 2019

Christopher Oji A contingent Nigeria police officers on a foreign mission in Somalia as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) received lots of accolades as its members were honoured for exemplary service. The 159 officers and men who were part of the AMISOM’s Formed Police Unit (FPU), were awarded medals and certificates […]

Ebonyi guber: Ogbuoji accuses Umahi of bribing security agencies

Posted by admin Ebonyi, Governors, Headlines, State News Thursday, January 17th, 2019

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State, Senator Sonni Ogbuoji, has accused the state governor, Chief David Umahi, of bribing the military and other security agencies in the state with operational vehicles. He said that the vehicles numbering about 70 which were distributed to the security agencies in the state […]

NYSC to engage 4,000 corps members in general election in Gombe state

Posted by admin Gombe, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News Thursday, January 17th, 2019

NAN The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), says it plans to engage no fewer than 4,000 corps members for the conduct of the forthcoming general election in Gombe state. Mr David Markson, the state’s NYSC Coordinator, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Thursday. Markson said the […]

Nigerian envoy, Taraba APC guber candidate escape assassination attempt

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, State News, Taraba Thursday, January 17th, 2019

Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo The Nigerian envoy to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Alh Hassan Ardo Jika, and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, Alh Sani Abubakar Danladi, on Thursday, escaped assassination attempt when some hoodlums allegedly attacked their convoy in Wukari Local Government Area of the state. The […]

Boko Haram: 3 soldiers, scores of terrorists killed in Borno shootout

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Thursday, January 17th, 2019

Molly Kilete, Abuja The Nigerian Army yesterday said that three of its soldiers lost their lives in a shootout with the Boko Haram terror group in Borno State. The assistant director, army public relations, theater command, Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu, who made this known in a statement, said the soldiers killed scores of the terrorists who tried to attack […]