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Poem – A Job interview – By Emeka Chiakwelu

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, Headlines, NNP Columnists Wednesday, November 29th, 2017

Poem – A Job interview By Emeka Chiakwelu It was chilly morning – a baked oasis of pending hope journey to success never doubted the studious mind time to step in as bold and courageous Not when the boiling cup of coffee has been subdued Nobody is going to wait for the starbucks line to […]

Buratai decorates late General, 44 others in Maiduguri (Have they defeated Boko Haram?)

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Headlines Tuesday, November 28th, 2017

Buratai decorates late General, 44 others in Maiduguri — 29th November 2017 From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri A dead army officer, who commanded the dislodgement of Boko Haram from its spiritual home, Alagarno camp, was among newly-promoted generals decorated by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai. Late Brig. Gen. B Raji, erstwhile director, […]

Press release – Senator Melaye Recall: INEC should not act as interested party

Posted by admin Headlines, INEC Politics, Kogi, Senate, State News Tuesday, November 28th, 2017

AMALGAMATED NETWORK OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS IN NIGERIA (ANOSCOIN). Address: Suite 65, Deo- Gratias Plaza, Utako District, Abuja. Tell: 09039094636, 08099089448. SENATOR DINO MELAYE RECALL: INEC SHOULD NOT ACT AS INTERESTED PARTY. Amalgamated Network of Civil Society Organization in Nigeria (ANOSCOIN), has been following events since the recall process of Senator […]

Mugabe, Museveni , Biya and the stench of White hypocrisy – Dr. Ugoji Egbujo

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, November 24th, 2017

Mugabe is gone. That is settled. He came in 1980. In 1983 he organized the massacre of 20,000 Ndebeles, in Matebeleland. Matebeleland was a stronghold of the Joshua Nkomo led opposition ZAPU party. He said the Ndebeles needed some re-education. The death cries of the Ndebeles were ignored by the West. So in 1994, the […]

65,000 prison inmates face starvation over N6bn debt

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, November 24th, 2017

By Omeiza Ajayi NIGERIA’s Prison population of 65,000 inmates are currently under the threat of starvation following the non-payment of ration and gas suppliers since 2015. Saturday Vanguard gathered that the Federal Government had since 2015 failed to remit payment of over N6 billion to the contractors. Reacting to the development, one of the suppliers, […]

115 killed in Mosque attack in Egypt

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, November 24th, 2017

Egypt mosque attack death toll rises to 115, reports say. It was earlier announced that armed assailants killed at least 54 people in an attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai on Friday, state television reported. At least 75 more people were wounded in the attack that targeted worshippers during weekly Friday prayers, the report […]

UPDATED: Mnangagwa sworn in as Zimbabwe’s new president

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, November 24th, 2017

Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as Zimbabwe’s president on Friday, marking the final chapter of a political drama that toppled his predecessor Robert Mugabe after a military takeover. Mnangagwa, until recently one of Mugabe’s closest allies, took the oath of office at the national sports stadium on the outskirts of Harare to an explosion of cheering from […]

New Zimbabwe president, Mnangagwa, praises ‘father of the nation’ Mugabe

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, November 24th, 2017

Zimbabwe’s newly sworn-in President Emmerson Mnangagwa praised outgoing leader Robert Mugabe as “the father of the nation” during his inauguration address on Friday. “Let me at this stage pay tribute to one of the, and the only surviving, founding fathers of our nation, Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe,” Mnangagwa said in front of a crowd of […]

Breaking news: Ex vice president Dr. Alex Ekwueme, is dead (RIP)

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, November 20th, 2017

Monday, November 20th, 2017 Photo: Dr Alex Ekwueme Ex- Nigeria’s Vice President, of Dr Alex Ekwueme is dead, after battling with a complicated chest infection. The deceased who is in his 80s, and hails from Oko community, in Orumba council area of Anambra state, was the Vice to the 2nd Republic president of Nigeria, Alhaji […]

Kwara State University lecturer commits suicide

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, State News Saturday, November 18th, 2017

A lecturer at the Department of Crop Production, College of Agriculture, Kwara State University, Malete, Dr. Solomon Osunlola, has committed suicide. The Director of the institute’s Public Relations Department, Dr. Isiaka Aliagan, who confirmed the incident on Friday in Ilorin, said that the deceased was a Lecturer 1 with the College of Agriculture. He said that Osunlola joined the […]