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Articles, Bayelsa, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, State News
Sunday, October 13th, 2019
By Odimegwu Onwumere | Port-Harcourt, Nigeria | October 13, 2019 – Expectations are heightening among inhabitants and political watchers of Bayelsa state politics as the state gubernatorial election slated for November 16 draws nearer. The query is centred on whether the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should continue to rule the state or there should be […]
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Abiodun Komolafe, Articles, Columnists, Governors, NNP Columnists, Osun, State News
Saturday, October 12th, 2019
By Abiodun Komolafe | Osun, Nigeria | October 12, 2019 – Let me start by confessing that recent events in Nigeria have not only shamed my trust, they have also shown how complicated we are as a people. In 2015, Muhammadu Buhari swore to “serve as president to all Nigerians” and uphold the Rule […]
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Delta, Governors, Headlines, State News
Saturday, October 12th, 2019
I owe no apology for appointing my ‘qualified’ daughter – Okowa Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has said that he owed nobody any explanation or apology for appointing his daughter as an aide. Speaking on Tuesday in Asaba, Okowa denied appointing two of his daughters but clarified that he appointed only one who was ’eminently […]
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Ebonyi, Governors, Headlines, State News
Friday, October 11th, 2019
By Chukwuemeka Opara Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that he became a billionaire at 25 years of age due to hard work and commitment to duty. Umahi, who made the declaration while interacting with leaders of Abakpa main market in Abakaliki, debunked social media reports that he owns shops at the market and […]
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Aviation, Enugu, Headlines, State News
Friday, October 11th, 2019
The Deputy Minority leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu has accused the Ministry of Aviation of abandoning the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, six weeks after its closure. Okechukwu made this known while moving a motion of urgent public importance on the closure of the Airport. The motion moved by Toby Okechukwu and […]
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Governors, Lagos, State News
Friday, October 11th, 2019
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the former Governor of the State, Akinwunmi Ambode and four others who served under the ex-governor as commissioners. The decision followed two preliminary reports presented by two different ad-hoc committees set up by the House to investigate the 820 […]
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Kogi, Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, State News, Top Stories
Friday, October 11th, 2019
Sen. Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West at the Nigerian Senate, has lost his appeal on the tribunal judgment that sacked him as a senator two months ago. It would be recalled that the Kogi State National Assembly/State Assembly election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, nullified Melaye’s election in August. Melaye was declared the winner of […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, October 11th, 2019
By Uchediunor Augusta A yet-to-be-identified young lady on Thursday escaped lynching by an irate mob over alleged snatching of manhood of three men in a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus at Onipanu Bus Stop in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the incident, reports that the young lady escaped death as […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, October 11th, 2019
By Henry Oladele An Islamic group, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Friday appealed to the Federal Government to redouble efforts in securing the release of the 112 Chibok girls still in Boko Haram’s captivity. The MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola. who made the appeal in a statement issued in Lagos, said the abduction was a […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Biafra, Imo, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, State News
Friday, October 4th, 2019
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Nigerian Army said on Thursday that its troops on Operation Mesa have arrested 27 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and recovered an AK-47 rifle from one of them, Oliver Onyebunachi, in Imo State. According to the military, the IPOB members, who were 23 men and four women, were apprehended by troops […]
