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Gov. Peter Obi to grace Anambra convention in Toronto, July 27th to 29th

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, NNP News, State News Friday, July 27th, 2012

Filed by New Nigerian Politics Staff Reporter, Toronto, Canada For indigenes of Anambra State in the North American Diaspora, all roads lead to Toronto venue of the 2nd annual Anambra State Progressive Association (ASPA Canada) convention slated to start July 27th to July 29th, 2012. The convention whose theme is “Investing in People to Build […]

Disturbing Pictures: HORROR IN LAGOS:Brothers kill brother

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, July 27th, 2012

Photo: Sun News Publishing Omotola and Toye kneeling before the decomposed body of Akinbuyi By: PHILIP NWOSU, MATTHEW DIKE and GILBERT EKEZIE Date: Thu, 07/26/2012 – 22:49 The entire Festival Town, commonly called FESTAC in Lagos was thrown into pandemonium on Thursday evening as a decomposing body of a man was discovered inside a duplex […]

Gunmen kill 3 policemen in Bauchi

Posted by admin Bauchi, Headlines, State News Friday, July 27th, 2012

By: PAUL ORUDE, Bauchi Date: Thu, 07/26/2012 – 23:40 It was a bloody day for the Bauchi State Police Command as gunmen yesterday killed three of its men on patrol along Bauchi Gombe Road. The gunmen made away with three police rifles after opening fire on the policemen on patrol. Two inspectors and a corporal […]

ACN berates Patience, Turai on Abuja land tussle

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Action Congress of Nigeria, First Ladies, Party Politics, Patience Jonathan, State News, Top Stories, Turai Yar'Adua, Women Politics Friday, July 27th, 2012

Action Congress of Nigeria has condemned the legal tussle between Mrs. Patience Jonathan and her predecessor, Mrs. Turai Yar’Adua, over a plot of land in Abuja. ACN said, “A study in despicable sycophancy, insider abuse, arbitrariness and manifestation of the culture of impunity all of which have become the hallmarks of the administration of President […]

Mimiko declares for second term (What a surprise)

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Thursday, July 26th, 2012

Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko yesterday in Akure, the state capital, declared his intention to run for a second term under the platform of the ruling Labour Party (LP). Many of the guests, including notable Yoruba leaders, were absent. Among them were the daughter of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu, and former […]

Govt restores Abuja’s airfield lighting

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Aviation, Headlines, State News Thursday, July 26th, 2012

Aviation Minister Ms Stella Oduah has said the full restoration of the airfield lighting at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, will boost passengers’ and operators’ confidence. The minister spoke yesterday in Abuja after the inspection and inauguration of the newly rehabilitated airfield lighting project. She said this would improve air safety. Ms Oduah […]

The Perils of Taxation Without Credibility – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News, Tochukwu Ezukanma Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | July 26, 2012 – A major problem of Nigeria is the oil money. Oil money is extraordinary in that it does not come from any national effort, toil or sweat. It comes not from any agricultural, manufacturing, scientific or technological endeavor. It results not from our resourcefulness, innovation […]

20 houses burnt over youth’s death in Rivers

Posted by admin Rivers, State News Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT – NO fewer than 20 houses, were, yesterday, set ablaze in Omudioga community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, when irate youths reportedly went berserk over the death of a youth, who was simply identified as Benjamin. Details at press time were hazy but community sources said the rampaging […]

Lagos: Man burnt to death inside abandoned vehicle

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

Tragedy struck on Raufu Alajo Street, Agege, Lagos, on Wednesday when a 19-year-old bus conductor, Sulaimon Balla, was burnt to death in an abandoned mini bus. PUNCH Metro learnt that Balla slept in the bus which had been abandoned on the street for weeks on Tuesday night. It was gathered that street urchins in the […]

Bayelsa Speaker, lawmaker in shouting match over money

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Wednesday, July 25th, 2012

Fresh crack emerged among members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly on Wednesday following an altercation between the Speaker of the House, Mr. Kombowei Benson, and the former Deputy Speaker, Mr. Fini Angaye. The incident occurred three weeks after power-brokers in the Peoples Democratic Party, including President Goodluck Jonathan, intervened in the impeachment saga […]