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Super powers backing Boko Haram –Sheikh Abubakar Gumi

Explains why Jonathan, Buhari should quit 2015 race FROM: ISMAIL OMIPIDAN, KADUNA Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi is a reporter’s delight any day . Without prior appointment and long protocols associated with public figures of his caliber in Nigeria, Gumi, spoke for about 45minutes with Sunday Sun last Thursday in his Kaduna office on […]

Rivers PDP reads riot act to governorship aspirants

Posted by admin Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News Saturday, November 15th, 2014

THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has warned its governorship and other aspirants to play by the rules and be guided by the provisions of Article 58 (1) of the party’s constitution of 2012 as amended, threatening that disciplinary actions would be taken against errant members. The state Chairman of the […]

Nigerian women to get injectable contraceptives

Posted by admin Headlines, Women Politics Saturday, November 15th, 2014

Nigerian women and others in 68 countries will now be able to have access to injectable contraceptives. The pharmaceutical company, Pfizer Incorporated, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children Investment Fund Foundation, on Thursday announced an agreement to expand access to the contraceptives called Sayana Press. In Nigeria and many other developing countries, […]

AFCON: Nigeria brighten qualification hopes, beat Congo 2-0

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, November 15th, 2014

African champions Nigeria brightened their chances of qualifying for the 2015 African Cup of Nations courtesy of a 2-0 win over Congo in Pointe-Noire on Saturday. Returnee striker, Ike Uche, converted a second half penalty before China-based Aaron Samuel added a second late on to the dismay of the Congolese fans, who threw missiles into […]

APC govs may reject Tambuwal

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Governors, Headlines, House, Legislature, Party Politics Saturday, November 15th, 2014

Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress may queue behind Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) as the preferred presidential candidate of the party for the 2015 election, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. The governors are suspecting that those asking the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, to pick the presidential form are enemies […]

Synagogue: South Africa receives corpses…shuns Nigerian facilities

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, November 15th, 2014

The South African government on Saturday began the repatriation of the bodies of its citizens killed in the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Lagos building collapse. Eighty-one South Africans were confirmed killed in a guest house owned by the church of popular televangelist, Temitope Joshua, on September 12. The bodies were removed from Isolo General […]

Enugu Governor losses N1.5bn libel suit against Guardian

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Friday, November 14th, 2014

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a N1.5bn libel suit instituted by Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sullivan Chime, against The Guardian Newspaper and Chief Okechukwu Ezea, his opponent in the 2007 gubernatorial election. The appellate court, in a lead judgement delivered by Justice Rita Pemu on Friday, […]

I will challenge Jonathan for PDP ticket – Tafawa-Balewa

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Presidency, Tafawa Belewa (1960-66) Friday, November 14th, 2014

Dr. Abdul-Jhalil Tafawa-Balewa, who is a son of the late Prime -Minister of Nigeria, Tafawa Balewa, has promised to challenge President Goodluck Jonathan for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party. The aspirant spoke with journalists in Abuja on Friday when he returned his presidential nomination and expression of interest forms to the office […]

We won’t sell fighter helicopters to Nigeria, US insists

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines, National Politics, Top Stories Friday, November 14th, 2014

The United States has defended its refusal to sell cobra helicopters to Nigeria, saying the Federal Government is free to buy fighter jets from any other country. “Nigeria has purchased helicopters that originated in countries other than the US and nothing in our decision prevents Nigeria from obtaining weapons and equipment from other sources,” its […]

Tougher times ahead, says Okonjo-Iweala

Posted by admin Latest Politics Friday, November 14th, 2014

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday said the country would this month begin to feel the impact of the falling global oil prices, which started in June. Consequently, she said the country needed to brace for tougher times ahead by reviewing its expenditures and building economic buffers through budgets that would be […]