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Redeemed pastors call for Pastor Adeboye’s resignation

Posted by admin Religion Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God who turned 70 this year, has shunned the call from the Europe-based pastors of the church to relinquish the post of the General Overseer. Pastor Enoch Adeboye, general overseer, RCCG, Nigeria. It was alleged that about 20 pastors from the branches […]

World Bank to spend N47.1bn on Nigerian roads

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

The Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, has said the country has received a World Bank commitment of $300m (about N47.1bn) for the rehabilitation of 441 kilometres and maintenance of 351 kilometres of roads. In his keynote address at the national workshop on attitudinal change in management and financing of roads in Nigeria in Abuja […]

EFCC storms FAAN office over Maevis deal

Posted by admin EFCC Politics Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday stormed the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria in Lagos. The operatives, who came to the premises about 10:25am in a Toyota Hiace bus with an Abuja number plate BK 562 RBC, went straight to the office of the Managing Director of the […]

Bitter Buhari warns – Electoral fraud’ll attract violence in 2015

Posted by admin General Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, Raw Politics, Top Stories Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Former Head of State and presidential candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change, Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), said on Monday that unless there was fairness and justice in the conduct of the 2015 presidential elections, there would be violence in the country. Speaking while receiving party supporters from Niger State in his Kaduna office, Buhari […]

Soldier shoots police corporal in Aba during argument

Posted by admin Abia, Armed Forces, State News Monday, May 14th, 2012

An army captain has allegedly shot and wounded a police corporal while another sustained bruises over an argument. The incident happened in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State. Daily Sun gathered that one Corporal Sunday Adamu of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Base 4, Mgboko, near Aba, who was in mufti had gone to a […]

Bianca, Ezeife, others to commission Biafran war veterans’ home, July 9

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Monday, May 14th, 2012

The wife of the late Biafran warlord and Ezeigbo Gburugburu, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu and former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife are expected to commission the Biafran war veterans’ home in Okwe, Imo State on July 9. Addressing journalists yesterday when the Association of Keke Napep Drivers/Owners Union, Anambra State […]

Opinion: Soyinka wants to scatter Nigeria

Posted by admin Headlines, Wole Soyinka Monday, May 14th, 2012

Photo: Sun News Publishing Class, you’re not going to like this. I was half way transcribing the torrents of texts that trailed the publication of last week when guess what? Something happened – technology failed me. The phone crashed. It wiped away most of your reactions to the story. Traditionally, for fairness and all, I […]

Editorial: Unresolved murder cases

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, May 14th, 2012

The recent killing of Olaitan Oyerinde, the Principal Private Secretary of Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has reopened the vexed issue of unresolved murders in this country. Oyerinde was recently murdered in controversial circumstances in his Benin, Edo State, residence. While lamenting the gruesome killing of Olaitan, Oshiomhole as the chief security officer of his […]

Ohaneze Ndigbo to S’East govs: Tackle security challenges or quit

Posted by admin Governors, South-East Monday, May 14th, 2012

The Igbo apex socio-cultural group, Ohaneze Ndigbo, has warned governors in the South-east to tackle the spiraling security challenges in the region or vacate their positions. The groups made the statement over the weekend at the wake keep organised in honour of its late patron, Chief John Nwezi at his residence in Lagos. Nzewi who […]

Presidency: Ministers targeted in rumoured shake-up

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Monday, May 14th, 2012

The recent rumour of a federal cabinet shake-up was at the weekend linked to certain political individuals who want to see some key ministers dropped from this government. A Presidency source named some of the ministers that the political bigwigs felt should be dropped to include the Ministers of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator […]