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FG should expect more violence —Ex-militant leader

Posted by admin Niger Delta Sunday, March 11th, 2012

The Chairman of the Amnesty Phase three agitators in Delta State, ‘Gen.’ Para Ekiyes, has warned the Federal Government of more violence following their exclusion from the programme. The wanted ex-militant was reacting to comments made by the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Kingsley Kuku. Kuku had said that […]

Ojukwu and the Nigerian hypocrisy

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines Sunday, March 11th, 2012

Sunday, March 11, 2012 By Emma Okah •Dim Emeka Ojukwu In Nigeria and, indeed, many societies all over the world, it is not normal for bad things to be said about the dead. The simple reason which many lawyers also echo is that the dead is lifeless and can no longer be in a position […]

Woman bombed in Jos 24 hours after escaping Boko Haram in Yobe

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Plateau, State News, Yobe Sunday, March 11th, 2012

When 23-year-old Hajara Saidu left Potiskum in Yobe State for Jos, Plateau State, she thought she had escaped the onslaught of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, which since late last year had unleashed a spate of bombings on the state. She, however, did not know a crude fate awaited her less than 24 hours after […]

Arabic teacher in police net after raping JSS 3 student

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, March 11th, 2012

The news of the alleged rape of a Junior Secondary School 3(JSS3) student in Ibadan, Oyo State is spreading like wild fire. It’s especially so, since the allegation was against a 43-year- old Imam cum teacher, Isiaka Salimonu, who teaches Arabic at Educational Legacy College, Ibadan. Salimonu allegedly raped Yetunde, 15, in Ikumapayi, Olodo area […]

Favourite hideout of Boko Haram in Sokoto

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Sokoto, State News Sunday, March 11th, 2012

Residents of the quiet Sokoto neighbourhood were taken unawares last Thursday as a scene in a war zone played out in real life with guns booming for about seven hours. It was at Mabera Itti, an extension of Mabera located within the Sokoto metropolis and a relatively quiet area where two Europeans, Chris MacManus, a […]

Boko Haram drama at Winners Chapel – •Church petitions IGP

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Sunday, March 11th, 2012

A branch of Dr David Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church (also known as Winners Chapel) in Barnawa, Kaduna State, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, over threat to the life of some of its members for reporting an alleged accomplice of a suspected suicide bomber to the police. According to the petition dated […]

Police inspector shot dead in Abia

Posted by admin Nigerian Police Sunday, March 11th, 2012

A police inspector, Ahamba Njoku, has been shot dead by robbers in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia state , the police said. Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna, the Police Public Relations Officer in Abia, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba on Saturday. He said that Njoku was killed at Omuma […]

North, South breaking apart –Agbakoba

Posted by admin North-Central, North-East, North-West, South-East, South-South, South-West Sunday, March 11th, 2012

Sunday, March 11, 2012 • Photo: The Sun Publishing More Stories on This Section That former president of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Mr Olisa Agbakoba, is a household name in Nigeria is not contestable. He has not only been around but always speaks out on every national issue no matter how the odds are stacked. […]

IBB, Abubakar, Atiku, others in secret meeting -•Strategise for 2015

Posted by admin General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency Sunday, March 11th, 2012

Elders from the North yesterday held a closed-door meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, to deliberate on the state of the nation. Although no communiqué was issued, Sunday Sun learnt that they met to strategise on how to get back power in 2015. The state of insecurity in the country occasioned by the activities […]

Mississippi high court upholds Barbour pardons

Posted by admin American Politics Saturday, March 10th, 2012

(CNN) — Mississippi’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the controversial pardons of more than 200 convicts that former Gov. Haley Barbour granted on his way out of office, rejecting a challenge by the state’s attorney general. In a 77-page, 6-3 ruling Thursday afternoon, the court found the pardons “may not be set aside or voided […]