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Presidency decries ACN attack on Jonathan

BY BEN AGANDE ABUJA – The Presidency,Thursday, decried what it said was a personal attack on President Goodluck Jonathan  and the office of the president by the Action Congress of Nigeria saying that the denigration of the office and person of the president is unhealthy for the country’s political landscape. In a statement in Abuja, […]

Independence Day bomber: Kinsmen urge IG to probe death

Emma Amaize WARRI- THE people of Kalafiogbene community in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State,  the country-home of  Francis Osuwo, alias General Gbokos, the alleged October 1, 2010 Independence Day bomber, who  died in detention at Kuje Prisons, Abuja, Thursday, called on the Inspector General of Police to probe the death of their son, […]

Diplomatic Row: S/Africa apologises for turning away Nigerians

PRETORIA  (AFP) – South Africa on Thursday apologised for blocking 125 Nigerians from the country and unveiled new immigration procedures aimed at ending a diplomatic row between the continent’s two powerhouses. The dispute blew up after immigration officials at Johannesburg’s main airport on Friday refused entry to Nigerians over suspicions that their yellow fever vaccination […]

Boko Haram murders British, Italian hostages – Jonathan

ABUJA (AFP) – A British and an Italian hostage killed on Thursday were murdered by “their Boko Haram captors” and those responsible have been arrested, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said in a statement. Jonathan “condemned the killing of two kidnapped foreigners — an Italian and a British citizen — in Sokoto state Thursday by their […]

Nigeria’s Seven Secrets and The Inevitability of a Sovereign National Conference (1)By Dr. Leonard K. Shilgba

By Dr. Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Yola, Nigeria, March 8, 2012 – Nigeria is a secret; and she has seven secrets. For this country to become profitable to the majority of Nigerians the secrets must be exposed in the most lucid manner that not a few Nigerians shall know about these and hopefully catch the necessary […]

Why Ibori’s Loot Must Not Go Back to Delta State – By Raheem Oluwafunminyi

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, Ibadan, Nigeria, March 8, 2012 – In a country like ours where corruption is a norm and culture, quickly embraced and never fought to either a standstill or logical conclusion, the repatriation of Ibori’s loots by the Southwark Crown Court in the UK, remains a source of concern to this writer, most […]

Lawyer’s absence stalls trial of Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram suspect

THE Federal High Court, Abuja Division yesterday fixed April 3, 2012 for definite trial of Mohammed Ashafa over his alleged link with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic Boko Haram sect. Although Ashafa was first arrested and arraigned and granted bail in 2006, he was re-arrested by the State Security Service (SSS) in July 2011 for alleged […]

Female banker kidnapped

There was pandemonium yesterday at the Tinubu Estate Road, Isheri North in Lagos , when a female banker (name of the bank withheld) was kidnapped by gunmen. The female banker, Jumoke Oyegbola, wife of the business director, Verdant Zeal Marketing Communications Ltd was abducted at about 9.00pm when she was returning home from work. The […]

PDP Senators dare govs, back Jonathan on NEC membership

Senators elected on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday threw their weight behind President Goodluck Jonathan on membership of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC). Almost two years after the idea was first mooted in the National Assembly, lawmakers are inching closer to achieving that aim in 2012. Earlier reports indicated […]

Enyeama: Eagles ‘ll roast Wasps in Abuja (Just as you roasted Guinea)

By Our reporter Thursday, March 08, 2012 Enyeama Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Nigeria’s goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, has played up his side’s chances of qualifying for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, following its lack lustre goalless draw with Rwanda in Kigali last month. The Super Eagles, playing their first competitive […]

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