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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
The law caught up with an officer of the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), on Wednesday night, when a police officer seized his cell phone for allegedly taking bribe from a bread seller. The drama took place on the premises of Motorway building on the Lagos Ibadan Expressway, Oregun, Ikeja, and threw the area […]
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Headlines
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Sam Aluko Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section The remains of foremost economist, Prof. Samuel Aluko, will be interred on March 3 at Ode-Ekiti, Ekiti State. According to the programme of events released by the family, his body which has already arrived the country, via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, will […]
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All People Grand Alliance (APGA)
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in Enugu State, Dr Emmanuel Ozoeneh, has commended Nigerians for giving the late Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu a befitting burial. Ozoeneh, in a statement on Thursday, said that the late Ndigbo leader was a man whose legacies would endure. He said that many Nigerians needed to be guided […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, prevented the incursion of a Pakistani drug cartel into Nigeria, while also seizing his 13 kilogrammes of high grade heroin worth N120 million. Operatives of the anti-drug agency, at the Mur-tala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, arrested a 35-year-old Pakistani with the parcels of brownish […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Religion
Thursday, March 1st, 2012

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has denied reports published in an online site which quoted him as having asked President Goodluck Jonathan to allow every Nigerian to carry gun. Pastor Oritsejafor, in a telephone interview, said that the online site named News Naija quoted him wrongly. The site also […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Ndiameeh Babrik, State News
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
THE seeming prevalent peace and security in Bayelsa State, were on Thursday around 10.00 a.m, shattered as unidentified gunmen unleashed attack on security operatives at different locations, on the waterways, killing four soldiers, including a lieutenant-colonel and four policemen. Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune revealed that the suspected gunmen, who operated in three speedboats, swiftly […]
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Columnists, Edo, John Egbeazien Oshodi, NNP Columnists, Ph.D, State News
Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Dr. John Egbeazien Oshodi | Abuja, Nigeria | March 1, 2012 – Now that the governorship primaries are settled, let the first set of major debates begin between Governor Adams Oshiomhole, the former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, and retired Major General Charles Airhiavbere, the former Director, Nigerian Army Finance Corps. The Edo people […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP Columnists, South-East
Thursday, March 1st, 2012

By Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP, March 1, 2012 – Twice I have written to those who lead my people – to Igbo leaders and Governors; now, I’m writing again. When I first wrote, it was to remind you of your duties; but this time, it’s to let you know that we all know how treacherous you […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Prince Charles Dickson
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria, March 1, 2012 – The war that the two-eyed person saw and fled is the same the one-eyed person vows he will join. I will start this admonition by asking, what is really wrong with Nigeria, is it the people, her leaders, the political structure, or maybe there is […]
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Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists, Delta, NNP Columnists, State News
Thursday, March 1st, 2012

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, London, UK, March 1, 2012 – When the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti released the song, VIP – Vagabond In Power in the late 70’s, Nigerians paid little heed to the lyrics, but danced their feet out to this politically-laced music. By the time they realised that Fela was something of a prophet, […]