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Who Doesn’t Wish Obasanjo Back as President? – By Frisky Larr

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Frisky Larr, NNP Columnists, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

By Frisky Larr, NNP, Feb. 8, 2012 – Putting all jokes aside, I can assure whoever takes time to read this essay that the number of people who quietly wish to have Olusegun Obasanjo back as President may be growing by the day if a frank and earnest statistic is taken. I will come back […]

We did it, Sokoto is next –Boko Haram Sect

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Sokoto, State News Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

From TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri The Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnati Lidda’awati Wal Jihad otherwise known as Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the series of attacks in Kaduna, Kano and Maiduguri this week, including the bombing of Air force base in Kaduna, warning that more attacks were underway. It gave the indication that Sokoto may be the […]

Boko Haram: 5 killed in Kano shoot-out

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

From Desmond Mgboh, Kano The joint security team, which battled with the members of the Boko Haram sect in Mariri in Kano State on Monday night, may have deployed a rocket propeller to finally end the confrontation, a security source said in Kano yesterday. Throwing insight into the operation, which lasted several hours until the […]

Murder of banker wife: I saw husband’s blood-soaked hand –Co-tenant

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of a man who allegedly killed his banker wife yesterday told a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja that he saw blood on the hands of the husband as at the time the incident occurred. At the resumed hearing on the matter before Justice Lateefat Okunnu, a co-tenant […]

Scary Picture: Pandemonium in Sokoto… As sheep gives birth to monster baby

Posted by admin Headlines, Sokoto, State News Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Wednesday February 08, 2012 Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Residents of Sokoto metropolis are yet to come to terms with the unbelievable incident that occcurred in the city recently. That was when a sheep gave birth to a monstrous being at a government owned veterinary clinic in the Sokoto State capital. […]

Cop kills colleague, self, injures others in Uyo

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Hell was let loose on Sunday evening when one of the mobile policemen guarding the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Uyo branch ran amok killing two persons including himself while injuring several others. Daily Sun learnt that the mobile policeman had gone out and returned drunk but demanded for his rifle, which was denied him […]

Imoke: Cruising back to Government House

Posted by admin Cross River, State News Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

In the words of Anon, Ordinary people think of spending time: Great people think of using it. Isak Dineson summed up his own words of winning this way: ëdonít count every hour in a day; make every hour in the day count.” These two great sayings, although they have outlived decades, are still relevant in […]

Construction mogul Dantata passes on in a German hospital

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

The construction industry on Tuesday lost a prominent industry player, Alhaji Abdulkadir Dantata, Chairman of Dantata & Sawoe. Dantata, eldest son of the late Alhaji Sanusi, and the elder brother to Aminu Dantata died in a German hospital on Tuesday. Personal assistant to the deceased, Alhaji Auwalu Dansadau confirmed his demise in Kano, adding that […]

Biu faces Senate panel

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

The suspended Commissioner of Police, Zakari Biu, who is facing disciplinary action over the escape of a high profile Boko Haram suspect, on Tuesday appeared before the Senate Committee on Police Affairs. Biu was taken before the committee where he was asked some questions by the senators about the circumstances surrounding the escape […]

Nations Cup update: Co-host Gabon crashes out in penalty shootout with Mali

Posted by admin Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

President Ali Bongo of Gabon on Monday sent a message of comfort to the national team following their exit from the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday in a jumpy quarter-final clash against Mali. The capital of the co-host nation Libreville and the rest of the country were plunged into total gloom after the […]