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Fish out sponsors, Jonathan orders NSA, others, Security shake-up in the offing

Four days after the deadly Christmas Day attack on St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, the President met with his security chiefs in Abuja yesterday. He ordered the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Andrew Azazi and other security top shots to fish out sponsors of Boko Haram. A source said security shake-up is in […]

Our dilemma on policing –Azazi

National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Andrew Azazi, yesterday admitted that it was absolutely difficult to man every point in the country when there are security problems. The NSA spoke in Abuja after the President met with Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar 111, at a closed doors meeting to proffer solution to the Boko Haram […]

High profile deaths that shook Nigeria in 2011

The year 2011 brought with it a harvest of deaths. From the creeks of the mangrove forests of the South to the sands of the Sahel savannah in the North, there is no state in the country that did not record deaths. But as an observer put it, “we could have been alarmed if no […]

CAN to convene meeting of denominational leaders

Worried by the spate of attacks by the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, Christian leaders in the country have resolved to convene a meeting of all denominational leaders to review the security situation in the country and fashion an appropriate response. The meeting expected to hold soon will address current sectarian violence across the northern part […]

Negotiate with Boko Haram, others, Gaya insists

Chairman of the Senate Committee on States and Local Government Administration and former governor of Kano State, Senator Kabiru Gaya has added his voice to the growing number of those condemning the bombing of a church in Madalla, Niger State. He said the time has come for President Goodluck Jonathan to enter into negotiation with […]

Family escapes Kano riots, loses 4 daughters in Madalla blast

Abuja-based businessman, Sir Emmanuel Obiukwu, lost four of his daughters in the Christmas Day bomb blast at the Saint Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger state. The man fled with his family from Kano State and settled at Madalla, following the insurgence in that state, where they almost died 20 years later. Sir Obiukwu, 58, was […]

Zik’s widow laments non-payment of stipends

•Azikiwe Photo:The Sun Publishing More Stories on This Section ‘Y ar’Adua increased our stipend and approved cars for us to be changed after every five years, but up till now, not even the old stipend, was paid to us for the past two years and the cars are yet to be given to us.’ The […]

Sanusi’s CBN & Naira devaluation: Public Good, Double Talk… – By Emeka Chiakwelu

By Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP, Dec. 27, 2011 – It is beginning to look that Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the executive governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is stepping into a pathway of perplexing contradictions. At the time that International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommended for Nigeria to devalue naira, Sanusi was insisting that there is no […]

That EFCC vs Joe Musa and others Court Saga: Questions Need Asking – By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo – London, UK – Dec. 27, 2011 – It has long been certain that “the wheels of justice grind slowly”, (in Nigeria and other less refined societies, usually oiled by Corruption) yet, contrary to the old adage, they don’t necessarily “grind exceedingly fine.”  In all cases, it is the victims that […]

Xmas Day bombings: Sultan disowns Boko Haram (After two days had passed)

Two days after the bloody Christmas Day bombings, President Goodluck Jonathan and supreme head of Nigeria’s Muslims, Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday met behind closed doors in Abuja on how to address Boko Haram crisis. At the end of the session, they resolved to call for an enlarged meeting involving religious and traditional rulers. Addressing […]

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