Commissioner of Police Lagos State Police Command, Yakubu Alkali File copy The police in Lagos said on Friday that they were intensifying surveillance of identified flashpoints in the state during Christmas and New Year festivities. The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Samuel Jinadu, said this in an interview with […]
Nigerians in Zambia are being subjected to unpleasant treatment allegedly on the direct orders of the newly-inaugurated President Michael Sata. Already, many Nigerians with genuine papers living and doing legitimate business in the southern African country have been deported for reasons ranging from the mundane to the incredulous. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […]
Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Azubuike Ihejirika File copy The Federal Government has taken more measures to confront head-on the threat to peace and security in the country by Boko Haram, the militant Islamic sect that has been waging a terror campaign on Nigeria since 2009. SATURDAY PUNCH learnt on Friday in […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday ordered the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and the Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to recapitalise the Bank of Industry (BOI). Speaking when he declared open the new Corporate headquarters of the bank in Abuja, Jonathan explained that […]
Saturday December 24, 2011 •Ojukwu Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on this Section Those who have read the book, Blood on the Niger, will certain remember Mr. Emma Okocha, renowned historian and scholar on conflict. He’s also a researcher, who covered events in Burundi, Congo, Somalia, Western Sudan and Dafur. In this interview, Okocha […]
Efforts by Akure North local government council area of Ondo State to ameliorate the suffering of some indigenes of the area through its empowerment scheme have suffered a major set back as night marauders burgled the council secretariat and carted away empowerment items running to several millions of naira The items, which were to be […]
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja is turning into a shadow of itself as most residents are leaving the city in droves for the Christmas and New Year celebrations in their respective villages and states. Checks by our correspondent indicate that, despite complains of harsh economic situation in the country, residents have continued to jam […]
Presiding pastor of I am That I am Church, Minna, Niger State, Evangelist Okechukwu Ifedi, his wife, Juliet and an accomplice, Victor Ibegbu have been arrested by the Niger State command of the State Security Service (SSS) over alleged kidnap, extortion and murder. The three were arrested over allegations of kidnapping and murder of one, […]
Nigerians incarcerated in prisons in Togo, a neighbouring West African country, have called on the Federal Government to come to their aid. According to these Nigerians, majority of whom are in Prison Civile, Lome, Togo, some of them were arrested on trumped-up charges and clamped into jail, where they are subjected to inhuman treatment. The […]
From ABU ONYELEBOCHO, Damaturu, TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri and DESMOND MGBOH, Kano Saturday December 24, 2011 Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Ahead of Christmas tomorrow, the gun battle between security operatives and members of the Boko Haram sect yesterday took devastating dimension in Damaturu, Yobe State, with the killing of no fewer […]
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