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Family announces burial plans for Dr. Alex Ibru

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

The funeral arrangements for Dr Alex Uruemu Ibru, founder, chairman and publisher of Guardian Newspapers Limited, who died on Sunday, November 20, 2011, in Lagos, have been announced by the Ibru family. In a statement on Monday by Olorogun Oskar Ibru, on behalf of the Ibru family, the funeral events will hold in both Lagos and […]

Govs’ tenure: Supreme Court hears INEC appeal today

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Judiciary Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

There are strong indications that the Supreme Court will on Tuesday (today) decide whether or not the tenure of Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, where the April 2011 governorship election did not hold, has expired. Four other governors, whose tenures will be affected by any decision of the Supreme Court, are Governor Alhaji Ibrahim […]

MASSOB takes over Ojukwu’s country home

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Soveriegn State of Biafra (MASSOB) yesterday stormed Ojukwu’s countryhome and took over the running of the premises. Leading a delegation sent by MASSOB leader, Comarade Uche Madu, the national Director of Information, told Daily Sun that they were at the Ikemba’s residence on the instruction of […]

Nigerians react to CBN’s devaluation of Naira

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Nigerians have been commenting on yesterday’s official devaluation of the naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and its implications for the nation’s economy and the citizens. Commenting on the development which said was long expected, the Executive Secretary/CEO of the Financial Markets Dealers Association, Mr Wale Abe said that the decision of the […]

EFCC recovered $9bn during my tenure – Waziri

Posted by admin EFCC Politics Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Mrs. Farida Waziri File copy The sacked Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, on Thursday in Abuja said the commission recovered $9bn from corrupt officials during her three and a half years tenure as the commission’s helmsman. She said this during her handing over ceremony to the […]

Security chiefs due for sacking – Sani

Posted by admin Latest Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

President of the Civil Rights Congress, Mallam Shehu Sani, on Monday in Kaduna said President Goodluck Jonathan should have removed the heads of the nation’s security agencies rather than removing the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, from office. Sani also described the arrest and detention of Senator Mohammed Ali […]

Ojukwu: A Titan Who Won’t Die – By Okey Ndibe

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Okey Ndibe Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

By Okey Ndibe, Connecticut, USA – Nov. 29, 2011 – A telephone call startled me awake at 3:41 a.m. last Saturday. Still gripped by sleep, I fumbled in the darkness until I palmed my phone. “Hello?” I slurred, my tone testy, ready to chide whoever was on the other end for so thoughtlessly interrupting my […]

Revolution looms –Jonathan

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday warned that the nation risks revolution unless the government provides jobs for the youths roaming streets. He spoke in Lokoja, Kogi State capital during the grand finale of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally in preparation for the December 3 gubernatorial election in the state. According to President Jonathan, in four to […]

Mixed feelings as three Sylva’s aides resign

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Rate this item 1 2 3 4 5 (0 votes) Governor Timipre Sylva File The camp of Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State suffered a setback on Monday following the resignation of three members of his cabinet. The Commissioner for Youths, Conflict Resolution and Employment Generation, Mr. Etifa Bekeakpo; the Senior Special […]

Anybody in Ojukwu’s shoes in 1966 would’ve acted the same way –Shagaya

Posted by admin Latest Politics Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

Brig.-Gen. John Shagaya, who commanded the ECOWAS Monitoring Group in Liberia as well as served as the Minister of Internal Affairs during the Gen. Sani Abacha regime, in this interview with JUDE OWUAMANAM, bares his mind on the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu What type of soldier did you see in Ojukwu? Ojukwu […]