A 21-year-old man, Amanya (other names withheld), yesterday narrated a chilling tale of how he allegedly plotted and murdered a female senior staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), barely a month after he was employed by the deceased as a driver. The victim, whose name was given as Mrs. Afishetu Dupe Abdullahi, was […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday stopped the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Demoeratic Party (PDP) from conduting its governorship primary slated for November 19. The court made the pronouncement following a motion brought by Governor Timpreye Sylva, who was denied a return ticket. There had been a face-off between the PDP […]
Senate has charged the new board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to either perform within the next six months of its composition or be sacked, just like its predecessor. Senate President, David Mark handed down this warning during the confirmatory screening of the Dr. Tarilah Tebepah-led board yesterday. Senator Mark said: “The fact […]
A suspected domestic cooking gas explosion has left a mother, Hauwa Bashir, and her six daughters dead in Katsina metropolis. The second wife, also called Hauwa, of the bereaved man, Bashir Sani, 37, however escaped death with her one-year old daughter. The disaster struck at Raffuka Quarters around 8.30 pm on Tuesday, when the hurricane […]
The Rivers State House of Assembly has invited the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over the recent oil spill in Isioma community in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the State. In a motion sponsored by the lawmaker representing the council, Okechukwu Nwaogu, Shell was accused of ‘threatening the lives of the people by causing economic […]
Thursday, November 17, 2011 Dangote Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Nigeria’s business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote topped the list of 40 wealthiest African released yesterday by Forbes magazine. Dangote of Nigeria, with a $10.1 billion fortune led the pack in the inaugural Forbes list, which featured at least seven other Nigerian […]
A pregnant housewife in Bauchi State has allegedly stabbed her husband, a Lance Corporal in the Nigerian Army to death over adultery. Daily Sun gathered that the mistress who was identified as Sarah was also injured by the housewife, a mother of two during the attack. The incident happened at the Mammy market of the […]
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Nov. 15, 2011 – That most of the States in the country depend on the monthly allocations from the Federation Account for even their recurrent expenditures is an old story. This dependence sharpened as the number of states ballooned from 19 in 1976 to 21 states in 1987; […]
IN response to my earlier article, “Dismantle these Roadblocks”, an irate policeman called me on the phone. The article was on the need to dismantle the police roadblocks across Nigeria because they have failed as a crime fighting strategy. They degenerated from their intended role of crime prevention to cesspools of police corruption, harassment and […]
BySimon Ebegbulem BENIN—Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, has called on the Attorney-General of the Federation to prosecute former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the dismantling of toll gates. Owie, who commended the re-introduction of toll gates by President Goodluck Jonathan, recalled the condemnation that greeted the destruction of the toll gates during […]
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