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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Ondo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Olayinka Alabi, has condemned an alleged inhuman treatment purportedly meted out to two women in the state. She warned that the state government would not tolerate any form of molestation of any resident of the state especially women. Mrs. Alabi, in a statement, said any […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Kaduna — KADUNA State is under tension over fears of reprisal attack, following the murder of two Christian women worshippers inside a church by unknown gunmen. The attack by the gunmen also left 11 critically injured in Zonkwa village in Zangon Kataf Local Government in the state. The women were said to have gone for […]
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Headlines
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
BY PETER OKUTU PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, weekend, assured of the commitment of his administration towards establishing more federal universities across the six geo-political zones of the country. The president, who gave the assurance during a civil reception organized in honour of the Federal Government’s appointees from Ebonyi State, noted that the policy for the establishment […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan has extended his felicitations to all Nigerians, especially the Islamic faithful on the occasion of this year’s Eid-El-Kabir celebrations. He has also appealed for the continued support and understanding of Nigerians, saying that his administration’s efforts to transform the country may require that they make more sacrifices to build a better nation […]
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Headlines
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Parish Priest of Onitsha-Enugu Parish, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area, Enugu State, Rev. Father Chijioke Amoke, has been kidnapped. He was reportedly kidnapped at the gate of the Parish House on Wednesday by a gang of hoodlums, who also shot dead a police officer in their escape bid. The kidnappers have since contacted their victim’s […]
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Headlines, State News, Yobe
Saturday, November 5th, 2011
No fewer than 100 persons died in separate attacks in Potiskum and Damaturu, the Yobe state capital following hours of bombardment by the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect. Among the victims, according to Sunday Sun findings, were a professor, a lecturer with the Federal Polytechnic Damaturu and a corp member, Eucheria Remigu serving with the […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

In what is considered a retaliatory move, the Federal Government has slashed British Airways’ (BA) flights to Lagos from seven times a week to three, with effect from Tuesday, November 8. Before the flight reduction, the United Kingdom national carrier, which has operated into Nigeria for over 75 years, was flying seven times weekly to […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
The State Security Service said it had traced text messages about a purported plan by Boko Haram to attack the Presidential Villa and the National Assembly complex to two pupils of a secondary school in Kagara, Niger State. The suspects, aged 17 and 18, were said to have circulated text messages in which they claimed […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the augmentation of three existing contracts to the tune of N49bn. The affected contracts were the dredging of River Niger, the Kubwa Satellite Town Infrastructure Development District III and IV as well as the Karshi Satellite Town Infrastructure Development District I and II. The Minister of Information, Mr. […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
LEADER of the South-South geopolitical zone, Chief Edwin Clark, on Wednesday, raised the alarm over the growing incidence of corruption in Nigeria with the greatest impact on the judicial system, as he called for declaration of a state of emergency in the judiciary for the government to tackle the menace. Clark said the menace of […]