The lone suicide bomber, who blew up parts of the UN House in Abuja on Friday morning, caught the army of security guards on the premises off-guard by taking the exit gate on approaching the building instead of the access gate, a security man who survived the blast told Sunday Sun yesterday. Mr Douglas Namson, […]
State Security Services (SSS) yesterday picked up former Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The SSS said el-Rufai had accused the security forces of receiving N286 billion for their operations but had nothing to show for it, which was why insecurity in the country […]
All is definately not well with the Super Eagles ahead of next Sunday’s all-important Nations Cup qualifier against Madagascar in Antananarivo. Sunday Sunsports scooped exclusively that Osaze Odemwingie has been ruled out of the game no thanks to a knee injury, which doctors of his premiership side has declared will take another two weeks to […]
BENIN CITY— President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday, accused the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, of initiating policies capable of destabilizing the nation. He declared that Christians cannot be treated as second class citizens in Nigeria and admonished the CBN Governor to be […]
YAOUNDE-(AFP) – Seven heavily armed assailants boarded a Cameroonian ship with 150 people on board off the coast of Nigeria Saturday and took its captain hostage, security sources in Cameroon told AFP. “The Cameroonian ship Monica was attacked around 8:00 am (0700 GMT). The captain on board was abducted,” a man, who was on the […]
Despite the scandals trailing the much talked about wedding of popular actress, Mercy Johnson to her boyfriend of two years, Prince Odianosen Okojie, the wedding will hold as planned this morning. MJ, as the actress is fondly called by friends and relations, according to her publicist, BigSam Media and the groom’s family spokesman, Prince Peter […]
THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has tagged Rivers State safe and secure after hosting one of the best NBA conferences in recent years. NBA President, Joseph Daudu (SAN) gave the commendation during a farewell dinner organised by Rivers State government for members of the Bar, on Thursday, as part of the NBA week in Port […]
By Alaba Oyakeye, Osun, Nigeria – August 27, 2011 – One thing I have found most despicable, unprofessional, and irresponsible is ‘‘bad press’’ particularly when statements made available to journalists are slanted; worst yet, when such statements are put in the print out of context to ridicule the messenger by way of misinforming the public. […]
The African Union has refused to explicitly recognised Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC), in a setback for Libyan rebels who have already been recognised as the legitimate government by more than 40 countries. Instead, the AU on Friday called for an inclusive transitional government in the North African state that would also involve officials from […]
THERE was spontaneous anger among senior citizens, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, following the explosion, which rocked the United Nations building in Abuja. Obasanjo, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Emeka Ihedioha, and the Governor of Abia state, Chief Theodore Orji, condemned the attack, saying the perpetrators should be fished out […]
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