Fomer Head of State, Maj-Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (retd.) | credits: file photo I would go straight to the point. I do not share the widely raging sentiment that posits the acclaimed apostle of discipline, Maj. Gen. Muhamadu Buhari, as the solution to the perceived cluelessness that presently plagues my dear country. I am not, […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal The Peoples Democratic Party has filed a fresh suit seeking an order compelling the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, to declare himself as no longer fit to represent the Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal Constituency. The suit is filed while the one instituted by […]
120 killed in mosque bomb explosions No fewer than 120 died and 270 were injured on Friday as the violent Boko Haram sect bombed the 10,000 capacity Kano Central Mosque where the Emir, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, usually leads prayers. About 10 gunmen went on a shooting spree after the blast at the mosque, which […]
Explains why Jonathan, Buhari should quit 2015 race FROM: ISMAIL OMIPIDAN, KADUNA Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi is a reporter’s delight any day . Without prior appointment and long protocols associated with public figures of his caliber in Nigeria, Gumi, spoke for about 45minutes with Sunday Sun last Thursday in his Kaduna office on […]
Billionaire business mogul, Aliko Dangote, slid down 14 places to 37th position in the World Richest Persons list within 24 hours. Dangote, the President, Dangote Group, who remains Africa’s richest person, was ranked 23rd on Thursday by Forbes. A check on Forbes website on Friday, however, revealed that the business mogul, who is said to be worth […]
The embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Saturday declared that his fate as the speaker was in the hands of God. He said the ruling Poeples Democratic Party could not remove him as Speaker. He stated that only God and his colleagues in the House could remove him from office as […]
Obasanjo and Atiku Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday met with his estranged deputy Atiku Abubakar, at Minna International Airport, Niger State, where the two leaders hugged each other. It was learnt that Obasanjo was in Minna to visit the recuperating former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, who just returned from a two-month medical treatment […]
No fewer than 300 Nigerian soldiers fled to Cameroon when Boko Haram insurgents overran Mubi, the second largest city in Borno State from security forces on Wednesday, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Cameroonian military sources told our correspondent that Nigerian soldiers fled the north-eastern part of Nigeria, where the insurgency launched by the sect was raging, […]
By Charles Kumolu NIGERIANS resident in the United States of America, have called on the Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission,INEC, Prof Atahiru Jega to accept professional recommendations and legislative disapproval on the use of the newly created 30. 000 polling units during the 2015 general elections. This was contained in a statement by Messrs. Dechi. […]
By CHIDI NNADI, ENUGU on October 20, 2014 · COVER • Says he betrayed Ojukwu, APGA, Ndigbo After weeks of shock over the defection of Chief Peter Obi to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s widow, Bianca, has lambasted the former governor of Anambra State for his actions. Bianca, who is Nigeria’s Ambassador […]
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