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General Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Friday, April 20th, 2012
By Ben Ezeamalu Popular pastor and founder of the Living Faith Christian Church International, David Oyedepo, will face a legal action for slapping a young lady during church service, last year. Robert Igbinedion, a Lagos based lawyer, confirmed to Premium Times Friday that he had filed a suit, on behalf of the young lady, at […]
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General Politics, Osun, State News, Top Stories
Friday, April 13th, 2012
The Federal Government has mobilized virtually all security agencies in the country to put Osun State governor, Engr Rauf Aregbesola on 24-hour surveillance over an intelligence report generated by the Department of State Security (DSS) which accused the governor of creating an army of Islamic jihadists as a prelude to seceding from the Federal Republic […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Raw Politics
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Almost three years away from the 2015 presidential election, political tempers are already rising across the country over suspected moves by President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the poll. Towards this end, prominent Niger Delta leaders, including First Republic information minister, Chief Edwin Clark have been making comments, warning that nothing will stop their kinsman from […]
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American Politics, General Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
A Nigerian woman, Doris Chibuko, 40, was among the victims of the fatal shooting at Oikos University, Oakland, California on Monday. Chibuko, a Nigerian-trained lawyer and mother of three, was studying nursing at the Christian college when she was gunned down by an expelled student of the school, One Ogoh, a Korean. Those killed by […]
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Anambra, General Politics, State News, Top Stories
Friday, March 30th, 2012
By Moses Akaigwe [igwemos@sunnewsonline] Friday, March 30, 2012Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has observed that the latest mini bus to roll off the Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing plant in Nnewi, has all it takes to replace Keke NAPEP tricycle as a popular means of transportation in the country. Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi Inside […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Umbrella body of Muslims in the North, the Jama’atul Nasril Islam on Wednesday in Kaduna faulted the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejiafor, over comments credited to him on the failed dialogue between the Federal Government and Boko Haram. The CAN President last week kicked against any form of dialogue between […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Top Stories
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
caption: Pastor David Oyedepo By SaharaReporters, New York The rising cost of maintaining four private jets has forced flamboyant Nigerian pastor, Bishop David Oyedepo, to set up a commercial airline that uses four airplanes that had hitherto served as part of his private fleet. Last year, as staff costs, fuel prices and landing fees escalated, […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
His two wives, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, others beneficiaries BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI ABUJA – An Abuja High Court in Maitama, yesterday, heard how former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El- Rufai, connived with two senior officials of the Geographical Information Systems, AGIS, and illegally allocated several plots of land to his private companies and […]
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General Politics, Top Stories, Women Politics
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Despite a denial on Wednesday, it has emerged that the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and former Colombian Finance Minister, Jose Antonio Ocampo, are set to be nominated to lead the World Bank. Reuters, which reported the impending nomination of the duo, credited the information to sources with knowledge of emerging market’s efforts to […]
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General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Presidency
Sunday, March 11th, 2012
Elders from the North yesterday held a closed-door meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, to deliberate on the state of the nation. Although no communiqué was issued, Sunday Sun learnt that they met to strategise on how to get back power in 2015. The state of insecurity in the country occasioned by the activities […]
