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Opinion: Justice for James Ibori

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Wale Sokunbi (08056180228 walesokunbi2003@yahoo.co.uk) Wednesday April 25 , 2012 Photo: The Sun Publishing More Stories on This Section Last week, a court in the United Kingdom did for Nigerians what our own judiciary could not do when it slammed a 13-year jailterm on former Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori. Ibori, who had been on […]

Boko Haram: JTF discovers bomb factory in Kano

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Members of the Joint Security Task Force (JTF) in Kano State yesterday announced the discovery of a bomb-making facility believed to belong to members of the Boko Haram sect. Spokesman of the JTF, Lieutenant Ikedichi Iweha, disclosed this while conducting reporters round the said facility situated at Haye Hotoro Arewa, a suburb of the state […]

Picture: Sad story – Orphanage where robbers steal only female inmates

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Wednesday April 25 , 2012 •Inmates, officials and the corps member Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section An orphanage, run by a missionary couple in Esit Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has become an instant attraction to armed robbers. Unfortunately, the robbers, maybe out of disappointment of not seeing […]

Summit: Why we chose Kagame as keynote speaker –Ogeah, Delta commissioner

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, South-South Monday, April 23rd, 2012

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda was chosen as the keynote speaker for the second South-south Economic Summit because of the transformation of Rwanda under his watch from an ailing economy to the fastest growing economy in Africa, it was learnt yesterday in Asaba. Billed for Asaba, the Delta State capital, the summit will open on […]

NSC battles to revamp Abuja stadium (Another avenue to steal money)

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, Track & Field Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Full sporting activities would soon return to the Main Bowl of the National Stadium, Abuja following last weekend’s restoration of electricity supply after six months blackout, and resumption of work to resuscitate the dead grass with the application of fertilizers and chemicals. Stadium manager, Arch Katmwam Dunse, who made the disclosure when Daily Sun Sports […]

Beautiful picture: Toddler needs N3m for open heart surgery

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Tuesday, April 24 , 2012 Chudubem Master Chudubem Godswill Tom, 13 months old, has a congenital heart defect. His parents, Mr. Abochi and Mrs. Ngozi Tom, from Ariam-Eluelu in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State have appealed to Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, to help fund their son’s open heart surgery in India. […]

US Supreme Court turns down Nigeria oil protest case

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Monday, April 23rd, 2012

The United States Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by 19 Nigerians seeking to invoke a US anti-torture law to sue oil giant, Chevron, over deaths in the Niger Delta. The decision by the top US court not to intervene followed its unanimous finding last week that the law, the Torture […]

Kidnappers kill ex-Ohanaeze boss….after collecting N30m ransome

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Shock and anguish yesterday trailed the confirmation that a former Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos State, Chief John Nzewi was killed by kidnappers who took N30 million ransom payment from his family. Chief Nzewi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and current president of Igbos In Commerce, hailed from Nnewi, Anambra State. The deceased was said […]

Picture: Man who lost hand in Kaduna blast curses bombers

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Kaduna, State News Monday, April 23rd, 2012

From NOAH EBIJE, Kaduna Tuesday, April 24 , 2012 •Garba Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Time, it is said, heals the wound. And so, softly and steadily, the victims of the Kaduna Easter day bombing are recuperating fast from injuries sustained in the heinous bomb blast which occurred many days ago. […]

Northern states lack caring govts, says Ex- ambassador

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Former Nigeria’s ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, Professor Salihu Suleiman, has lamented what he called the absence of caring governments in the 19 northern states of the country. Professor Suleiman made his position known in a paper entitled, “Ilorin and Northern Nigeria: Assessment of Growth and Stagnation– 1945–2012, delivered at a forum organized by […]