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Nigeria missing as African party begins•Equatorial Guinea, Libya set tune in Bata

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Nigeria’s Super Eagles will be conspicuously missing at the 28th edition of the (Orange) Africa Cup of Nations that gets underway later this afternoon in the city of Bata with co-host, Equatorial Guinea and Libya setting the tune. It will be the first time in 16 years that Nigeria would not feature at the greatest […]

Group alleges killing of 510 Igbos in 2011

Posted by admin Headlines, South-East Thursday, January 19th, 2012

The International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law has called for the immediate intervention of President Goodluck Jonathan in saving the lives of Igbo Christians living in the North. In a letter to the President on Thursday, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Intersociety, Mr. Emeka Umeagbalasi, said the rate […]

Taiwo joins QPR on loan

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, January 19th, 2012

AC Milan defender Taye Taiwo has allegedly joined Premier League outfit QPR in a six-month loan deal, according to his agent. Fabio Parisi has taken to his twitter account ‘@parisitweet’ to upload a picture of the 26-year-old full-back shaking hands with R’s manager Mark Hughes which accompanies a tweet that says: “Taiwo has […]

Picture: Police tear-gas Braithwaite, Nwabueze, others in protest against soldiers

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 19th, 2012

The police on Thursday fired canisters of tear gas at prominent activists and national leaders, including Prof. Ben Nwabueze, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite and former Minister of Finance, Dr. Idika Kalu, in Lagos. Nwabueze, Kalu and Braithwaite were leading some protesters who were demanding an immediate withdrawal of soldiers from the streets of Lagos and […]

Occult church members arraigned

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Twenty-three members of the Millenium Gospel Mission, a church where human skulls and other vital parts of human body were discovered in Osogbo last Wednesday were yesterday arraigned in an Osogbo Magistrate Court for alleged conspiracy and breach of public peace. The accused persons, including a septuagenarian, were said to have, on January 11, 2012, […]

200 Christian families arrive Jos from Yobe

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News, Yobe Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Over 200 Christian families from Yobe State and environs have taken refuge in some church premises within Jos, the Plateau State capital for alleged increasing threats to their lives and property in that part of the country. The families who were mainly n COCIN headquarters and ECWA Jarawa said they decided to leave various parts […]

Editorial: Subsidy strike: A post mortem

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 19th, 2012

After six days of street protests and mass rallies, the strike embarked upon by labour unions and civil society organizations have finally come to an end. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had called out workers to strike over the increase in the pump price of fuel from N65 to […]

Day Naval personnel wreaked havoc at marine academy

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012 • East Marine Diving Academy administrative block. Inset: Udokwu PHOTOS: Sun news Publishing More Stories on This Section Ordinarily, it would be expected that when officers of the Navy visit a marine academy, the students would be enthralled. And memories of the visit would linger in the hearts of such students […]

Ojukwu: Nigerians in UK begin Christian rites

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines, South-East Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Nigerians in the United Kingdom (UK) will on Saturday, Jan 21, 2012 begin to pay their last respects to the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, who died on November 26 last year. It is being organized under the auspices of Igbos in the Diaspora with a concelebrated high mass at the biggest catholic cathedral […]

Picture: 25-yr-old corps member arrested for swindling Canadian and US visa applicants

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012 • Ajobola Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Detectives attached to the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Ikoyi, Lagos, have nabbed a 25-year-old youth corps member, Aliyu Ajobola, over an alleged fraud. Crimewatch had earlier published the report of one Fred Makanjuola (at large), who fraudulently packaged programmes and […]