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Six Year Term for President, Govs, Senator Disagree

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Legislature, Presidency, Senate Sunday, July 24th, 2011

The move to elongate the tenure of the president and governors from the current four years to six but limited to one term as against the present two via a constitution amendment may be a titanic battle between Nigerians in favour and those against. This is evident in the disposition of many senators who are […]

Boko Haram: Rival group drops threat leaflets in 10 northern states

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, July 24th, 2011

The emergence of a new group, believed to be out to checkmate Boko Haram, is giving security agencies in the north goose pimples. Security sources said that the new group, Akhwat Akwop, claimed that its target for violence would be women whose husbands were reportedly behind the violent activities of Boko Haram in the last […]

Police probe mysterious death of six family members

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

The police in Anambra State are investigating the death of six members of a family from Uli, Anambra State. The family members were found dead Saturday morning in their home, with no survivor to tell the story of what happened. While locals believed that they died of food poisoning, the Anambra State police Public […]

Suspected Boko Haram member dies in gunfight

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

A suspected member of the Boko Haram sect has been shot dead in Maiduguri during a gun battle with members of the Military Joint Task Force on Operation Restore Order. The JTF spokesman Lt. Col. Hassan Mohammed said the crossfire ensued when the members of the military task force were observing the scene of […]

NDLEA arrests Fela’s wife

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested one of the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s wives and two others for allegedly being in possession of 340 grammes of cannabis. Najite Anikulapo-Kuti, 45, was apprehended alongside a former dancer of the music legend and a man at her Ikeja residence. NDLEA Lagos State Commander Alhaji Sule […]

Boko Haram: Military intervention is a temporary measure — NSA

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

The National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azzazi, has said that there is a need to train the nation’s security operatives on how to get information from the public. Azzazi, on Saturday, said that the security agencies needed professional training on how to elicit information from the general public on the Boko Haram sect. He […]

How to make FoI Act work, by Soyinka, govs, others

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines Friday, July 22nd, 2011

EMINENT Nigerians, including Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and Governors Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) and Babangida Aliyu (Niger), yesterday brainstormed on the implementation of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act for national development, urging all stakeholders to make the new law work. At a roundtable organised by the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) in […]

NFF Chase Olympic Ticket with N550

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer Friday, July 22nd, 2011

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has vowed to do everything possible to ensure that Dream Team V qualifies for the London 2012 Olympic soccer event, even as it has budgeted N500 million to host the eight nation Olympic qualifier billed for December. The NFF, Daily Sunsports gathered, wants to host the event despite the princely […]

Editorial: The Brith of South Sudan

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, July 22nd, 2011

The birth of South Sudan Republic after 22 years of uninterrupted civil war confirms the belief that repression cannot quench the popular will of an oppressed people for freedom. Happy birthday songs filled the air July 9, 2011, the day the five-year peace deal led to the liberation songs, thus ending Africa’s longest independence war. […]

No to Islamic banking -Ositelu, others

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Criticisms continued to trail the proposed Islamic banking system, yesterday, as more Christian bodies kicked against its introduction into the nation’s financial sector. Primate and the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Church of the Lord (Aladura) Worldwide, Most Rev. Rufus Ositelu, the Nnewi Diocese of the Anglican Church of Nigeria and the National Prayer Movement all […]