The Action Congress of Nigeria, human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), and civil society groups have slammed the Nigeria Governors’ Forum for sending a delegation to visit Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, who is reportedly receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, in London. According to them, the governors are helping Chime to perpetuate has […]
BY IFEANY OKOLIE LAGOS — THERE was pandemonium in Apapa area of Lagos State, weekend, when some armed naval personnel and policemen from Area B Police Command clashed. Two policemen allegedly sustained injuries, police patrol vehicles and an Armoured Personnel Carriers, APC, were allegedly destroyed. Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred last Friday, after a […]
By Vincent Ujumadu & Evelyn Usman LAGOS—Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo weekend, said the turn of the Igbo to occupy the Presidency had come, warning that any attempt to rip the South East of its due after President Jonathan’s tenure would be resisted. This came on a day former governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chukwuemeka […]
From: ISMAIL OMIPIDAN For the first time since the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram appeared on the country’s scene, Nigerians especially those resident in the 19 northern States and Abuja, had a bombing-free Christmas and New Year celebrations. In fact, some Nigerians, Sunday Sun investigations revealed, heaved a sigh of relief, that ‘at last, bombings […]
MEND, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, has responded to the conviction in South Africa of Henry Okah, its former leader, declaring that the move will be the beginning of the disintegration of Nigeria, and warning of disastrous consequences to befall the federal government and all of its officials since 1999. The […]
Following the conviction of the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah in South Africa, another mastermind of the October 1, 2010 twin-bombings in Abuja, Edmund Ebiware has been sentenced to a life imprisonment for complicity in the attack that killed about 12 people and destroyed several cars. Justice […]
AWAY from the threats of Boko Haram, political strife and opposition politics, the government is embracing next year’s Centenary celebrations as “a unique opportunity to focus attention on its history, peoples, achievements and aspirations for the next century.” At an interactive session with journalists in Lagos Thursday, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation […]
BY BEN AGANDE ABUJA—A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Muhammad Murtala, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to summon police chiefs from 1999 till date to explain the rot in police formations across the country with a view to ensuring that those responsible for the sorry state of the Police Force are […]
The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria has said contrary to reports, it has not pulled out of the Christian Association of Nigeria. According to the CSN, the source of the alleged “pull out must have spoken of his opinion.” The Communications Director of CSN, Rev. Fr. Ralph Madu, in an interview with The PUNCH on Thursday, […]
MUTUAL suspicion between loyalists of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party’s national chairman, Bamanga Tukur, and those of the governors is delaying the convening of the party’s National Executive Council meeting, The PUNCH has found out. The party’s National Working Committee has been unable to agree on when to hold the NEC meeting […]
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