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Friday, April 27th, 2012
When Senator Iroegbu, a reporter with ThisDay Newspapers, Abuja, left his house yesterday morning for the office at Jabi, Abuja, the least he had on his mind was bomb blast even though he has been reporting bombing incidents. However, his wife had a premonition that something bad was going to happen and tried to prevent […]
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Friday, April 27th, 2012
Among the early callers at the ThisDay bomb blast scene yesterday were former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and immediate past governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel. Speaking with Daily Sun, El-Rufai said the situation was very sad that Nigerian lives continued to be lost to the incapacity of […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Friday, April 27th, 2012
The Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram, has said it attacked media houses in Abuja and Kaduna yesterday to send a message to the media that it would no longer condone reports misrepresenting it in the press or blaming it for acts it knows nothing about. Abul Qaqa, spokesperson for the […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, April 27th, 2012
The Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has vowed not to be cowed or intimidated by yesterday’s unprovoked attack on some media establishments in Abuja and Kaduna by suspected Boko Haram members. The premises of Leader & Company, publishers of ThisDay Newspapers in Abuja, as well as the premises of The Sun and The Moment […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, April 27th, 2012
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday urged media workers not to be dissuaded from carrying out their fearless campaign for peace, justice and equity as democracy cannot flourish without press freedom. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, Jonathan condemned the bomb blasts, which occurred early yesterday in newspaper houses […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, April 27th, 2012
Friday April 27, 2012 • Scene of the bomb blast yesterday. Photo: Sun News More Stories on This Section Activities at the bustling Jabi Park came to a halt yesterday morning following a vicious suicide attack at the Abuja office of ThisDay newspapers, which is directly opposite the park. When Daily Sun arrived the scene […]
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General Politics, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Monday, April 23rd, 2012

The Federal Government yesterday told former Head of State, Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), that any revolution in the country would consume him and his party, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC). Speaking through Information Minister Labaran Maku, the government said the revolution would wipe out the CPC and its men, not the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
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Boko Haram, Kogi, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
The Joint Task Force comprising the Army, State Security Services and the Police has discovered another bomb factory in a cave at Usomi village along Okene–Ogori/Magongo Road in Kogi State. The top state officer of SSS, who confirmed the startling discovery yesterday while speaking with newsmen at the state headquarters of the SSS in Lokoja, […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), House, Latest Politics, Legislature
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
By Emmanuel Aziken, Clara Nwachukwu, CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, aDEMOLA aKINYEMI, Yemi Adeoye & Mike Eboh LAGOS—Ahead of tomorrow’s commencement of debate on the report of the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on the utilization of petroleum subsidies, industry and political stakeholders were weekend separately upbeat and muted over alleged errors in the recommendations. The Nigerian National […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
Washington DC – Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, has solicited the World Bank’s support to create a good data base to help improve the social safety nets in Nigeria. She spoke on Sunday at the on-going Spring Meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington DC. Okonjo-Iweala said […]