Thursday, April 12, 2012 • Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section No fewer than five people were killed in Banki, a border town in Borno State, during attacks said to be launched by the Boko Haram Islamist sect. The police also claimed to have killed five of the attackers. Daily Sun gathered […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), yesterday approved the sum of N2.6 billion for the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) for the printing of 40 million permanent voters’ card. Addressing State House correspondents at the end of the FEC meeting chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan, Information of Minister, Labaran Maku, alongside the Minister of State, Finance, […]
Apparently disturbed by by challenges facing the country and the Muslim community in particular, a must –attend conference has been scheduled to hold in Abuja middle of this month by a coalition of Muslim organizations in Nigeria to discuss the state of the nation. Those expected to attend the two-day confab include the Sultan of […]
April 12, 2012 by Niyi Odebode, Fidelis Soriwei and Femi Makinde The Action Congress of Nigeria on Wednesday said it had uncovered a plot by the Peoples Democratic Party to destabilise the South-West geo-political zone as part of President Goodluck Jonathan’s plan to contest the 2015 presidential poll. The ACN, in a statement in Lagos […]
April 12, 2012 by Oluwole Josiah and Friday Olokor Investigations into the administration of pensions in the country have assumed a new twist as the Joint Committee of the Senate on the Pensions Probe has alleged an attempt by the Pensions Reforms Task Team to bribe its members. Chairman of the committee, Senator Aloysius Etok, […]
The Federal Government is investigating how Presidency officials leaked to the media details of the activities of the Dr. Datti Ahmed panel set up to negotiate with Boko Haram. The probe comes amidst a disclosure by a high ranking official of the State Security Service (SSS) (names withheld) that the agency is set to arraign […]
By Charles Kumolu and Gbenga Oke In the concluding part of this interview with a Russian trained medical doctor and political radical, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, he reiterated the North’s e readiness for National Conference. He also responds to the issues of Nigeria’s federalism that have recently dogged the polity. Excerpts: Appointment with Enahoro To show […]
BY ABDALLAH EL-KUREBE Sokoto – The Federal Government has spent N5 billion on 35 model Almajiri primary schools being built across the nation, Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETF, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said. Yakubu, spoke at a briefing in Sokoto, yesterday, ahead of the inauguration of the Almajiri Boarding Primary School scheduled […]
Wife of the alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, Kabiru Abubakar Dikko, alias Kabiru Sokoto, has delivered a baby boy in a police cell where she is being detained. The wife of the Boko Haram henchman was arrested by the police after her husband escaped from […]
LAWYERS joined yesterday the row over a construction company’s church gift to the President’s home town, saying his defence of the alleged bribe is untenable. The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which called on the National Assembly to impeach Dr Goodluck Jonathan for alleged violation of the Constitution, restated its stand yesterday. It rejected the […]
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