The younger sibling of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua at the weekend resigned from the Army in a grand ceremony, which also saw the disengagement of three Major-Generals. Identified as Lieutenant Colonel Abdulazeez Yar’Adua, the officer who was attached to the Signals Corps told Daily Sun that he was leaving the force voluntarily after […]
-Sun Former Inspector General of Police [IGP], Mr. Sunday Ehindero, said at the weekend that the Nigerian Police, as presently constituted, lacks the operational capability to combat the rising crime wave and insecurity, especially the insurgence of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram. He gave this stunning verdict in an exclusive interview with Daily Sun […]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has condemned in strong terms the blocking of the Lokoja-Abuja highway by some 1,600 ex-militants last Thursday, adding that there will be no amnesty for anybody caught in any criminal act anymore. The president said this through his Special Adviser on Niger Delta Matters, Honourable Kingsley Kuku, on Sunday, insisting that the […]
former National Security Adviser, General Aliyu Gusau File copy A former National Security Adviser, General Aliyu Gusau, has said while terrorism can be defeated, there are no instant solutions to the problem. Gusau said this in a paper titled, ‘Actualising Nigeria: The Dynamics of Power, Politics, Enterprise and Security’ which he presented […]
A prosecution witness in the on-going trial of the six police officers suspected to have killed the leader of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, Mohammed Yusuf, Colonel Benjamin Ahamotu yesterday told the Federal High Court that killing of members of the sect was a legitimate duty. Ahamotu who led the army troop that arrested Yusuf […]
Debe Sylvester Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the late Ikemba’s eldest son is precisely a chip of the old block. He cuts in a special way, the split image of his father-the eye popping, gesticulations, mannerisms, voice modulation, physiognomy, charisma, shining brilliance, a clone, in self admittance. Debe, lawyer by profession sits atop the legendary family business empire in […]
Burial plans picked up yesterday family members of Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, formally informed the town and the Igwe of the death of their father. The family delegation, led by Sylvester Ojukwu, a lawyer and first son of the Ikemba Nnewi, who had earlier arrived the Igwe’s palace at about 8.30a.m, went through the motions […]
Abuja – Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Tuesday expressed delight over improved electricity supply across the country. Sambo made the observation at the meeting of the Presidential Action Committee on Power in Abuja. He, however, directed the Ministry of Power to discuss with the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and look into the problems militating against […]
Fundamental Islamist sect, Boko Haram, has vowed to mow down nine more persons in addition to a groom that was shot dead after a wedding fatiha in Maiduguri, Borno State on Saturday. The disclosure came yesterday as the sect’s spokesman, Abu Kaka, dissociated the group from the death of two men shot dead on Sunday […]
The Federal Government has been advised not to yield to pressure from the Western nations to legalise same-sex marriage in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Kwara State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. James Foloranmi; his Committee of Muslim Organisations counrterpart, Prof. Shehu Jimoh; and the Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin branch, Mr. […]
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