Soldiers from the Army Headquarters Garrison (AHQG), have been drafted to all the entry points into the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to curtail Boko Haram members, who have threatened to unleash terror on the nation’s capital. This is coming even as top echelons of the Nigerian Army are meeting today in Abuja under the auspices […]
It was another day of tragedy yesterday as members of the Boko Haram sect stormed a drinking joint in the Maiduguri metropolis killing no fewer than 30 people even as fears heightened in Bauchi over rumour of fresh attack. A source told Daily Sun that the members numbering about 10 had arrived at a popular […]
It was an unusual sight Friday afternoon when hundreds of Nigerians evoking their support for Chief James Onanefe Ibori stormed a London court where his trial started. Sporting “Free Ibori” and “Deltans want Ibori back home” T-shirts, some of such supporters claimed to have travelled all the way from Nigeria to the UK to demonstrate […]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday at the State House, Abuja, received a special message from embattled Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi. Gaddafi’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Abdullahi Oubaidi, brought the message to the Aso Rock Villa. The envoy met with Jonathan behind closed doors.The visit may, however, not be unconnected with Gaddafi’s quest for support from Nigeria, […]
ABUJA-Members of the House of Representatives may agree with the majority of Nigerians that the welfare package for the legislators should be reduced. They, however, are insisting that any cut to their N42 million quarterly allocation should be made to be across board. Hysteria over the welfare package of legislators recently swept the nation following […]
ABUJA – In his bid to quell the controversy trailing the elevation of wife of former governor of Rivers State, Justice Mary Peter Odili, to the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, yesterday, insisted that the decision was taken to meet the 35% affirmative action promised women by President Goodluck […]
The Election Petitions Tribunal for the April National Assembly election in Borno State has adjourned its sitting indefinitely following the worsening security situation in the state. The tribunal, which ought to begin the hearing of petitions filed before it this week suddenly resolved to adjourn indefinitely. Counsel to the parties in the petitions had waited […]
Confusion has continued to trail the bid by President Goodluck Jonathan to constitute a new cabinet amid consistent protests against some of the ministerial nominees which the presidency had shortlisted for appointment. Protests against the nominees had spread across the federation even as group of PDP members in the south-west are set to hold a […]
The inspector- general of police (IGP), Hafiz Ringim, yesterday denied meeting with the suspected member of Boko Haram who bombed the Force Headquarters, even as a review of the force’s mode of operation commences. The review comes as pressure continues to mount on the IGP, following failure of the police to curb the menace of […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has hinted that it might not continue with the delisting of political parties that failed to secure either a seat in a state Assembly or the National Assembly. The chief press secretary to INEC chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of […]
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