Posted by admin
Latest Politics
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Facts emerged yesterday at the Louis Edet Police Headquarters in Abuja that the suicide bomber that drove the car bomb that killed many people and injured others wore a long beard just like that of the late Al Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden. Police eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, told Saturday Sun that the suicide bomb […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Saturday, June 18th, 2011

The Nigeria Police has resolved to go all out in its crackdown on Boko Haram. This is coming at a time a team of experts from the United States, United Kingdom and Israel have been approached by the Nigerian authorities for assistance in unravelling the power behind the group and spate of bombings in the […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Security agencies in the country are forging an alliance with security agencies in selected Western and Middle-East countries to unravel the wave of bombing in the country, it was learnt yesterday. The collaborative effort is directed towards unveiling the source of the ammunitions and the persons behind the bombings. The disclosure of the international collaboration […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Abuja – The Muslim Media Watch Group (MMWG), has called on the Federal Government to declare Friday, June 23 and Sunday, June 25 as work-free days for special prayers and fasting. The call was contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja and signed by Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Co-ordinator of the group. The […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Berlin—The Nigerian embassy in Germany is awaiting the outcome of the German authorities’ investigation on the killing of a Nigerian, Mrs Christy Schnudeck, allegedly shot by a policewoman, an official has said. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that Schnudeck, who hailed from Edo, was shot at a job centre in Frankfurt by a policewoman […]
Posted by admin
Headlines, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Friday, June 17th, 2011
BARELY nine months after the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja was thrown into confusion, fear, mourning and bewilderment following the bomb explosions that erupted October 1, 2010 when Nigeria was marking its 50th anniversary, the nation’s capital city was on Thursday, June 16 thrown into a similar situation. This time, it was not a public place, […]
Posted by admin
Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Nigerian Diaspora groups in the United States have berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comments, that the current administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan lacks the will and consistency to fight corruption. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP WEEKEND, Comrade Femi Soneye, director of Projects and Planning of the Alliance of Nigerians In […]
Posted by admin
Lagos, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, June 17th, 2011
SECURITY in the Lagos metropolis and the state police command in Government Reserved Area (GRA), Ikeja, has been beefed up following the bombing at the Louis Edet House, Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force, in Abuja yesterday. Besides, the Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that Nigeria risks descending […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics
Friday, June 17th, 2011
FOR two former leaders of the lower chamber of the nation’s legislative house, the hope of freedom was again dashed yesterday as they were returned to the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) having been unable to meet their bail conditions. The bail came from an Abuja High Court for […]
Posted by admin
Latest Politics
Friday, June 17th, 2011
FEELERS from Aso Villa, Abuja yesterday indicated that President Goodluck Jonathan may not be in a hurry to constitute his much awaited cabinet. The Guardian learnt that two critical factors are responsible. The first is the intense lobbying by the old cabinet members. The lobby to return was said to have succeeded to the extent […]