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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Preparatory to his returning home, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu has been discharged from Wellington Hospital in London where he had been receiving physiotherapy treatment, Daily Sun can authoritatively report. The ex-Biafran warlord took ill last December and was flown to a clinic in Central London where he was treated of stroke and later transferred to Wellington […]
Forty eight hours after giving conditions for ceasefire, Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, yesterday bombed the Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters of the police in Abuja. The attack claimed two lives with about 35 vehicles destroyed in the incident that occurred at 10.58 am. The Police High command confirmed the casualty figure. The victims, according […]
The Police Headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has been bombed by some unknown people. It is feared that the Inspector General of Police, Hafeez Ringim and other top police brass were the targets of the attack as the bomb went off shortly after the convoy of IG entered the premises of Force Headquarters. […]
ABUJA—President Goodluck Jonathan in three separate letters to Pope Benedict XVI, Anthony Cardinal Okogie and Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, Wednesday, elicitated with the trio on different occasions of their lives. The President congratulated Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah on his elevation to the position of Bishop in the Catholic Church. Describing the elevation as a well […]
EMBATTLED former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, yesterday, challenged the entire 16-count criminal charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, insisting that they were baseless and dubious. Bankole maintained that none of the proofs of evidence tendered against him before the Federal High Court in Abuja connected […]
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