LAST weekend, the streets of Port Harcourt, the Garden City, were on passionate flame as the grand finale of Rivers State Carnival (CARNIRIV) sent the city and its people into an orgy of celebration.First held in 2008, CARNIRIV has become a platform for display of the state’s cultural heritage amidst lavish fun, colour and grandeur. […]
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raised alarm over alleged planned attack on its Kano command offices by some misguided youths over alleged recruitment of inappropriate candidates for Kano State into the agency in the current ongoing selection process. In a swift reaction, the Chairman and Chief Executive of the agency, Ahmadu Giade, […]
THE political icon of Kwara State, Dr Olusola Saraki has publicly declared his intention to quit the ruling People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) ahead of the 2011 general elections.He however failed to mention the exact party he would lead his numerous supporters to during the elections. Speaking with reporters yesterday in his Ilorin country home, Saraki, […]
AFTER a four-hour gun battle with suspected members of Boko Haram, the joint police/military taskforce yesterday arrested an alleged financier of the group, Alhaji Bunu Wakil and 91 other persons. Also, in Lagos, the state police commissioner, Mr. Marvel Akpoyibo assured that members of Boko Haram would not be able to operate in the state. […]
Former vice-president and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday held closed-door meetings with members of Enugu and Anambra States’ houses of assembly in a bid to woo them ahead of the party’s presidential primary on January 13, 2011. His aspiration, however, received a major boost as the Enugu State House of […]
Preparations for the New Year celebration was yesterday cut short in Abuja after a bomb exploded at the Mammy Market located directly opposite the Mogadishu Cantonment formerly known as Sanni Abacha Barracks in Abuja, killing 10 people. Many people were also injured in the bombing which sent shivers down the spines of the residents of […]
Following the bomb lasts in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Christmas eve, tension is high in Nasarawa State as people almost stay awake all night for fear of the least expected. Saturday Sun found that both Christians and Muslims in the state are living in fear as uncertainty has become an order of the […]
At least 11 people have been killed in an explosion in a market near a barracks in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, military sources have told the BBC. Witnesses say they saw injured people being carried away after the blast. The explosion happened in the Mammy market, where people had gathered to celebrate New Year’s Eve, reports […]
SUSPECTED members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, who on Tuesday killed a policeman and two others in a teaching hospital in Maiduguri, Borno State, renewed their offensive on Wednesday in the state capital. Wherever they struck, either a resident or a security officer was brought down in cold bold. Embattled residents in the scenes […]
Those who thought the 50th birthday shindig of Remi, the slim built and beautiful wife of ex-governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, would turn out as an ‘owambe’ party were highly disappointed. Instead, Remi Tinubu made it a praise event to the glory of GOD. Those who have been planning since last year […]
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