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Africa & World Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, December 24th, 2011
Nigerians in Zambia are being subjected to unpleasant treatment allegedly on the direct orders of the newly-inaugurated President Michael Sata. Already, many Nigerians with genuine papers living and doing legitimate business in the southern African country have been deported for reasons ranging from the mundane to the incredulous. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […]
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National Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
See video of abuse on the first youtube video to the middle right of your screen Nigeria’s wealthiest pastor, David Oyedepo, might not have bargained for the enormous scandal that followed a Youtube video which showed the famous pastor attack a teenage girl hushed in front of him during a 2009 Shiloh service at his […]
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National Politics, Osun, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has said the Peoples Democratic Party plotted to kill him in 2007 in order to put the state in perpetual bondage. Aregbesola made this assertion at the Oroki Day celebration held at the Osogbo Township Stadium, on Saturday. He recalled that his personal vehicle was riddled with bullets when he […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Niger, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
*Says no special place in heaven for suicide bombers *Urges FG to repair refineries By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor LAGOS – Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has called for discreet negotiations with the Islamic militant group, Boko Haram, who he claimed are inspired by misguided Islamic teachers. Denying popular claims that Islamic suicide bombers […]
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National Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
The Nigerian sports world was thrown into mourning on Tuesday as it learnt of Sunday Bada’s death. KAZEEM BUSARI writes on the deceased plans for athletics. Deathis inevitable. But when it comes calling at dawn, at an hour too soon to lose a gem, the pain becomes unbearable. Such was the state the Nigerian sports […]
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Boko Haram, General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Nigerian Police, Top Stories
Sunday, December 11th, 2011
-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 […]
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Boko Haram, Delta, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
By Emma Amaize, South Regional Editor, Godwin Oghre & SusanEdeh *One injured *It’s not bomb – Police *Blast targeted at worshippers – Chief Imam *Gunmen attack Bauchi police station The people of Sapele, the center of the Nigerian timber industry, in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, were jolted from sleep at about 5.30 […]
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Biafra, National Politics, Top Stories
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
The death of the hero of Igbo cosmopolitan society and pilot of the modern Igbo project appears a raining storm that threatens an end laden in intricate controversies. Early indicators gleaned from the immediate family members and associated political personalities following the public announcement of the death of Chief Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu Ezeigbo Gburugburu in […]
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Education, National Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT: UNIVERSITY lecturers across the country begin an indefinite strike from today. National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Ukachukwu Awuzie who made this known Sunday in Port Harcourt said this time the strike would be” total and comprehensive”. According to him, there would be no grading […]
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Africa & World Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
A diplomatic storm is brewing after police allegedly tried to storm the Consulate General of Nigeria in Johannesburg this week. The drama played out on Tuesday when 68 members of Twelve Apostles Church in Christ who were to travel to Nigeria on Wednesday demanded their passports back after being denied visas over claims they “refused […]
