North fails to stop CONFAB on new states
By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA—THE planned showdown between southern and northern delegates at the ongoing National Conference over reshaping the power configuration in the country, turned...
View ArticleMilitary overruns Boko Haram
Nigeria security operatives pushing back insurgents in the north east of the country has announced a major breakthrough in the fight against terrorism. Yesterday, the Defence Information office stated...
View ArticleToo much television viewing linked to premature death
BY SOLA OGUNDIPE Adults who watch television three hours or more at a stretch daily may double their risk of premature death compared to those who watch less television. A new research published in the...
View ArticleChibok girls: The government has not made any headway 85 days after – Sheriff...
The Deputy National Mobilization Leader of the “Bring Back Our Girls Campaign”, Yusuf Sheriff Banki on Tuesday expressed concern that 85 days after gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic sect,...
View ArticleRed Hair gene may be on the verge of extinction, climate scientist claim
Hair colour of humans now have a new enemy – climate change. Scientists working with human DNA have predicted that the red hair gene, synonymous to UK and Scotland, will soon disappear. Dr Alistair...
View Article2015: Jonathan not our candidate – Apapa, Oyo LP chair
Chief Bashiru Apapa is the co-hairman of the Labour Party in the Oyo State. He had led the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) during the Adebayo Alao-Akala regime. He spoke with Daily Sun recently....
View ArticleEx-minister, others back 50 years jail term for corrupt judges
Ibadan - A former Minister of Sports , Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, on Tuesday expressed support for the 50 years jail term recommended for corrupt judges by delegates at the National Conference....
View ArticleCook foods up to 60 degrees before consumption, NAFDAC advises
Abuja – The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised Nigerians to cook their foods up to 60 degrees before consumption, to prevent infection. Mrs Benedicta...
View ArticleCouncil of States Meeting Outcome…Details!
Second National Council of States meeting for this year was concluded on Tuesday with an assurance to Nigerians that the over 200 schoolgirls abducted from their school in Chibok, Borno State on April...
View ArticleObasanjo attends NCS meeting, Buhari absent; Nyako makes surprise appearance
Despite the ongoing move to impeach Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa state, he shocked everybody when he stormed the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa Tuesday morning to attend a meeting of...
View ArticleJonathan’s PR offensive backfires in Nigeria and abroad
Facing censure at home and overseas for a perceived failure to protect civilians from violent Islamists, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has launched an international media offensive to try to...
View ArticleDikko buried, as widow cries foul
By Henry Umoru & Luka Binniyat Jenny Hafsat Dikko, the British-born widow of late Alhaji Umaru Dikko, former Minister of Transport during the Shehu Shagari’s administration, yesterday, accused the...
View ArticleFor doctors in Nigeria, it’s one strike too many
By Chioma Obinna Thirty five-year-old Mrs Gladys Agbo would have been alive with her children if doctors were available at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH to attend to her when she was...
View ArticleIsraeli, Palestinian leaders behaving ‘like children’ – Tutu
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu has lashed out at Israeli and Palestinian leaders for behaving “like children,” seeking to blame each other for the latest bloody conflagration in...
View ArticlePro Amaechi lawmaker kidnapped in Port Harcourt
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the member representing Etche Constituency II in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Golden Chioma. Chioma, who is the House committee Chairman on Judiciary is one of the...
View ArticleInsecurity: Nigeria has no territorial ambitions in Cameroon – NSA
National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki has assured the Cameroonian government that Nigeria has no ambition to acquire territories in that country. The NSA spoke when he declared open the Second...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Insurgency is about power and politics, not religion – Ariyomo
A development expert, Engr. Tunji Ariyomo, has opined that insurgency in Nigeria is not about religion but about power and politics. Ariyomo, who was a guest on Channels Television Sunrise Daily on...
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Security Forces Arrest Politicians With Boko Haram Links In Balmo Forest
Amos Dunia in Abuja—Following the successful operations carried out by Nigerian security forces in dislodging the Boko Haram terrorists group from their forest bases in the Darazo Local Government Area...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan, Nigeria’s number one enemy – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described President Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria’s number one enemy because of his propensity to perpetrate impunity, abuse federal institutions and tolerate...
View ArticleGOP Candidate Makes Terrible Joke About Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight
Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino made a tasteless joke Tuesday about the missing Malaysian Airlines plane. Astorino was accusing incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) of keeping his...
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