Provides the latest RSS feeds for Nigeria News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Nigeria Sun.com http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/cat/8db1f72cde37faf3/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 08:16:25 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:16:25 -0400 30 BY VINCENT UJUMADU, Awka The remains of celebrated writer, Chinua Achebe is expected to be flown into the country, today to kick-start a week-long burial rites. Achebe died on March 21, 2013 at 82. Meanwhile, the people of Ogidi, hometown of the literary icon, weekend said they were prepared to work with other committees set up for a befiting buril of their illustrous son. Achebe, a former ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214613322/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:20:54 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214613322/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 As celebrated author, Chinua Achebe’s final burial rites hold this week, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka in this interview with Sahara reporters paid tribute to the famous author but says he(Achebe) is not the father of African literature. Soyinka, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize for literature, also spoke on his personal relationship with Achebe and other Nigerian writers; his regrets about ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214612943/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:28:48 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214612943/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Adeola Adenuga With tears dripping down his cheeks, Oluwarotimi Sikiru looked lost. He knelt down as if addressing some audience. "I am appealing to good spirited Nigerians to come to my aid. My suffering has been compounded since going to prison for an offence I did not commit," Sikiru said. Sikiru was in jail for 13 years as prisoner awaiting trial until February 14, 2003 on ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214612654/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:38:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214612654/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Gunmen, Thursday night attacked two police stations and four banks in Daura town, carting away millions of naira and a number of weapons. JTF spokesperson, Capt Ikedichi Iweha, confirmed that four of the attackers were killed by soldiers and three soldiers were also killed in the attack. Iweha said soldiers who repelled the assailants had recovered 11 AK-47 rifles, 393 rounds of different ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214611583/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:51:50 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214611583/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Federal High Court in Osogbo, Osun State yesterday convicted an Osogbo bread baker, Mr. Afolabi Nurudeen for obstructing officials of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) while performing their duties. Afolabi was arraigned before the court on 12th of May, 2011. According to the charge sheet, Afolabi committed an offence under Section 25(1) of the NAFDAC ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214611758/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:51:50 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214611758/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria's army has vowed to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes" to achieve its main objectives. Brig Gen Chris Olukolade told the BBC the aim was to assert Nigeria's "territorial integrity as a nation". Earlier, a 24-hour curfew was imposed in parts of the city of Maiduguri, where the military said it had arrested 65 ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214610329/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:31:09 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214610329/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to establish a free trade zone in the country's southeast geo-political zone to boost economic activities in the area.The Nigerian leader made the promise at the ground-breaking ceremony of the international wing of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu on Saturday.The president, who noted that a free trade zone would only be ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214608909/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:03:36 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214608909/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigerian troops operating in northeast Borno State said on Saturday that 65 rebels had been apprehended so far by officers of the Special Task Force (STF).Spokesperson for the defense headquarters Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja, saying the rebels were caught while attempting to infiltrate Maiduguri as they fled their various camps now under attack.The ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214608804/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:03:23 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214608804/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By LAWANI MIKAIRU The national leadership of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners , NARTO, has appealed to Petrol Tankers Drivers, PTD, branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, to shelve its planned nationwide strike due to commence on 23 May. . PTD leadership had given NARTO a two-week ultimatum ,starting from 9th May, that all their members nationwide ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214608364/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214608364/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Ben Agande, Kingsley Omonobi, Ndahi Marama, Tony Nwankwo *Residents flee air raids *Northern govs plead: Avoid civilian casualty The military, yesterday, extended the curfew in some parts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, to 24 hours, in continuation of the emergency rule imposed on the state alongside Yobe and Adamawa States, on Tuesday, to curb Boko Haram insurgent activities. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214608365/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214608365/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Henry Umoru MOVED by poor supply of electricity in the country, the Senate has summoned the Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, Minister of State, Hajia Zainab Kuchi, and the Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Godknows Igali, to appear before its Committee on Power on Tuesday to explain why the problem has remained unabated. Also to appear before the Senator Philip Aduda, PDP, FCT, led ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214608363/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214608363/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By CHIDI NKWOPARA Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Okigwe South, Rt. Rev. David Onuoha, has expressed worry over what he termed "the serious threat corruption is posing to our corporate existence as a nation". Rt. Rev. Onuoha made the lamentation in his address at the second session of the seventh synod of the diocese held at Saint Matthew's Church, Umuezeala Nsu, Ehime Mbano ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214608366/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:20 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214608366/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Political leaders of the South-East, Saturday, listed the demands of the geo-political zone from the Federal Government to include the Second Niger Bridge, due attention to roads and solution to ecological problems. The leaders spoke while welcoming President Goodluck Jonathan, who was visiting the South-East, to Enugu, the capital of Enugu State. The Igbo leaders spoke through Governor Peter ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607891/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:14 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607891/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 BY BEN AGANDE, Abuja He has become angry, very angry, lately. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, President and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria, has not been sleeping pretty because of that. Also, he has become constantly agitated. Looking mostly forlorn, Jonathan is aging fast. Therefore, at a meeting with the top apparatchik of the security services, it was an enraged Jonathan who asked his security ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607892/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:14 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607892/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The move by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to jettison polymer naira notes less than a decade after it was introduced by the same bank has sparked controversy in the financial sector. While some experts stressed that the new development is a clear case of policy inconsistency on the part of the monetary authority, others said the sudden change in currency printing in the economy is based on ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607890/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:13 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607890/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Ben Agande *Says Jonathan is focused on development In this interview, Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Reuben Abati, speaks on the administration's successes, but, more importantly, on the security situation in the country. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607894/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607894/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (JPSNC) have asked the Inspector General of Police and the state commissioner of police to obey the judgment of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, by vacating the premises of Obi/Akpor local government area of the state. Justice H.A. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607893/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607893/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Caleb Ayansina Since 2009, there have been bloodletting in the North on the grounds of Islamizing the country by Jama-’a Ahl al-sunnah li-da’wa wa al-jiha-d, also known as Boko Haram. In this interview, the Bishop, Diocese of Kubwa, Anglican Communion, and National Treasurer of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, the Right Reverend Duke Akamisoko, speaks on the national ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607895/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:11 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607895/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 BY JOSEPHINE IGBINOVIA Renowned cardiologist, Dr.Kingsley Kolapo Akinroye, was, in November 2012, appointed the Honourary Consul of Finland, following the opening of the Honourary Consulate of Finland in Lagos by the Ambassador of Finland to Nigeria, Her Excellency Mrs Riitta Korpivaara. Prior to his appointment, he had pursued medical studies and a research fellowship in Finland and notably ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607896/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:11 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607896/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 What is evil? Where is evil? Who is evil? When does evil strike? How does evil strike? We may ask these questions, not necessarily as rhetoric. But more as a function of a sense of hopelessness and helplessness! And not because we do not have an idea of what it is; but much more because the mere thought of it evokes a feeling that would make you shriek in fear. All men have evil constantly ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607898/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:09 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607898/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Abel Daniel As the rainy season picks up, the North Central Zonal Office of the National Emergency Agency (NEMA) has embarked on a disaster risk management campaign in order to mitigate the effect of the flood predicted by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) this year. In this interview, the NEMA Coordinator in the zone, Mr. Mohammed Abdulsalam, speaks on the preparedness of the agency ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607897/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:09 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607897/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 File photo: Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice Sehinde Kumuyi; Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko; and his wife; Oluwakemi, during the swearing-in of Mimiko as the state governor in Akure on Sunday. The straw that the ACN and PDP held to gave way after the appeal failed to rule in their favour and, by the time the tribunal went into full hearing of the petitions, it became crystal clear that ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607899/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:08 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607899/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Dele Sobowale NOTE: The two columns below were started on Sunday, May 12, 2013 - before the President's declaration of Emergency Rule in three states of Nigeria. More than ever, and despite the risks and dangers which could result from the measure taken by the President, I still believe that he needs our support to bring this war to an end. If for no other reason than that the opposition ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607900/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:08 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607900/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Douglas Anele All this indicates that those who look up to religion for guidance on the issue of marriage are liable to make serious mistakes. There is strong evidence from psychology most especially psychoanalysis that obsessive and irrational condemnation of sexual freedom by most founders of religion is due to a combination of superstitious beliefs about sex and thwarting of natural sexual ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607901/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:08 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607901/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Denrele Animasaun "Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man" -Bertrand Russell. It seems the Teflon Don is finally getting his judicial just desserts or so it seems. On Monday when the Italian prosecutors demanded that the former Italian President Silvio Berlusconi, should be handed a prison sentence as well as a life ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607904/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:07 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607904/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By SIMON EBEGBULEM, Benin City For some time now, armed robbers and kidnappers have taken over an area referred to as "Evil Forest" located along the Benin-City bypass, and seen as a haven for criminal activities. Luxury buses plying the East-Lagos routes have on many occasions been attacked, passengers robbed and women raped in the area. Those who resist are killed. Families of many ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607902/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:07 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607902/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By OLAYINKA AJAYI Following the high rate of poverty ravaging the country, Tunji Lardner, a social commentator and a convener for good governance had lamented how corrupt leaders had caused abject poverty for Nigerians. Lardner however added that what Nigerians are facing is as a result of corrupt leaders that had mismanaged public funds. Speaking at a seminar organised by the West African NGO ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607903/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:06 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607903/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 BY JOSEPHINE IGBINOVIA Barr. (Mrs.) Olayinka Oladunjoye, the Honourable Commissioner for Education in Lagos State, is the visionary behind the mind-blowing reforms on-going across the state's education sector. In this exclusive chat with Vista Woman, she talks abouther ministry's strides since 2011, and also its plans for the future. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607905/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:06 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607905/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Tonnie Iredia Different write-ups attract different readers. While some people prefer light-hearted articles that relax the mind, other persons that are often described as 'serious' readers are hardly interested in storylines. Rather, they want the point to be quickly but logically made. What such persons tend to overlook however, is the ease with which stories enhance the quality ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607906/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:05 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607906/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Debbie Olujobi Swimming is a sport that looks deceptively easy; it employs hitherto lazy muscles to labour and the water tricks the joints into acrobatics that is impossible other wise. I find moving underwater the most fun and I stay under as long as possible but I come up for air because I don’t belong there. I am a creature whose primary domain is land. I walk and swimming is but a ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607908/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:05 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607908/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Honorable Yau Gwajo-Gwajo is serving his second term as Speaker, Katsina State House of Assembly. In this interview, he says the parliament is not a rubber stamp to the executive even as he speaks on how the lawmakers are collaborating with the Ibrahim Shehu Shema administration to move the state ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607910/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:04 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607910/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Patrick Omorodion I didn't want to bog readers with the news that yours sincerely was appointed into the Board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF as one of the Stakeholders of the game but something has necessitated it hence I am writing on it today. The National Sports Commission, NSC, at the expiration of the tenure of the Sports Association Boards decided to reconstitute them ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607909/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:04 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607909/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Obi Nwakanma Philip Chukwuedo Asiodu is one of those Nigerians you might rightly call an old civil service mandarin. These were of the cadre known in the Yakubu Gowon administration in Nigeria as "super perm secretaries." I think the "super"in the Permanent Secretary came from "supernumerary" and it does locate the stature and situation of the office at its ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607907/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:04 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607907/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 BY EMMA AMAIZE SINCE South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, exploded, May 9, against the Minister of Niger-Delta, Elder Godsday Orubebe, over the alleged ambition of the latter to become the governor of Delta State in 2015, associates and aides of the two prominent politicians have withdrawn to the trenches in different parts of the state from where they have been firing sporadic shots. A ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607912/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607912/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Amaju Melvin Pinnick, chairman of the Delta State Sports Commission, here spoke with ISAAC OLAMIKAN on the secret behind the string of successes the state has achieved in recent National Sports Festivals and other ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607911/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607911/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 ONE of the brains behind the merger that produced All Progressive Congress, APC and a former deputy governor of Jigawa State, Ibrahim Hadejia (who at a time was the state attorney general secretary to the state government), says nobody can stop an idea whose time has come adding that, by the end of November, the party would have been fully operational. Hadeja a lawyer and banker, is a member of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607913/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607913/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Dele Agekameh The declaration of a state of emergency by the President in the three states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa is a welcome development. Although, in actual fact, it is overdue, but it is never too late. Considering the number of people who have died in the hands of the Boko Haram insurgents, nothing is too much to bring peace to these affected states, and for that matter, the whole ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607914/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607914/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Nigerian Ports Authority has said as from Tuesday next week only people with electronic port pass or means of identification issued by the approved authorities will be allowed into the ports in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607008/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:50 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607008/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 curfew on Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign in the region, with authorities saying they killed 10 suspected insurgents. A statement Saturday on behalf of Lt. Col. Sagir Musa named 11 areas ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607071/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:49 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214607071/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Chidi Nkwopara A female official (names withheld) of Imo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, was, at the weekend, crushed by a tipper lorry, just as Governor Rochas Okorocha expressed deep shock over the tragedy that befell Umudagu, Ihitte Isi Mbieri community in Mbaitoli local council area, on Thursday night. The Mbieri tragedy followed a torrential rain that was ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214606084/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:15:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214606084/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 CHAIRMAN, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka branch, Dr. Emmanuel Mordi, at the weekend, said at least 20 lecturers, their spouses and relations, had been kidnapped in the last two years by gunmen. He stated this in Abraka while briefing the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, who visited the university, just as the Vice ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214606085/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:15:54 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214606085/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Ephraim Oseji Felix Akiojano is a former football defender from Nigeria. He played for Pedro FC in Sapele, Concord FC Abeokuta and now coach of Jaipur football club of India. In this interview with Sports Extravaganza, he revealed how he rose from grass to grace, his sojourn in India and why Nigeria needs to lay more emphasis on football academy. Excerpts: "All my life, I have always ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214606086/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:15:53 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214606086/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Lagos State Chess Association has invited 15 players to commence camping preparatory to the 2014 National Sports Festival to be hosted by Cross River State in Calabar.. The camp opened yesterday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium and officials of the LSCA say they are embarking on early preparations to improve on the Team Lagos Chess performance at the last festival hosted by the State. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214605549/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:19:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214605549/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Since the rumour that Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State is nursing an ambition to be the next vice president to a northern presidential candidate in 2015 started circulating, many disturbing developments have occurred. Whether this rumoured ambition is true or not, it is totally irrelevant. The truth is that every Nigerian over the age of 40 is entitled to aspire to be president or vice ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214605550/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:19:54 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214605550/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 BY FEYI BANKOLE He is popular for his proclamation, "Nigeria has no business being poor!". Christened Patrick Okedinachi Utomi but largely known as Pat Utomi, our inspirational guest is a passionate entrepreneur and social activist. After a brief career in journalism, Patrick was appointed a Special Assistant on Political Affairs in Alhaji Shehu Shagari's administration which was ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604977/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:21:37 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604977/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Comrade Joseph Evah, coordinator, Ijaw Monitoring Group (MIG) and former Publicity Secretary, Ijaw National Congress (INC), in this interview, speaks on the state of the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604976/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:21:37 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604976/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Adeola Adenuga A former airline cashier, Mrs Grace Oguche, pleaded with an Agege Grade 'A' Customary Court, Lagos to dissolve her seven-year old marriage to her husband, Mr Maxwell Madu, over his alleged poor performance in bed and being unemployed. "Ever since we got married, I hardly enjoyed sex with my husband", she said in her testimony in chief. My husband does not ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604979/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:21:36 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604979/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Ebele Orakpo If reports from the researches of a team of medical practitioners at the Washington University School of Medicine, USA, and the testimony of an Ibadan-based apitherapist are anything to go by, perhaps the world should get ready to heave a sigh of relief from AIDS and cancer. Unlike most other ailments where the bodyfs defence apparatus fights foreign objects thereby protecting ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604978/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:21:36 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604978/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 BY ADEOLA ADENUGA ';I am not angry with my wife for not having kids but with the way she dresses provocatively, leaving her breasts and buttocks virtually naked. Anytime I complained, she will say that is what is in vogue. She brought a concubine to my mother's burial but I didn't catch her then". With these words, a 42-year-old man pleaded with an Agege Grade 'A' ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604439/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:24:18 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604439/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, has warned that it will apply commensurate punishment on any teaching staff found to be engaging in sorting, mutilation of results, sexual harassment and all forms of exploitation. The Rector, Dr. (Mrs.) Celestina Njoku, read the riot act during the institution's Quarterly General Assembly. "I urge any staff involved in any of these vices to desist from ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604438/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:24:17 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604438/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 BY CHIDI NKWOPARA WARNING: This story contains a graphic picture. Reader’s discretion is advised. Dr. Chimezie Osigwe, 64, is a retired school principal of Awa Community Secondary School, Ejemekwuru in Oguta local government area of Imo State. He not only allegedly killed his mother, he was said to have also dried her remains and stored them in a cupboard in a room that allegedly served ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604437/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:24:16 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604437/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing in the General Yakubu Gowon regime, 1966-1975, Alhaji Lateef Olufemi Okunnu, SAN, 80, remains a major name in the building of modern Nigeria. He oversaw the programme for the change-over of traffic from left to right-hand which started in 1969 but became effective on 2 April, 1972 following the recommendations of the Alhaji Babatunde Jose Panel. The ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604440/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:24:14 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604440/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Nigerian military Saturday ordered a partial curfew in the city of Maiduguri amid a government offensive against Islamist militants. The 24-hour curfew was implemented in neighborhoods considered to be Boko Haram strongholds in the northeastern city, in a region that has been a hotbed of the Boko Haram guerrilla movement. The military said in a written statement it had the rebels on the run ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604338/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:16:14 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604338/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigerian Prelates Meet With European Union Representatives to Discuss Rise in Corruption and ViolenceBy John NewtonROME, May 03, 2013 (Zenit.org) - NIGERIA'S leading bishop has told the European Parliament and other politicians that his country is being jeopardised by "the twin monsters of corruption and insecurity".In a meeting organized by Aid to the Church in Need, Cardinal John ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604339/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:14:08 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214604339/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 ABUJA -- Less than five days after the Nigerian armed forces began a massive attack on militants in the north, Nigeria's Department of Defense says 65 suspected Boko Haram militants have been arrested and ten have been killed. The Nigerian military says Boko Haram militants are fleeing their camps. Some are in search of fuel while others are running from the armed forces that are ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603698/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:50:53 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603698/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Female student stands in a burnt classroom at Maiduguri Experimental School, a private nursery, primary and secondary school burnt by the Islamist group Boko Haram to keep children away from school in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria on May 12, 2012. (PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603703/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:40:42 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603703/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an Islamist group seen as the main security threat to Africa's top oil ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603706/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:27:45 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603706/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 African Union Summit. The summit is scheduled to hold from May 19 to May 27 in Addis Ababa. A statement by the Commission’s Directorate of Information and Communication on Saturday, said 450 journalists had been given accreditation to cover activities of the summit. NAN reports that the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603866/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:24:37 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603866/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 KANO – The military on Saturday imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of a northeastern city as it pressed on with a campaign against Boko Haram Islamists that has sent residents fleeing the region. Locals in a remote insurgent stronghold near the border with Cameroon have begun fleeing their homes after military fighter jets and helicopters carried out air strikes on Islamist camps. Nigeria ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603865/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:24:36 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603865/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to establish a free trade zone in the South East to boost economic activities in the area. Jonathan made the promise at the ground-breaking ceremony of the international wing of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu on Saturday. The president, who noted that a free trade zone would only be operational where there was an international airport or ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603864/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:24:35 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603864/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 BERLIN – Bayern Munich came from two goals down to seal a 4-3 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach, while their Champions League opponents, Borussia Dortmund, lost 2-1 at home to Hoffenheim on the final day of the Bundesliga on Saturday. Champions Bayern dug deep for their 29th league victory in 34 matches as Franck Ribery scored twice, then set up Arjen Robben for the winner after ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603867/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:24:34 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603867/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria's military has imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri, as security forces continue to pursue suspected Islamist militants in the region. The military on Saturday listed more than 10 areas in Maiduguri under curfew. The armed forces have locked down the city and closed roads. Maiduguri, the original home of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603032/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:48:58 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603032/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria's military has imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of the north-eastern city of Maiduguri as it presses its offensive against militants. A statement named 11 areas of the city where people must remain inside their homes until further notice. Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, has been an important base for Boko Haram Islamist militants. Also on Saturday, the military said 65 ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603248/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:28:56 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603248/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria's military has declared a 24-hour curfew on a dozen neighbourhoods in a northeastern city that is a stronghold of the armed group Boko Haram. The move in Maiduguri, the main city in Borno state, came as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign against fighters in the region on Saturday. The military deployed jets and helicopters to carry out air strikes on ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602925/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:18:40 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602925/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Abuja - In what could be considered a backing for the emergency rule, the British government has eur the severity of the terrorism threat facing Nigeria, which necessitated the declaration. The government, however, harped on the need for the military to protect and uphold human rights. The UK Department for International Development (DFID), Minister for Africa, Ms. Lynne Featherstone at a ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603249/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:17:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603249/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Lagos - Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank, Alex Otti has won the USAfrica best of Africa 1st International Banker of the Year 2013 award. According to a statement from the bank, the trophy was handed to Dr. Otti on behalf of USAfrica by the Mayor of Houston Ben Hall and witnessed by key captains of the oil and gas industry, business leaders, African American civil rights leaders among ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603250/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:17:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603250/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria's military on Saturday imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of a northeastern city as it pressed on with a campaign against Boko Haram Islamists that has sent residents fleeing the region. Locals in a remote insurgent stronghold near the border with Cameroon have begun fleeing their homes after military fighter jets and helicopters carried out air strikes on Islamist camps. Nigeria ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602594/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:29:18 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602594/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 NIGERIA'S military has imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of a northeastern city as it pressed on with a campaign against Boko Haram Islamists that has sent residents fleeing the region. Locals in a remote insurgent stronghold near the border with Cameroon have begun fleeing their homes after military fighter jets and helicopters carried out air strikes on Islamist camps. Nigeria launched the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603034/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:28:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214603034/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria - Nigeria's military on Saturday imposed a round-the-clock curfew in parts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the home base of Boko Haram Islamists, as a massive offensive against the insurgents presses on across the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602475/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:27:31 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602475/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 School romances face a lot of obstacles: the big decision at graduation, the competing demands of two burgeoning careers, perhaps a period spent in a long-distance relationship. But the young lovers in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's latest novel, Americanah, must overcome even more challenges than usual: military rule, immigration restrictions and, during their years apart, other relationships. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602595/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:56 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602595/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 is a former rapper and member of Tupak Shakur's rap group Outlawz popularly known as Napoleon. Born in Newark, New Jersey on October 11, 1977 to Muslim parents (Puerto Rican Aquillah Beale and African Amreican father Salek Beale), Mutah whose parents were killed in his presence when he was three years old was raised as a Christian. Mutah, who reverted to Islam a decade ago, was in Abuja last ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602601/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602601/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Katsina and Kano - FOUR gunmen were killed by security forces during an attack on banks and police stations in Daura town in Katsina State on Thursday night by suspected insurgents. Three soldiers and two policemen also died, in addition to two soldiers that sustained injuries in the coordinated attack that lasted about six hours in the historic city located near Nigeria's border with Niger ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602596/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602596/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Lagos - Worried by the few air mishaps involving aircrafts belonging to the Nigerian Air Force, (NAF) members of the Senate Committee on Air Force, Tuesday embarked on a tour of facilities belonging to NAF Logistics Command in Lagos. The visit which was also part of their oversight functions, exposed an alleged failed contracts involving two companies, despite haven been paid fully. The ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602599/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602599/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Lagos - Total Business Solution in conjunction with Our Heritage International are to hold a two-day seminar on travels, hotel and tourism industry in Lagos. The seminar endorsed by the Lagos State Government and the Federal Ministry of Tourism, according to the organizers, will open up more investment opportunities to stakeholders in the sector. The seminar entitled "Profitability in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602600/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602600/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 My grandfather Alhaji Muhammadu Ladan, as the Almighty Allah had decreed, passed on years before I was born. I did not get to share a conversation of words with my grandfather; I also never had the opportunity to be in his arms. But he has succeeded in influencing my life in a very positive way. Many of those who happened to know him say he was a respected family man, a professional teacher, a ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602598/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602598/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 A literary journalist with Sunday Trust, Abubakar Ibrahim Adam, has been shortlisted for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing for his story 'THE WHISPERING TREES' in a list which has three other unprecedented Nigerian entries. The other three Nigerians also shortlisted are Elnathan John, a for his story titled Bayan Layi'; Tope Folarin for his short story 'Miracle,' ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602597/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602597/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Speaking for their boss and theatrically playing his script, two criminals recently threatened Nigeria with war if President Jonathan, by their proclamation, is not returned for another term in the 2015 elections; whether he wins or loses. It was President Jonathan's Special Adviser on Niger Delta who first issued threats of violence while on a visit to the United States of America should ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602604/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:54 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602604/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 An engineer from Greater Manchester was unlawfully killed by his kidnappers in Nigeria minutes after a UK-led rescue operation stormed in, an inquest found. Hostages Chris McManus, 28, from Oldham, and Italian Franco Lamolinara, 48, died on March 8, 2012 before Nigeria and UK forces were able to rescue them. They had been kidnapped in May 2011 after gunmen stormed their building. An inquest in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602605/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:54 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602605/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Jos - In a ceremony described as the first of its kind in Africa, the National Zoological Garden, Jos organised a special 50th birthday party for two chimpanzees Bobby and Paulina last week. Bobby and Paulina are said to be two of the oldest living Chimpanzees in Nigeria. The female Chimps recently marked their 50th birthday in style surrounded by children of primary schools, their care givers ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602603/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:54 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602603/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Owerri - Last week, Chimezie Osuigwe, hit the headlines after he was arrested for allegedly keeping the remains of his 78-year-old mother inside a wardrobe for 10 years. Now it has emerged that even before the ugly incident, which shocked the people of Ezuru, Umuagwu of Ejemekwuru Community in Oguta Local Government Council of Imo State, Osuigwe has been linked to the mysterious disappearance of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602602/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:54 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602602/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sokoto - Females and males of different ages in their clusters waited unwearyingly as the screening for the mass wedding in Sokoto was to be conducted. The screening which held last week at the Youth Development Centre in the state capital saw over 140 prospective couples being screened. Interestingly, the exercise attracted both the young and the old. Many who witnessed the screening commended ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602606/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:54 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602606/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Since the evolution of the modern press, fundamental roles have been ascribed to mass media practitioners all over the world, on the basis of social responsibility and with regard to their contribution towards the development of the societies they serve. In fact, the mass media have become so indispensible in our present world that they are now widely known by the cliche "fourth estate of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602607/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:54 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602607/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Nigerian Army yesterday accused Boko Haram gunmen of disguising themselves in fake army camouflage to carry out attacks on civilians at Bama, Borno State and Daura in Katsina State. Chief of Civil/Military Relations of the army, Major-General Bola Koleosho, told pressmen in Abuja that the Boko Haram gunmen were responsible for the dastardly acts that were being blamed on soldiers. According ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602480/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:52 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602480/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria's FBN Holdings Plc aims to grow loans 10 percent this year for its banking unit, down from 23 percent growth in 2012, as it tries to balance its capital needs with creating risk assets, the head of the banking unit said on Friday. The CEO of First Bank, Bisi Onasanya, told a conference call the lender had a capital adequacy ratio of 21 percent and it wanted to balance its capital ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602478/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:51 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602478/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Award-winning artist, D'banj, has been appointed as the face of the Bank of Industry (BOI). The G.O.O.D Music artiste is the first musician to be appointed ambassador of the Bank headed by Ms. Evelyn Oputu. The unveiling/media presentation took place earlier in the week and was performed by the BOI boss herself. The value of the contract is unknown but it's speculated to mean more big ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602365/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:51 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214602365/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria's offensive is targeting all three states put under emergency decree, including Adamawa and Yobe, but the Boko Haram's traditional base of Borno is expected to see the most intense fighting. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601989/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:28:24 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601989/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 MADRID- The day after Atletico Madrid ended 14 years of hurt to finally beat Real Madrid 2-1 and lift the Copa del Rey at the Santiago Bernabeu, the Spanish press was left to reflect on a disappointing season for Los Merengues and almost certainly the final chapter in Jose Mourinho’s time in charge of Real. Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo, who had headed Real into an early lead, were both ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601990/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:21:57 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601990/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Uyo - The Akwa Ibom Government has directed operators of commercial vehicles and tricycles to relocate to government- owned motor-parks across Uyo so as to check criminal activities. The Commissioner for Transport, Mr Bassey Abia gave the directive while interacting with newsmen in Uyo on Thursday. Abia said that the relocation should be carried out immediately. "A tax force committee ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601885/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:16:16 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601885/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 KANO- Residents of an insurgent stronghold in northeast Nigeria fled their homes Saturday as military fighter jets and helicopters carried out heavy air strikes on Boko Haram Islamist camps. Nigeria launched a massive offensive against Boko Haram this week, deploying several thousand troops across three states where President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency after the Islamists ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601478/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:18:53 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601478/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Abuja - The economy, measured by the Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), grew by 6.56 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 as against 6.34 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2012. Dr Yemi Kale, the Statistician-General of the Federation, said in a statement in Abuja on Thursday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 9.1 per cent in April as against 8.6 per cent recorded in March 2013. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601480/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:13:05 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601480/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 IN the past, broadcasting was an exclusive central government preserves which means private individuals do not have the right under law to invest in the sector. Broadcasting is an aspect of modern mass media which meant that signals could be sent out to anyone within broadcast range who possessed the equipment to pick it up. This was a vast change from the physical delivery necessary to connect ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601479/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:13:05 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601479/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Lagos - ONE person died while three workers were trapped as four-storey building under construction at Liverpool Estate in Ijegun, Lagos collapsed. At press time, rescue operation by officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency was on-going, as more persons were believed to have been trapped in the building. It was gathered that the building was already marked for demolition by Town ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601482/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:13:05 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601482/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Abuja - The economy, measured by the Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP), grew by 6.56 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 as against 6.34 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2012. Dr Yemi Kale, the Statistician-General of the Federation, said in a statement in Abuja on Thursday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 9.1 per cent in April as against 8.6 per cent recorded in March 2013. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601481/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:13:04 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214601481/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigerian officials say warplanes have struck Boko Haram camps in the northeast in a major offensive against the group's fighters.Troops used jets and helicopters on Friday to hit targets in their biggest military campaign since Boko Haram launched a revolt almost four years ago. The air raids, which began after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the states of Yobe, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600801/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:12:57 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600801/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it is planning to install free toll line for Nigeriansto report corrupt ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600539/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:14:57 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600539/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) staff have suspended the industrial action slated to start on Monday to press home their demand for additional welfare package. The workers decided to suspend the planned strike after a meeting between the management and union ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600538/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:14:56 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600538/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Gombi (Adamawa) -The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria has constructed a health clinic worth N4.5 million in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa. The acting Bishop of Yola Diocese, Reverend Ishaku Bala, disclosed this at the opening of a three-day conference of the diocese on Friday in Gombi. He said that the clinic was built to address the health needs of the people in the area. Bala ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600540/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:14:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600540/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Ikeja - The Lagos State Government on Friday said it had just employed 70 women as truck drivers, as part of efforts to empower women in the state. The Deputy Gov., Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, announced this at a news conference in Ikeja organised to mark Gov. Babatunde Fashola's sixth year in office. She said that the women had been trained on driving large vehicles before they were ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600541/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:08:57 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600541/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Members of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to ethnic and religious cleansing, the top United Nations human rights official said today. In a press briefing in Geneva, the spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Rupert Colville, reiterated calls on Boko Haram and other extremist ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600430/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:08:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600430/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria  — A fresh load of battered corpses arrived, 29 of them in a routine delivery by the Nigerian military to the hospital morgue here. Unexpectedly, three bodies started moving. "They were not properly shot," recalled a security official here. "I had to call the J.T.F." -- the military's joint task force -- "and they gunned them ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600431/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:06:58 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600431/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North The Federal Government will continue with the process of dialoguing with members of the Boko Haram sect with a view to achieving peace and stability in the North despite the declaration of a state of emergency in three northern states, the Presidency said on Friday. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, made the clarification ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600033/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:11:35 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214600033/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 LONDON (AFP) – The Premier League will bid farewell to a host of high-profile characters when the 2012-13 season concludes on Sunday, with legendary Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and Liverpool stalwart Jamie Carragher among the figures taking their leave of the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599583/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:09:45 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599583/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 LONDON (AFP) – Rafael Benitez hopes to bid farewell to Chelsea by securing a victory over Everton on Sunday which would guarantee third spot in the Premier League and automatic qualification for the Champions ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599584/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:09:44 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599584/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 MADRID (AFP) – Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho described his side’s season as the worst of his trophy-laden, colourful career after Atletico Madrid edged a 2-1 extra-time Spanish Cup ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599585/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:09:43 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599585/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 After appearing secure in the top four when they were seven points clear of Arsenal in March, Villas-Boas’s side welcome Sunderland to White Hart Lane knowing even a victory may not be enough to clinch a place in Europe’s premier club competition. Lying fifth, a point behind Arsenal, Spurs could again be left frustrated 12 months after being denied entry to the Champions League ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599586/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:09:42 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599586/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT: RIVERS state Police Commissioner, Mr Mbu Joseph Mbu has said he would invite the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Otelemaba Amachree and the Chief of Staff, Government House, Mr Tony Okocha to assist the police with information on their allegation of plans to assassinate the governor of the state and bomb key government institutions. Mbu who spoke ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599587/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:09:41 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599587/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 MADRID, May 18, 2013 (AFP) – Atletico Madrid won their 10th Spanish Cup on Friday when they beat bitter city rivals Real Madrid 2-1 in extra-time in a match which saw both Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599588/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:09:37 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599588/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Africa Cup of Nations star Sunday Mba adjusts his sights to the Orange CAF Confederation Cup this weekend as the contest for group places begins. Mba-inspired Enugu Rangers of Nigeria host twice title-holders CS Sfaxien of Tunisia Sunday in the highlight of eight first leg play-off fixtures. The 24-year-old midfielder scored the only goal of the Cup of Nations final against Burkina Faso in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599589/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:03:36 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214599589/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 New York, May 18 : Members of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to ethnic and religious cleansing, the top United Nations human rights official said ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597742/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:19:22 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597742/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 In the ongoing efforts to restore peace and stability to Mali, the federal government of Nigeria has spent forty five million dollars as its own contribution apart from other forms of humanitarian assistance given by National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, disclosed this at an interactive session with journalists in Abuja yesterday on ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597743/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:57:25 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597743/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By VINCENT UJUMADU Enugwu Ukwu community in Njikoka local government area of Anambra State has outlawed political campaigns in all churches in the area, arguing that the habit of politicians addressing church congregations to canvass for votes had brought denominational dichotomy in the area. At an assembly held at the palace of the traditional ruler of Enugwu Ukwu, Igwe Ralph Ekpeh and ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597744/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:57:24 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597744/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By BOLUWAJI OBAHOPO, Lokoja The Principal of Baptist High School, Ekinrin/Adde, in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State Mr. Ajayi Ajibulu has been accused of impregnating one of his students and trying to abort the pregnancy. Sources from the town revealed that the girl (name withheld) was a regular caller at the Principal's house who was a friend to her father, a retired Army officer ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597746/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:57:23 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597746/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Tony Edike ENUGU – THE South East Zone has fared better under President Goodluck Jonathan than any period since the First Republic. This is the verdict of the National Vice Chairman, South East zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Colonel Austin Akobundu (rtd.), who added that the decision of the zone to give the President total support in 2011 was the smartest political move by ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597745/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:57:23 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597745/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Chief Anthony Anenih's capacity for doing the political impossible is legendary. Last Sunday he got on his marks for the challenging job of selling President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term With a reputation stretching back twenty years as a political enforcer, Chief Anthony Anenih was certainly in his elements last Sunday at the closed door caucus ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597747/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:57:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597747/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The best 5 looking good to qualify We are in the final round of selecting the 5 men and women who join the 20 men and women who are already set to go in the quest for the Sexiest Man and Sexiest in Nollywood 2013. Following a popular demand from our readers we have decided to shift the final selection further down the calendar to allow for everyone equal opportunity to get in the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597748/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:57:20 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597748/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Uzo Azubuike What he has done is in tandem with the provision of section 305. State of Emergency does not warrant the dismantling of democratic apparatus. President Goodluck Jonathan has shown that he is a committed democrat. He has shown that he is not taking advantage of the security situation to pursue vendetta. What happened during President Olusegun Obasanjo's time was part of the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597749/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:57:19 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597749/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Our Reporters Mixed reactions have continued to trail President Goodluck Jonathan's campaign to crush the Boko Haram insurgents which had crippled the economy of northerners in last two years and resulted in the death of over 3,000 Nigerians. The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, yesterday expressed total support for the effots by the Federal Government to flush out Boko ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597751/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:57:18 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597751/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The next conference of Elders and Leaders of the Southern Nigeria People Assembly, the first to be hosted by the Yoruba Unity Forum, under the leadership of Yeye Oodua, Chief Dr. (Mrs.) HID Awolowo, is taking place from 19thMay at 12 noon to 20thMay, 2013, from 9.00 a.m at Eko Hotels and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos. According to Senator Anthony Adefuye, Co-ordinating Secretary, SNPA South ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597750/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:57:18 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597750/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Almost 10 percent of young people in the United Kingdom now identify themselves as Muslim and fewer than half as Christian, 2011 Census figures show. The new analysis of the 2011 data released Friday shows Christianity has been losing ground even faster than thought among those born in the country, The Daily Telegraph reported. A report last year said the Census found 4.1 million Christians, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597683/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:49:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214597683/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3