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 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:33:09 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:33:09 -0400 30 There's no official figure to determine its role in the Cameroonian economy but there is evidence that the "call box" business is a booming informal business in the country's mobile telephone sector. The informal business, practised by thousands of Cameroonians in both in the urban and rural areas, entails one getting a mobile phone and a table in an open area on a street, reports Xinhua. This ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214623495/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:40:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214623495/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria's military said Monday it had re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized territory, as it pressed on with a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants. Several thousand troops were last week deployed across three states in the volatile region, and fighter jets have pounded Boko Haram camps as the military tries to rid the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214641769/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:26 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214641769/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria's military is chasing Islamist fighters as they flee to the borders of Chad and Niger from the northeast, where President Goodluck Jonathan has declared emergency rule, spokesman Chris Olukolade said. The military has destroyed "all terrorist camps" and secured towns and villages in the areas of New Marte, Hausari, Krenoa, Wulgo and Chikun Ngulalo, Olukolade said ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214641770/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:24 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214641770/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Abuja – The House of Representatives has threatened to issue a bench warrant against chief executive officer of banks who fail to appear before it over failure to render account on tax remittances. The bank chiefs are to appear before the committee to explain their roles in keeping tax payment and remittances. The House Committee on Finance made the threat at the opening session of the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214641772/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:32 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214641772/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Ikeja – Scores of air passengers were on Monday stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) as unions at the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) embarked on an indefinite strike. The workers, who spoke , said that the strike was to press home their demand for the implementation of the salary structure approved by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214641771/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:32 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214641771/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 BY DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA -- Unconfirmed reports have it that four students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State might have lost their lives, Monday, as hundreds of them went on the rampage, protesting against the barring of unregistered students from participating in the harmattan examination, which should have started Monday. The students used two of the student union ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214641773/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:31 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214641773/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 NIGERIA'S military says it has re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized territory. It is involved in a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants. Several thousand troops were last week deployed across three states in the volatile region and fighter jets have pounded Boko Haram camps as the military tries to rid the country of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214641576/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:36:13 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214641576/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Jos Mourinho will leave Real Madrid CF at the end of the season after a three-year tenure that brought a record-breaking Liga campaign and three UEFA Champions League ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214640235/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 15:16:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214640235/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 NAPLES, Italy (AFP) – The first-ever statue of Pope Francis has been unveiled in a potato field near Naples — an unorthodox homage to the fact that the Argentine pope’s ancestors were farmers in northern Italy. The statue will be presented to the pope next month by Italian actor Barbato De Stefano, who comes from the village of Cicciano where it was presented and has financed ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214640460/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214640460/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Favour Nnabugwu The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P has assured Nigerians of smooth driving through the nation's roads as funds are being provided for road rehabilitations. The Convener, SURE-P/ Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA on Public Works, Dr. Ngozi Olojeme, boasted that Nigerian roads are safe for smooth driving. "Roads are actively being ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214640458/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214640458/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 ABUJA (AFP) – Nigeria’s military said Monday it had re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Islamist insurgents had seized territory, as it pressed on with a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram militants. The military has ';secured the environs of New Marte, Hausari, Krenoa, Wulgo and Chikun Ngulalo after destroying all the terrorists’ ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214640461/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214640461/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Kingsley Adegboye As part of its urban renewal efforts, the Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project, LMDGP, has embarked on slum upgrading projects in Mushin, Itire and Ijeshatedo communities. The projects include upgrading of 30 roads and drains, provision of boreholes as well as upgrading of primary schools. LMDGP is a World Bank assisted special purpose vehicle put in place ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214640459/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214640459/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 TO provide a credible opposition you need a political party whose leaders have been tested and trusted and who have provided credible leadership that transcends ethnic or geographical demarcations and have been found to be above board in their individual and official dealings within and outside government. Chief Obafemi Awolowo of blessed memory was no doubt a credible opposition. He was a ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214640462/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214640462/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria claimed an early success for its military offensive against Islamist insurgents in the northeast on Monday, saying the militants' activities had been stifled by nearly a week of attacks on their ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639817/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:25 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639817/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigerian militant group Boko Haram is getting some level of protection from lawmakers in northern states, their critics contend. Nigerian ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639131/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:40:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639131/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Professor Chinua Achebe had left the University of Massachusetts about a decade before I joined the same University in 1983 as Professor and Director of the Automation and Robotics laboratory. At the time, Achebe's reputation was still looming large at UMass. On realizing that Achebe and I came from the same country and the same state in Nigeria (old Anambra State), students and professors ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639132/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:40 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639132/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By CLARA NWACHUKWU Global financial watchdog, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, has commended Nigeria's Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, saying, it "would boost investment, government revenue, and fiscal transparency." The commendation was given in spite of varied criticisms by oil majors and other interest groups against some of the fiscal propositions in the bill. It was the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639134/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:37 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639134/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Murtala Muhammad Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 2.7 million dollars (or N432 million) from five suspected money launderers while attempting to travel abroad. The Public Relations Officers of the command, Mrs Thelma Williams, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos that the arrests were made between January and March 2013. She said that ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639135/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:36 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639135/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 DOHA – Argentine football star Lionel Messi said Monday he could not play for any team other than Barcelona, where he has been since the age of 13. ';I cannot play with any team other than Barcelona,'; he told reporters in Qatar, where he took part in a charity event. But he added in answering a question about a possible transfer that he ';did not know what the future ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639133/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:36 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639133/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 President Goodluck Jonathan will on Tuesday host the country's U17 and U20 teams, officials disclosed. The names of the players were on the list of 30 players Obuh selected for camping in Germany. But NFF officials were said to have deleted their names at the Embassy of Germany where they were submitted for visas. The Golden Eaglets were beaten finalists at the African U17 Championship in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639136/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:35 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214639136/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 During the briefings, he threatened fire and brimstone if he was arrested for the threats he made regarding the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, "Nigeria will become history." As we watch helplessly the slow but steady destruction of Nigeria, those who refused to listen to the words of truth will expedite its final fall. It is a case of terrible blindness and ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214637467/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:36:44 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214637467/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria relaxed a curfew on Monday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against militants from the Islamist group Boko ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214637444/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:29:24 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214637444/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Onitsha - The final burial of Prof. Chinua Achebe, who died on April 23 in the United States of America (USA) where he lived and worked, begins sunday. The remains of the late literary icon is expected to arrive Abuja today amidst other activities en route his Ikenga Ogidi country home in Anambra state, where he would be laid to rest on Thursday, May 23. Coming exactly one month after his death, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214637706/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:19:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214637706/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nasarawa State Governor Tanko Al-Makura has given insights into the relatively known cult, Ombatse, which recently killed several security operatives deployed in Alakkio community, saying the activities of the group became known to his government only six months ago. The cult had on May 7 killed 56 security operatives - 46 policemen and 10 personnel of the State Security Service - who were part ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214637705/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 12:19:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214637705/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 NEW YORK (AFP) - Yahoo! unveiled its biggest deal yet under chief Marissa Mayer on Monday, snagging blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion in a move to get younger users into the orbit of the struggling Internet pioneer.The two firms confirmed weekend reports of the tie-up, a deal which keeps the fast-growing Tumblr largely independent while integrating technology and advertising ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214636578/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:48:49 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214636578/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 BY VINCENT UJUMADU AWKA- OGIDI, the home town of the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe is set to receive the body of their illustrious son, who would be buried in the community on Thursday. Various groups and organizations have been meeting to put finishing touches on the programme as the town is expected to host visitors that would come from many parts of the world. The state ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214636127/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:22:31 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214636127/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Following President Jonathan's declaration of a state of emergency in the Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, violence has spiked higher in the African country. Reports say Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan declared emergency in states after losing control of certain areas to Boko Haram, an Islamist movement. President Jonathan reportedly ordered more troops to be sent to the north-eastern ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214635924/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:21:34 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214635924/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 As the troops deployed to enforce the emergency rule declared in some states in the North-east pounded Boko Haram strongholds, the Defence Headquarters said last night that the insurgents were in complete disarray and on the run. THISDAY has, however, learnt that the military is considering bringing back Nigeria's troops from Liberia to join efforts in stamping out the Boko Haram ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214636128/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:16:14 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214636128/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 LAGOS | Mon May 20, 2013 11:02am EDT LAGOS May 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria's naira firmed against the U.S. dollar on the interbank market on Monday after the central bank met demand for the greenback at its currency auction, traders said. The unit firmed to close at 158.35 naira to the dollar on the interbank, after weakening to 158.50 naira intra-day, compared with Friday's close of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214637470/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:02:49 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214637470/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Electricity Authority of Benin-Nigerian Electric Power Authority power interconnection project, jointly financed by the African Development Bank, the West African Development Bank, and the Economic Community of West African States, is one of the sparkling flagship projects for regional integration and cooperation in West Africa. Financed under the West Africa Power Pool program, the project ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634453/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:31:36 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634453/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa The Ijaw nation yesterday converged at Kaiama in the Kolokuma-Opokuma local government area of Bayelsa State to commemorate this year’s Isaac Adaka Boro Day celebration declaring that late Boro’s legacies, sacrifice, courage and belief would be sustained. The history of the struggle for true federalism, resource control, implementation and respect for ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634761/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:48 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634761/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 An Abuja Chief Magistrates' Court on Monday discharged a man accused of alleged manslaughter after a formal application by the family of deceased victim to withdraw the matter. The man, Buhari Haruna, 24, a driver, of Dutse Bokuma, Abuja, was arraigned by the police for causing the death of a man by dangerous driving. The Chief Magistrate, Hajiya Fati Tafida, struck out the case, adding ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634763/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:47 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634763/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Ikarama Community in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa has disagreed with the Shell Petroleum Development Company over the cause of the reported oil spills from nearby oil wells. The spill has contaminated the Taylor Creek in Yenagoa and residents of Biseni/JK4 Road told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they disagreed that the spills were caused by oil theft. Officials of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634762/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:47 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634762/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday approved the appointment of six new high court judges for the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Judiciary, Mrs Grace Alo. According to the statement, the newly appointed judges are: Ms Folashade Bankole-Oki, Mr Michael Savage, Mrs Sedotan Ogunsanya, Mr Wasiu Animahun, Mrs Oyindamola Ogala and Mr ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634764/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:46 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634764/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 American rap artist, Kanye West is getting kicks for his latest album title ‘ Yeezus’ due to drop June 18 but he’s only just ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634765/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:46 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634765/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 NOUAKCHOTT, Senegal (AFP) – A senior operative in an Al Qaeda-linked group in war-torn northern Mali has surrendered to Mauritania, a security source told AFP on Monday. Ansar Dine spokesman Senda Ould Boumama ';went to the Mauritanian armed forces on the border';, near the southeastern town of Bassiknou, on Saturday evening, the source said without giving further details. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634766/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:45 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634766/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 NIGERIAN party politics since civil rule in 1999 has been dominated by factions, internal crises, irreconcilable differences, open disagreements among members of the same party, especially those in high public offices. Three parties at the starting line - Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the All Peoples Party, APP, later All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, and the Alliance for Democracy, AD in 1999 ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634769/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:25 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634769/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The political confusion deliberately foisted on Rivers State in the last few weeks is far from abating. A state that has been basking in peace, unity and developmental progress has suddenly been thrust into an ugly division between those who support Governor Rotimi Amaechi and those opposed to him, a clear two years ahead of the 2015 succession. What started with the Abuja High Court judgment on ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634767/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:25 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634767/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 is undoubtedly one of the leading female activists to have come out from the Niger Delta region. President of the Agape Birthright, spokesperson of the Ijaw Republican Assembly (IRA) and also the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS), Briggs in this interview responds to issues concerning the 2015 presidential election and assertions by some Ijaw activists on the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634768/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:25 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634768/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Maiduguri - The Joint Task Force in Maiduguri, Borno State, yesterday imposed a 24-hour curfew on parts of Maiduguri metropolis, saying it is part of the efforts to sustain the ongoing special operation against Boko Haram insurgents. The spokesman of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Lt Col Sagir Musa, who disclosed this in a statement, said, "The Joint Task Force (JTF), in order to sustain the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634554/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:23 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634554/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The FirstBank of Nigeria impressed delegates at the recently concluded World Economic Forum in Cape Town, South Africa about opportunities for Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria, reports Adeola ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634263/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634263/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Foreign investors took $2.74 billion out of Nigeria in the first three months of 2013. This was indicated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its economic report for the first quarter of 2013. According to the report, foreign exchange outflow from the economy in the first was $6.54 billion. This outflow was dominated by foreign exchange outflows for 'invincibles'. Invincible ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634557/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634557/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Investors' interest and confidence in the Nigerian economy is surging, Minister of State for Finance, Dr. Yerima Lawan Ngama has disclosed. Citing 14 million hits and download of data from the website of the Nigerian Federal Office of Statistics, FOS, as a pointer, the minister observed too, that the percentage of non-filers in Nigeria of companies income tax regime declined from 54 per cent ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634261/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:12:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214634261/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon May 20, 2013 10:08am EDT * AMCON to complete sale of 3-nationalised banks next year * To pay off 2 trln naira worth of bonds from loan recoveries * Cbank to refinance 3.6 trln naira outstanding AMCON bonds (Adds details, quotes) By Chijioke Ohuocha LAGOS, May 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria's "bad bank" expects to complete the sale of its shares in three lenders nationalised by the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214635722/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:08:26 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214635722/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, will on May 28, 2013 swear in two magistrates and four lawyers as judges in the state judiciary. This will increase the number of judges in the state from 50 to 56. Only last year, the number of judges in the state dropped from 54 to 50 following the retirement of two of them, including the immediate past Chief Judge of the state, Mrs Inumidun ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633197/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:38:44 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633197/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Pakistani Christians protest against the country's blasphemy laws and violence targeting their minority community. An independent U.S. watchdog has urged the executive branch every year since 2002 to designate Pakistan as a "country of particular concern" over religious freedom violations. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - As the State Department prepares to release its annual report on ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633299/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:30:53 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633299/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) said it had made "great progress" on recovering bad loans and that after the refinancing, the central bank will be the sole holder of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633568/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:22:55 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633568/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The United States Government has warned military authorities in Nigeria against abuse of civilian rights in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram in some north eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. The U.S. government's warning was contained in a statement released on Sunday by John Kerry, the Secretary of State. The statement said the U.S. "is deeply concerned about the fighting ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633571/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:23 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633571/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 When Boko Haram struck in a full-fledged terrorist style nearly two years ago, Nigeria was hopelessly unprepared for the rebel challenge. Now with the Islamic sect holding territory and more than 2, 000 people killed in attacks by the group since the June 16, 2011 bombing of the police headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria's first experience of suicide bombing, the federal government has resolved ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633570/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:23 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633570/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Respite is yet to come the way of the wives of police officers killed on May 7 at Alakyo. Nasarawa State governor Tanko Al-Makura donated N1million to each of the widows, but the money is now causing a rift between some slain officers' wives and their husbands' relatives. LEADERSHIP findings reveal that some relations have been on the women's necks. They are closely monitored. Some ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633569/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:23 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633569/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Having cut short a trip to South Africa and annulled a planned state visit to Namibia, President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria declared a "state of emergency" in three northeast states on May 14. In a speech to the nation, Jonathan acknowledged that there is an "insurrection" and that the government has lost control of certain areas to Boko Haram, a diffuse Islamist movement. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633347/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:22 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633347/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Inevitable as it is, emergency rule should not lead to violation of human rights In a bid to tackle the security challenge posed by Boko Haram insurgency which has led to the death of hundreds of Nigerians in recent weeks, President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. It was the second time in 16 months he would invoke such powers even ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633573/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:22 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633573/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/214633572/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:22 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633572/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Apparently, the PDP is not interested in solving the key challenges Nigeria and Nigerians are facing. In 2011, before casting his vote in the presidential elections, Bayo Babalola, a Nigerian investment manager, did a critical review of the top three candidates. On the eve of the elections, he published his review entitled "On Your Marks" in which he announced he would "pless ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633349/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633349/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The United Kingdom and the United States have indicated interest to assist Nigeria curb the menace of crude oil theft which President Goodluck Jonathan has described as "blood oil". The minister of petroleum resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, made the announcement at a lecture entitled "The Future of African Energy in a Changing World" delivered on Sunday at St. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633355/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:18 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633355/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 In February, this year, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) enunciated a policy which empowers government security agencies to tap citizens' phone calls, short message services (SMS) and chat messages.The NCC, in the draft regulation, said that it would allow unhindered access to communications. "These regulations shall provide the legal and regulatory framework for the lawful ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633354/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:10:18 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633354/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Cameroon's nation-wide anti-government protests started modestly today, with calls for President Paul Biya to step down. But protesters in Douala and ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633196/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:03:32 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214633196/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Lekoil Limited is a holding company that intends to use its access to potential oil and gas licence interests and its experienced management team to build a multi-asset exploration, development and production business in Africa. Its founders consist of a group of leading professionals with extensive experience in the upstream international oil and gas sector and in the global fund ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632436/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:37:38 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632436/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Ademola Bello Folasayo Dele-Ogunrinde, award winning Nigerian writer, visual artist, performance poet, public speaker, filmmaker and actress is dead. She passed away in her home in Houston, Texas on Saturday May 18 around 1:30 am after a courageous and protracted battle with stomach cancer. She was 45 years old. She received treatment for stomach cancer at the University of Texas MD Anderson ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632125/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:27:22 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632125/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria will increase the amount it borrows overseas to around 40 percent of all debt over the next three to five years, from 12 percent currently, to lower its cost of funds, the head of the debt office said on Monday. DMO Director ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632437/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:23:03 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632437/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 ABIDJAN -(AFP) – African film is enjoying a rare invitation to cinema’s top table with a film by French-Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun competing for the coveted Palme d’Or, as the continent strives to satisfy an appetite for films made by Africans for Africans. Haroun, who left Chad during the civil war, won plaudits for his autobiographical 1999 film ';Bye Bye ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632438/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:16:07 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632438/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Ogidi (Anambra) – Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra, on Sunday said that the state was ready to accord Prof. Chinua Achebe a befitting burial. Obi stated this while inspecting the St. Philip’s Anglican Church, Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area, where the burial service will take place on May 23. The governor had inspected his country home and the author’s final resting ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632440/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:16:07 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632440/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 FORMER Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Honourable Justice Alfa Belgore, once reminded us of how the German government in 1962, came and set up our Defence Industries Corporation, DIC; and how in the same 1962, the same German government planted the same seed in Brazil, the Brazilian Defence Industries. While the Brazilians have since blossomed their own seed, such that Brazil now produces a wide ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632439/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:16:07 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632439/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, has called on members of the Boko Haram sect and other extremist groups in Nigeria to cease their attacks amid deteriorating security in the northern part of the country. His plea came three days after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. "The secretary-general has been and ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632442/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:11:42 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632442/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The crossfire between soldiers and suspected members of the Boko Haram sect, which escalated on Friday, continued until yesterday morning in parts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Troops, which had earlier captured 17 towns and villages in the state, reportedly took over more areas yesterday. Residents, who had been holed up in their homes, especially in the Maiduguri metropolis, claimed ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632443/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:11:42 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632443/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Professional Insurance Ladies Association of Nigeria (PILA) 2013 Annual Conference is currently underway at the Sheraton Resort & Spa in Brufut. The purpose of the four-day conference is to further the interest of women in insurance within the sub-region and encourage insurance dealers in The Gambia to come together to provide effective insurance leadership in The country. Declaring the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632441/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:11:41 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632441/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 A new government plan, "Youth in Agriculture", is expected to create jobs for youth. The Federal government is currently developing a presidential initiative aimed at creating 700,000 young commercial farmers in the agricultural sector of the country, the minister of agriculture said. Adewumi Adesina, disclosed this in Akure, Ondo State when he delivered a Foundation Day Lecture of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632192/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:11:41 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632192/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), based in Sweden, shows that in 2012, Nigeria ranked as the 6th highest spender on the military in Africa, and this is because of the increase in insurgency across the country. The war against terror in Nigeria raised military expenditure to a staggering $2.327 billion (N372.3 billion) in 2012 alone, ranking ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632199/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:11:40 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632199/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The government of Cameroon has ordered mobile operator MTN to suspend an SMS service that had proven a powerful tool for protest movements in North ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632220/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:04:02 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632220/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Opposition groups, trade unions and Diaspora groups are preparing "Egypt-like" protests in Cameroon tomorrow, 23 February, to call for President Paul Biya to step down. The US Embassy warns of possible ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632226/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:03:49 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632226/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 A Cameroonian environmentalist group is lobbying for the establishment of a new national park at Cross River on the Nigerian border to protect a little known sub-species of gorillas only living ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632228/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 08:03:45 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214632228/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 figures published by the World Bank show. The economy of Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, expanded an average 7.2 percent a year during the same period, according to IMF estimates. The country is forecast to grow 7.2 percent this year, compared with a global growth rate of 3.3 percent, according to the IMF. "It's a bit of a conundrum," W. Scott Rogers, the senior ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631360/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:25:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631360/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Nigerian military say Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country are "in disarray" and leaving the country in large numbers as a result of its offensive against them. In a statement, it said 14 enemy fighters had been killed and 20 apprehended since Saturday. Three of its soldiers had died in the fighting, it added. The BBC's Will Ross in the capital Abuja says it ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631359/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:25:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631359/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria today has been described as a war zone, no thanks to the many killings in the country. In fact, the killings have gone from bad to worse, thrown the entire country into a state of anarchy, making the only viable solution the declaration of State of Emergency, a move vehemently kicked against by governors of the affected states. But sooner than later, President Jonathan was eventually ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631363/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:14:29 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631363/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 When, recently, in a circular to all staff, my employers forbade the speaking of "vernacular" in favour of the English language, my initial reaction was of extreme crossness. I guess at the back of this was a recollection of the distasteful responses associated with similar policies growing up. Overtly paternalistic teachers in the primary and secondary schools enforced this ban on the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631362/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:14:29 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631362/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, on the 14th May 2013 declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. He was responding to the incessant terrorist attacks and other security challenges that have recently plagued Nigeria, The declaration is in accordance with the provisions of section 305(3 (c) (d) (f) Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631097/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:14:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631097/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 In 2011, Rivers State delivered one of the nation's most stunning victories to Goodluck Jonathan in that year's presidential election. The electorates apparently overdid themselves, casting more votes for Jonathan than there were registers voters. Even the president acknowledged the effort of the man who made that landslide over other presidential candidates possible, Rivers State ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631096/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:14:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631096/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 It was a dream come true last weekend when Amaka Lucy Ezenwankwo a mass communication graduate of Enugu state university of science and technology turned writer launched her first non-fiction novel titled 'Caught in the storms. The book which exposes the realism of moral decadence of our society , further reveals how cheaply youth are being carried away by the materialistic nature of life. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631361/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:14:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631361/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Beijing 2008 Olympics medallist and Team Nigeria Captain to the 2012 London Olympics, Chika Chukwumerije, has appealed to the Germany Embassy to reconsider its stance on not granting visas to the Nigerian national team expected to embark on training tour of Germany this week. The training tour is part of the team's build-up to the 2015 All Africa Games and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631364/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:14:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631364/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Almost a week after the deployment of troops in the three states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, following the declaration of a quasi-state of emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan last Tuesday, troops have not only settled in, they have also been able to put the Boko Haram camp in disarray following a heavy attack on their enclaves. Jonathan, who immediately ordered the Chief of Defence Staff, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631100/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:14:27 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631100/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 President Barack Obama today informed the US Senate that he had ordered the stationing of around 100 soldiers in Niger to support the French military operation in neighbouring Mali. The Niger government had agreed to the move, Mr Obama ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631365/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:08:10 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631365/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Benin's Constitutional Court today started examining the opposition's claims of vote rigging after the elections had given a surprise outright win to the incumbent. Observers fear "Ivorian conditions" in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631366/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:08:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631366/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Following a chaotic election process, Benin's government claims incumbent President Thomas Boni Yayi won the first round outright. Opposition leader Adrien Houngbedji cries ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631367/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:07:54 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631367/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The elections in Niger, gained by long-time opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou, are described as a "model" for Africa. Also the democratic transition process is ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631368/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:07:52 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631368/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Benin last month saw mass protests, demanding a delay of the elections planned for 27 February as 1.4 million voters were missing in the electoral roll. Now, the Constitutional Court has given them ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631369/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:07:49 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631369/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigerian farmers have more than doubled the yield of cassava, thanks to new varieties and a little bit of "juju" delivered to the Oyo state after a food crisis in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631118/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:07:36 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631118/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Will the upcoming general elections in Nigeria become a repetition of the 2007 sham, or can the country finally organise a credible poll? There are both good and bad ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631124/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 07:07:26 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214631124/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Soni Daniel & Emma Ujah The Federal Government has intervened in the face-off between the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Company, NLNG, over unpaid levies amounting to billions of Naira. The face-off between the two government agencies arose following what NIMASA described as the expiration of the ten-year tax holiday ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630063/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:21:59 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630063/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The ECOWAS Parliament on Friday in Abuja expressed support for Federal Government's declaration of state of emergency in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States. The speaker of the parliament, Ike Ekweremadu, expressed the support when he paid a courtesy visit on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru. The speaker said Nigeria's fight against insurgents in the country would ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630071/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:16 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630071/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) have suspended their 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 leaders. Supo Atobatele, the General Manager, Public Affairs of NAMA, disclosed this in a statement he issued in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630070/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:16 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630070/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Akure, the formerly peaceful capital of Ondo State has become a den of kidnappers as residents are abducted at will with many now living in fear of who would be the next victims. In the last two months, at least eight high profile kidnappings for ransom occurred n the Ondo capital, a vice which was initially restricted to and rampant in the riverine areas of the state. From journalists to ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630072/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:16 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630072/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Northern States Governors Forum, NSGF, has expressed support for the emergency rule imposed on the Northern States of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. The forum said it believes the imposition of emergency rule will complement the offer of amnesty made to the members of Boko Haram sect to restore peace to the affected states. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630073/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:16 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630073/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Gombi - 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 added that ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630069/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:16 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630069/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 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 while responding to a call by the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630068/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:15 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630068/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Federal Ministry of Education has endorsed the CINFORES BrainFriend e-learning and examination preparatory software as a tool for the enhancement of teaching and learning methods in Nigerian schools. The essence is to boost the efforts government in promoting local content in software development. CINFORES Limited is an indigenous software provider, which had over the years developed various ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630065/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:15 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630065/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 For failing to control his temper and moderate his actions, Mr. Habeeb Usman will have to die by hanging after he lost the appeal of the death sentence earlier passed on him by a Sokoto High Court, for killing his wife, Salamatu. Usman, from Haragawa village in Illelah Local Government Area of Sokoto State was charged with killing his wife Salamatu Habibu by stabbing her with a knife in the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630066/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:15 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630066/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Fidson Healthcare Plc had a bountiful harvest in 2012 as the company grew its profit after tax by 272 per cent. According to the audited results for the year ended December 31, 2012, Fidson Healthcare posted a profit before tax of N540 million, up by 152 per cent from the N214 million in 2011. Profit after tax recorded a higher growth of 272 per cent from N55 million in 2011 (18 months) to N206 ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630067/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:15 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630067/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Federal Government has said it would assist exporters of non oil products to address the bottlenecks associated with exports of food produce to European countries. The move, according to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, would help to facilitate trade to the United Kingdom and countries in the European Union. Aganga stated this at a workshop and exhibition ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630064/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:15 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214630064/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The declaration of Emergency Rule in three northern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to contain the rising tide of insurgency and terrorism in the country is perhaps one bold move the President has made since he assumed office in May, 2011. Saturday ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214629796/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:14 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214629796/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 It is three days today before the remains of foremost novelist, Chinua Achebe, arrives Nigeria for a five-day burial rite that would culminate in his interment on Thursday, May 23, at his family compound in Ogidi, Anambra State. But as organizers put finishing touches to the burial arrangement, a serious controversy has blown open over the decision of the late writer's family to hand over ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214629791/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:14 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214629791/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Lagos state government, yesterday said it rescued no fewer than four children in the last one year sold by their parents and guardians for a minimum of N60, 000, to aid their financial needs. The state government however said that 187 cases of child abuse and domestic violence were reported and treated by the state government in the year under review. Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Mrs. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214629795/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:13 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214629795/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Workers of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) under aviation unions on Sunday insisted that there was no going back on their planned protest slated for Monday, May 20. The unions said that the planned shutting down of the nation's airspace was to press home their demand for the implementation of the approved salary scale endorsed by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214629799/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:17:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214629799/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The U.S. and British governments are willing to help Nigeria address rampant crude oil theft from the Niger Delta, the petroleum minister said from London. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta rebel group in April said it was launching a new campaign this year. More than 80 percent of the government's revenue comes from crude oil exports and groups like MEND tried to stop ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214629802/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:13:23 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214629802/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 By Uduma Kalu The burial rites for the eminent novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe who died on March 21 in the United States began Sunday in Abuja with a commendation service at the National Christian Centre. Chairman of the Achebe National Transition Committee, Prof. Uzodinma Nwala also asked the federal government to name the National library after the departed novelist. According to the former ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628832/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:27:30 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628832/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Players do have misunderstanding and sometimes, fight in the pitch during matches. However, this one is out of this world; it’s unbelievable. Watch the drama ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628831/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:27:30 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628831/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Ikeja – Workers of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) under aviation unions on Sunday insisted that there was no going back on their planned protest slated for Monday, May 20. The unions said that the planned shutting down of the nation’s airspace was to press home their demand for the implementation of the approved salary scale endorsed by the National Salaries, Incomes ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628833/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:27:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628833/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Eket (Akwa Ibom) -The price of gari has recorded more than 50 per cent increase in Eket area of Akwa Ibom, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Other items that also went up in the area, survey revealed, were the prices of other foodstuffs, including rice and fish. The survey showed that a cup of gari, which sold at N30 between February and April, now sells at N70, while the cost of six ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628834/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:27:24 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628834/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Maiduguri and Abuja - Thousands of people including women and children have fled the border towns of Borno and Yobe states into Niger Republic to avoid being caught up in the military operation aimed at rooting out insurgents from the areas, reports said yesterday. The refugees said they fled after seeing armed men in many trucks around their villages and feared a repeat of the Baga-style mass ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628835/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:30 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628835/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Federal Government has written to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to stop dealing with Dr Bashir Gwandu as a representative of the country as he is longer in the employ of the Nigerian government. Engr Gwandu, who was the elected Chairman of the technical body of the ITU, the Radio-communications Advisory Group (RAG), and also as Vice-Chairman of another technical body of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628838/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:29 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628838/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The 'Afropolitan' jet-setter began the year in a swirl of curious and adoring headlines, their multinational lives embodied in the figure of author Taiye Selasi. Having coined the term - combining 'African' and 'cosmopolitan - in a 2005 essay, Selasi captured the identity and roots of the Afropolitan in her smash debut novel Ghana Must Go, which was received with ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628836/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:29 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628836/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari and former Chairman of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL), Chief Oyuki Obaseki have expressed delight with the appointment of Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye as the new Director General of the National Sports Commission, saying they would support him to bring development in the nation's sports sector. The former Chairman, House ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628849/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:29 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628849/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has commended Friday's court ruling, sentencing principal officials of the drug company behind the deaths of about 84 children who took a contaminated teething mixture. Assets of the Lagos-based pharmaceutical company Barewa were also ordered forfeited to government, according to ruling by a Federal High Court Justice Okechukwu ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628840/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:29 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628840/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Africa's representatives at next month's Confederations Cup, Nigeria's Super Eagles will come up against robots at the event following Brazilian government's announcement that some of the security robots bought to improve public safety during the 2014 World Cup will be ready for the June tournament. The company iRobot says the 30 robots would be delivered by the end of the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628837/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:29 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628837/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will tomorrow host the country's U-17 and U-20 teams, officials disclosed. The Golden Eaglets were beaten finalists at the African U-17 Championship in Morocco, while the Flying Eagles placed third at the African Youth Championship in Algeria. The Golden Eaglets lost on penalties to Cote d'Ivoire after final scores stood at 1-1 in the championship ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628839/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:29 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628839/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Over 36,000 candidates who sat for the maiden edition of the Computer Based Test (CBT) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Saturday, received the result of their performance same day. Registrar of the board, Professor Dibu Ojerinde who confirmed the number said 56 centres were used to conduct the CBT examination with 296 as the highest score and advised everyone to embrace the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628848/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628848/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Fifteen newly appointed districts heads in Abaji Area Council were on Saturday turbaned and presented with their various appointment letters. The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through the Minister of State, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, last week approved the appointment of the new district heads. Speaking at the event, the outgoing chairman of the council, Yahaya Musa Muhammad, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628845/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628845/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Wives of northern governors have called for the federal government to ensure that deployed soldiers to Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe, respect human rights during their operations. The governors' wives made the call in a communique issued at the end of Northern Governors' Wives Forum (NGWF) meeting held on Friday in Abuja. "The forum called on the Federal Government to ensure that ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628844/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628844/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in what it called "continuation of efforts at creating self-employment through skills training" is set to commission a new skills acquisition centre in Rimaye, Katsina state. The new centre which has the capacity to handle 250 trainees for each training cycle, is among the 48 skills acquisition centres the directorate has established across ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628843/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628843/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The federal government has been urged to enact a bill that will provide legislation to make screening for all types of cancer mandatory in Nigeria as a means of curtailing its spread. Chief Consultant clinical Oncologist, Dr Adisa Rasaq Oyesegun from the National Hospital Abuja who made the plea pointed out that the legislation is necessary to prevent more Nigerians getting infected. Speaking ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628847/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:28 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628847/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Lokoja and Makurdi - Following the influx of Agatu indigenes of Benue State to parts of Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State, the lawmaker representing the area in the state House of Assembly, Aliyu Akuh, has called on the state government to beef up security in the area to prevent breakdown of law and order. In a matter of urgent public importance on the floor of the House, the lawmaker ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628853/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:27 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628853/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Academica of Portugal ace John Ogu has told MTNFootball.com he will join the Eagles camp in Germany latest tomorrow. Ogu, who is fully back from injury, is among the 25 players listed for the Mexico friendly billed for Huston, Texas on May 31. "I cannot wait to team up with the Eagles. I am now fully fit and hungry to wear the green-white colours," said Ogu, who made his Eagles debut ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628852/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:27 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628852/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Raising false alarm on corruption cases dissuade foreign investors and erode public sector confidence, the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria (COCSO) has said. Reacting to allegations of corruption leveled against Minister for Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Muhammed Bello Adoke, by former member of the House of Representatives, Dino Melaye, the coalition said it ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628851/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:27 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628851/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has endorsed the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan in three states of the country but urged the Federal Government to spell out the rules of engagement to ensure professional conduct. President of the NLC Comrade Abdulwahed Omar in a statement said NLC's endorsement was "in view of reported seizures of territories, audacious ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628842/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:27 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628842/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Lagos - Any member of the Boko Haram sect that is apprehended during the enforcement of the emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States should be given fair trial in the court of law, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has said. President-General of the union, Comrade Peter Esele and General Secretary, Barrister Musa Mohammed, in a statement said life during the rule must be treated ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628841/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:27 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628841/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Minister of State for Defence Erelu Olusola Obada said 28,585 HIV patients are currently accessing drugs in various military facilities. She made the remarks at the flag-off ceremony of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) project in Abuja. The project which is under the Nigeria Ministry of Defence and United States Department of States (NMoD-USDoD) HIV Programme was meant to cater for the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628850/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:27 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628850/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 of South Africa will, this evening at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, receive the Daily Trust African of the Year Award 2012 for his work last year in bringing peace to Sudan and South Sudan. In this recent interview in South Africa ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628578/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:26 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628578/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, former South African president, main co-founder of the African Union and current leading continental conflict resolver and peacemaker, receives his award of Media Trust African of the Year 2012 today in Abuja. President is no stranger to honours and awards. In 2000, he received the Oliver Tambo/Johnny Makatini Freedom Award; and he was made Knight Grand Cross order of the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628583/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:23:26 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628583/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The governments of the poor Sahelian states of Niger and Chad are struggling to accommodate a total of 75,000 refugees crossing the Sahara desert from ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628604/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:16:23 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628604/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 With Saturday's second-round presidential elections, Niger ends a model one-year all-inclusive democratic transition process. The process could be an example for the revolutions in Egypt and ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628608/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 05:16:16 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214628608/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 A Nigerian court has sentenced an alleged member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and his Nigerian accomplice to five years in jail each over an illegal arms shipment.Azim Aghajani and Nigerian Ali Abbas Jega were detained in 2010 when authorities at a Lagos port discovered 13 containers of weapons that had been declared as construction materials.The case attracted wide international attention, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627790/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:37:07 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627790/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Nigerian Army on Friday confirmed that three soldiers were killed in an attack by gunmen in Daura, Katsina State. Garba Wahab, the General Officer Commanding, GOC, 1 Division, Nigerian Army, who disclosed this to newsmen in Kaduna, said several of the attackers were also killed. Earlier, the police commissioner in Katsina, Abdullahi Magaji, said five of the gunmen were killed. The police ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627794/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:13 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627794/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Thursday, arraigned Amadi Nsirim before a Federal High Court, Port Harcourt on a 2- count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence. The commission said the man sold land that is not his and got paid for it. When the charges were read to the accused person, he pleaded not guilty. One of the charges reads, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627792/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:13 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627792/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria and South African are working towards a prisoner exchange agreement, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olugbenga Ashiru, said on Friday in Abuja. Mr. Ashiru said a discussion on the swap was one of the positive outcomes of the recent visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the country. During the visit, Mr. Jonathan had lamented the huge number of Nigerians in South African prisons, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627793/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:13 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627793/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Coca-Cola has kicked off its latest global campaign, the Crazy for Good Campaign, in Nigeria. The campaign is geared towards inspiring and celebrating individuals who spread happiness by performing random acts of kindness in their daily lives. Coming as a sequel to its widely acclaimed campaign 'A Billion Reasons to Believe in Africa', which focused on inspiring Africans to see the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627791/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:13 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627791/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The FCT Administration has said that it would not release title document on any Park and Garden within the 8,000 square kilometers of the Federal Capital Territory. The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, made this disclosure while receiving the 17-member delegation of the Indian Defence College who were in Abuja on a study tour of Nigeria, at the FCDA Conference Room, Abuja. The minister ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627800/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627800/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The police in Katsina State said they killed five gunmen responsible for bombing two police stations and four banks in Daura, Katsina State. The Commissioner of Police in Katsina, Abdullahi Magaji, said the armed robbers were killed after the attacks on Thursday ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627796/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627796/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 One of the enduring lessons in Achebe's Things Fall Apart is that the ethical interests of the Umuofia community assert themselves, again and again, over the overweening pride and impulsive actions of the novel's tragic hero, Okonkwo. It's true that the protagonist "was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond," and his "fame rested on solid personal ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627795/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627795/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Naziru Ahmad has announced that he will take a recess from music. The reigning Kannywood golden voice made this known via a post on his Twitter page. "I shall take a leave (from) singing for some time. I shall also use the time to explore other opportunities," he wrote. Naziru became a household name in Kannywood because of his remarkable voice. His single, Sardaunan Dutse, is one ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627798/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627798/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of 12 new Judges for the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by John Tergema, the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Court. The judges are; Justices Edith Agbakoba, Anthonia Ubaka, Olufunke Anuwe, John Peters, Oyejoju Oyewumi, Kenneth Amadi, Peter Lifu, Rakiya Haastrup, Waziri Abali, ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627797/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627797/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Lagos - Phase3 Telecom has been awarded the International Arch of Europe Award for Quality for 2013. The award is globally recognized for product excellence and business maximization. It is composed of a trophy, a certificate and a statement of quality, a statement from the company said. Director of Strategy & Investment of Phase 3 Telecom Zeme Elaiho said the award was a reflection of our ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627803/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627803/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Hundreds of residents of Dutse-Alhaji, Dutse-Sokale, and Dutse-Makaranta within Bwari area council of the FCT at the weekend staged a peaceful demonstration over the marking of their houses for demolition by the FCT Administration. Some of the placards carried by the demonstrators, who went round the community, had the following inscriptions, "Don't make us homeless; After 20 years in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627799/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:12 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627799/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 President Goodluck Jonathan and his counterparts from Uganda, Sri-Lanka and Rwanda have supported for the strengthening of local government administration as a means of achieving sustainable development. The four leaders made their views known at the 2013 Commonwealth Local Government Conference which ended in Kampala, Uganda over the weekend. Jonathan's address was delivered by the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627802/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:11 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627802/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare on Saturday continued her impressive run in the IAAF Diamond League as she finished second in the Women's 100m event with an impressive 11.00 seconds. Okagbare finished behind London Olympic champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, of Jamaica who also outran her arch-rival Carmelita Jeter again as she won the women's 100m sprint with a new world leading time ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627810/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:11 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627810/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 SECURITY AGENTS IN NASARAWA STATE SEEM TO HAVE RECOVERED FROM THE SHOCK OF THE KILLING OF 56 OF THEIR COLLEAGUES ON MAY 7, BY SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE OMBASTE CULT IN LAFIA EAST. THERE IS NOW A MASSIVE MANHUNT FOR THOSE BEHIND THE GORY ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627808/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:11 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627808/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Internationally acclaimed rapper, Snoop Lion, formerly known as Snoop Dogg, arrived Durban, South Africa on Friday for the MTV Africa All Stars Concert which will hold Saturday. The rapper received a Kwazulu Natal ceremonial welcome from a Kwazulu-Natal dance troupe upon his arrival in Durban. In a meet and greet with the media and fans, the superstar promised a stellar performance of some of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627801/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:11 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627801/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 CSKA Moscow's Ahmed Musa on Saturday joined the growing list of Nigerian players that have won trophies with their foreign clubs this season as his team ended their seven-year wait to win the Russian Premier League title. Musa who was handed a starter's shirt by his Moscow based club fired blanks on Saturday but nonetheless his team emerged champions on the back of a scrappy 0-0 home ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627804/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:11 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627804/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Port Harcourt - The Rivers State Police Command has said it would interrogate the Speaker of the state's House of Assembly, Otelemaba Amachree and the Chief of Staff to Governor Chibuike Amaechi, Chief Tony Okocha, over allegations of plots to assassinate Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and other top government functionaries. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, who stated ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627806/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:10 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627806/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 What would you be doing if you were not a diplomat? Before I joined the Foreign Service, I was doing sales and marketing. My degree and background is business, I have a marketing degree so I was working for a translation company and an advertising agency. If I did not enter diplomacy, I would probably be doing something like that but I had always wanted to live abroad, and I thought working for ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627805/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:10 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627805/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Rivers Integrity Group has condemned the alleged plot to eliminate Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and some of his political associates. The group, in a statement by its Coordinator, Phillip Ezenna, noted that from events unfolding in the lingering crisis in Rivers State' Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) it was becoming clear that there was a well-planned and ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627812/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:10 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627812/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Christland Schools have awarded scholarship worth N27 million to six pupils, who came tops at the annual entrance examination that held in March. The award, solely sponsored by the Chairman and Founder, Chrisland Schools Limited, Dr.Winifred Awosika, will last for six years and will cover their secondary education. According to a close source of the school, each full time awardees would cost ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627811/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:10 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627811/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Abuja - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has endorsed recent measures taken by the federal government to check insurgency and rising wave of crime in parts of the country. President of CBCN, Most Rev Ignatius Kaigama said this in Abuja yesterday at the end of a week-long retreat for Bishops and other clergymen of the Catholic faith in Nigeria. Kaigama, who is also the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627807/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 04:26:10 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214627807/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Manama, May 20 (BNA) - His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent a cable of congratulations to President Paul Biya, President of Cameroon, marking the Cameroon's National Day, wishing him abundant health and happiness. MJ m.a BNA 0722 GMT ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626199/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:50:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626199/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Maiduguri - Nigeria offered an amnesty on Sunday to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626200/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:42:32 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626200/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday said it had trained about 5, 000 of its officers on different aspects of Destination Inspection of cargo clearance. Mr Adewale Adeniyi, the Public Relations Officer of the Service, said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Adeniyi said that the service had surpassed the designated number of officers that were ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626383/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626383/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Chairman of APGA in Abia, Chief Onapuruagu Ukegbu, has commended INEC for recognising Chief Victor Umeh as the party's national chairman. Ukegbu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Friday that INEC had by the action shown that it was "truly an unbiased umpire" that could not be swayed to take an illegitimate action. "The contention about the authentic ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626385/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626385/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Weekly activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday closed on impressive note as the market capitalisation rose by N162 billion. The News Agency of Nigeira (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation, which opened at N11.64 trillion, grew by 1.39 per cent to close at N11.79 trillion. The All-Share Index rose by 500.65 points or 1.39 per cent to close at 36,907.81 against the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626390/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626390/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Wives of the 19 Northern Governors on Friday called for a more 'dynamic approach' that could help stem the current wave of violence in the country. The Chairperson of the forum and wife of Benue Governor, Mrs Dooshima Suswam, made the call at a meeting of the forum in Abuja. She said that the act of violence in the country had taken a different dimension and such needed a dynamic ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626386/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626386/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria is to formally request the AU to endorse its bid for a non-permanent seat of the UN Security Council in 2014-2015, during the body's forthcoming summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Foreign Affairs Minister Olugbenga Ashiru made made the announcement on Friday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the forthcoming AU meeting in Addis Ababa, scheduled for May 25 to May 27. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626384/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:01 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626384/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Abia state governor, Theodore Orji, took many residents of the state by surprise when, on Wednesday, he announced the dissolution of his cabinet. If the dissolution of the 23-member State Executive Council took most residents and political watchers unawares, the same cannot be said of most of the affected functionaries. It was gathered that most politicians in the state have commenced intensive ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626394/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626394/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 is not new in the comedy industry. The acclaimed fine boy has spent a decade in the industry not only delivering rib cracking jokes but has acted and released singles at different times. Now Omobaba is ready to launch his music album titled Finally Fine Boy and in a chat recently with SAMUEL ABULUDE, the multi-talented entertainer from Ilesha, Osun State speaks about his upcoming album, career ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626393/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626393/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 When Edolor Bouepre, 26, came back from the Philippines in February, as one of the beneficiaries of the Student Scholarship Training programme of the Amnesty Implementation Committee, his dream was to start a new life as a responsible indigene of Bayelsa State. Ironically, that dream was nearly snuffed out of him on Saturday, May 4, by a soldier attached to a presidential aide on Niger Delta ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626389/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626389/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Troops deployed in Borno State by the federal government under the state of emergency declared by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday have captured 17 towns and villages allegedly controlled by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect. The troops, which started arriving in the state on Tuesday night, LEADERSHIP WEEKEND learnt, headed straight for the communities where the insurgents allegedly ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626392/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626392/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has identified lack of synergy in development process of the economy and said it will focus on harnessing various opportunities available in trade, to connect with other similar important sectors. The aim of harnessing these opportunities, according to LCCI, is to build an enduring linkage which will on the long run ensure that the Nigerian ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626388/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626388/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The senator representing Kaduna South senatorial district, Mrs Nenadi Esther Usman, yesterday condemned, the continued attacks on Southern Kaduna villages, saying that the unabated attacks on defenceless villagers are unacceptable. Usman, who called for an urgent stop to the rampant attacks on the communities, said, "This is unacceptable and must be totally condemned." The senator in ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626391/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626391/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 First Bank of Nigeria Limited has been elected into the Board of Advisors of the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), an open, global forum for the development of payment card security standards. The bank the PCI community would be represented by Head, Information Security of First Bank, Mrs. Lara Nwokedi, on the 2013-2015 PCI SSC Board of Advisors by providing strategic and technical ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626387/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:34:00 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626387/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 A huge tree believed to be over 300 years old on Thursday evening fell at Umudagu Ihitte Mbieri in Mbaitoli local government area of Imo State and killed 16 people and injured four others. The tragedy which occurred at the community's daily market, eyewitnesses said, was caused by a heavy downpour accompanied by a windstorm. The sources revealed that the tree fell about 07.46pm when ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626397/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:33:59 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626397/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The long awaited elections into the various national sports federation were held on Tuesday at the Abuja National Stadium with little or no surprises as the same old faces in the sporting circle were returned as presidents, vice presidents and board members respectively. The elections which came barely nine months after Team Nigeria's embarrassing and disastrous performance at the London ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626396/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:33:59 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626396/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Good times are here again for the award winning singer, Omawumi Megbele as she has just been made the new face of online shopping in Nigeria. She was announced as the face of konga.com, Nigeria's Online Megastore. There have been speculations in the media about which star would team up with konga.com to increase people's confidence and spread the gospel of online shopping in Nigeria. ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626395/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:33:59 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626395/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 After years of fighting between the native Berom and the Fulani pastoralists with heavy casualties on both sides, the Fulani and the Berom in Plateau northern Senatorial zone say they have forgiven one another and resolved to live in peace. ACHOR ABIMAJE, Jos who spoke with representatives from both tribes, captures their stories LEADERSHIP WEEKEND gathered that the peace resolution in the early ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626399/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:33:59 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626399/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 It is now very clear that 46 police officers and 10 State Security Service (SSS) operatives were killed last week by followers of a traditional religion, otherwise known as the Ombatse cult in Lafia, capital of Nasarawa State. Confirming the figure at a media briefing organised by the Joint Security Information Forum in Abuja the deputy director, public relations, SSS, Mrs Marilyn Ogar said ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626398/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:33:59 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626398/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Communities that are incessantly attacked by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Benue State, yesterday appealed to the federal government to introduce marine surveillance on the border villages of River Benue that share boundaries with Nasarawa State. The communities are situated in Makurdi, Guma, Gwer and Gwer West, as well as Agatu local government areas of the state. The herdsmen have become a ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626403/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:33:58 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626403/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Although we would have preferred a resolution of the Boko Haram terrorism much earlier through police action, we would not fault the recent crackdown on the insurgents' strongholds. While opposing a declaration of a state of emergency, we also feared President Jonathan was going to illegally dismantle democratic structures as was witnessed under the Obasanjo administration. Our experience of ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626400/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:33:58 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626400/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The National Unity Polo Tournament tagged 'Abuja Polo 2013' packaged by the Abuja Guards Polo club in collaboration with corporate organisations in commemoration of the Nigeria democracy day anniversary celebration will gallop next week at the Abuja guard brigade Polo club. The tournament is the fourth edition in series of the annual Unity polo event. The five-day tournament promised ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626401/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:33:58 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626401/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The military has withdrawn some troops from Mali to participate in the ongoing operation against the Boko Haram sect in Nigeria. President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three states last Tuesday. A security source disclosed that no sooner had the military troops began moving to Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states to take over the security management than the order came from ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626205/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 03:33:58 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214626205/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 There have been requests for the creation Okura out of Kogi; Aba from Abia; Njaba and Orashi out of Imo; Adada from Enugu State; Toru-Ebe from Delta, Edo and Ondo states; Hadejia out of Jigawa and Katagum from Bauchi State. Similarly, there have been requests for the creation of Tiga out of Kano State; Karadua and Kafur from Katsina State; Lagoon from Lagos State; Oke-Ogun and Ibadan out of Oyo ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625663/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:21 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625663/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Tuesday's declaration of state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States yesterday created more rumpus in the polity as more groups and individuals reacted to the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to resort to a martial strategy in dealing with the insecurity in the north. While some, including the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the 2011 ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625667/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:20 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625667/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Nigerian military said on Friday that it destroyed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns, owned by insurgents in Borno State. The military said in a statement that advancing troops of the Special Task Force have destroyed some terrorists' camps sited in the forests of Northern and Central Borno. The statement was issued in Abuja on Friday and signed by Brigadier General ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625666/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:20 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625666/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Daura - Katsina State Police Command on Friday confirmed the death of five suspected gunmen who attacked two police stations and four banks on Thursday in Daura. The Nigerian Army had earlier announced the death of three soldiers during the shooting. Briefing newsmen in Daura, the Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abdullahi Magaji, said one of the suspects was killed on Thursday night while the ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625670/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:20 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625670/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The agency boss promised N25,000 cash reward on genuine informants of guinea-worm. The Federal Ministry of Health on Friday called for support for its Guinea Worm Eradication Programme to aid the certification of Nigeria as a guinea worm-free country. Ifeoma Anagbogu, the National Coordinator of the Nigeria Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (NIGEP), made the appeal in Abeokuta at a ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625665/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:20 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625665/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Jos - The Federal High Court 1, Jos, on Friday sentenced a 27-year old man, Babale Mohammed, to seven years imprisonment for possessing Indian hemp and psychotropic substances. Mohammed was convicted for possessing 20 kilogrammes of Indian hemp and 30 grammes of intoxicating drugs, LSD and Diazepam. Delivering judgment on the case, the judge, Justice Ambrose Allagoa, said the prosecution had ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625668/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:20 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625668/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The Abuja Guards Brigade Polo Club has concluded arrangements to stage the 2013 edition of the annual Unity Polo Tournament to celebrate Nigeria's Democracy Day on May, 29. The captain of the club, Mustapha Junaidu who briefed the press on Thursday said the week-long tournament which is going to attract at least 60 players from 15 teams will run from May 20 to May 26. He said renowned polo ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625673/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:19 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625673/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigerian youths residing in slums across the country will be provided with the opportunity to exhibit their talents in the game of football as the Nigerian National Youth Award football tournament tagged 'Play To Post football Tournament' holds next month in Abuja. The championship for the vulnerable youths is being put together by four notable organisations namely the Nigerian ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625672/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:19 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625672/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The only other person who has been sounding war drums almost as regularly as the You-tubey Imam Shekau of the Boko Haram sect, is the Nigerian president himself. President Jonathan has been calling the insurgency 'war' at different times, it has now become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Last year he said it was worse than the Nigerian civil war. Those who witnessed the civil war were quick ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625671/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:19 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625671/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has set up a special committee to help make peace among the waring factions and to reposition its affairs ahead of future elections. The National Working Committee ( NWC) of APGA which met under the auspices of the Chief Victor Umeh-led leadership on Friday at the Party's Secretariat in Abuja also took a swipe at some of the state governors for not ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625664/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:19 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625664/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Nigeria and South Africa have signed nine memorandum of understandings (MoU) to strengthen the diplomatic relations between both countries and to also join efforts at promoting peace and security in their respective sub-regions. The MoUs range from agreements for waiver of visas for diplomatic and official passport holders, oil and gas, power sector, environment, information and communication ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625674/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:19 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625674/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 I said if the National Assembly passes the single tenure law, the credit should go the president. That is just what I said. I said it was his idea that this second term that generates all sorts of crises will be done away with once and for all. Everybody who is going to be president or governor should know that he is going for single tenure and would be bound to work, because in Nigeria ... http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625680/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:40:19 -0400 http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/214625680/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3