Four of the 223 abducted Chibok schoolgirls have escaped from their abductors’ camp and returned home, an official of Borno State Governme...
Stop blaming Jonathan, no perfect govt anywhere, Wada tells Nigerians
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has enjoined Nigerians to give maximum support to President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, saying no...
Plateau bans hawking, street trading, illegal motor parks
Following the twin bomb blasts that rocked the central business area of Jos on May 20, Plateau State Government has banned street trading, h...
We need foreigners in this war
In my previous piece, which was published on Thursday, May 22 edition of Daily Sun (page 56), with the title “Yes, Nigeria is at war”, I tri...
The Maimalari Barracks incident
The Nigerian military, which has been under fire for some time now over its failure to stop the Boko Haram insurgency, recently came under p...
Ikeja Disco re-engages 567 ex-PHCN workers
Managing Director of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKDC), Mr. Abiodun Aifwobaje, has said that it has re-engaged 567 former st...
APC condemns attack on ‘bring back our girls’ protesters in Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the attack by apparently-sponsored thugs against the ‘bring back our girls’ prote...
45-yr-old-man-gets-12-years-jail-sodomising-10-yr-old-boy
JIGAWA — Tsada village of Dutse Local Government Area is15 minutes drive from the state capital. It was there that a 45-year-old man, Malam...
BringBackOurGirls has become job for the jobless
Abuja – Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue on Tuesday in Abuja described the purported letters from Boko Haram warning of an impending attacks on ...
4 killed in night attack in Kuru near Jos
Jos – The Plateau police command has confirmed the killing of four persons by unknown gunmen on Tuesday night in Wat village, Kuru, in the J...
Cameroon sends troops to Nigerian border
Cameroon has deployed some 1,000 troops and armored vehicles to its border region with Nigeria to counter a rising threat from Boko Haram Is...
Obasanjo joins efforts to free abducted girls
Three and half years after his failed bid to broker peace between the Federal Government and Boko Haram militants failed, former President O...
Boko Haram: Senate pleads for release of Chibok girls
Against the backdrop of the Children’s Day anniversary, Senate yesterday pleaded with Boko Haram to release the abducted Chibok girls. Senat...
Kanu tasks Odemwingie on World Cup
Atlanta’96 Olympic Games soccer gold medallist, Nwankwo Kano has put Stoke City striker and Super Eagles returnee, Peter Osaze Odemwingie on...
Akwa Ibom committed to children’s well being –Akpabio
Governor Godswill Akpabio has reiterated his commitment to ensuring the well-being of every Akwa Ibom child through formal education. He sta...
Children’s Day tragedy: Parents beat two kids to death
As the nation celebrated Children’s Day yesterday, two children were allegedly beaten to death by their parents in Lagos State. The incident...
Emir of Gombe dies at 76
The Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Shehu Abubakar, has died at the age of 76. A statement signed by the Secretary to the Gombe State Government (SSG...
Borno cancells Children’s’ Day celebration
The office of the wife of the Executive Governor of Borno State Hajiya Nana Shettima in collaboration with the State Ministry of Women Affa...
Youths apprehend suspected kidnapper in Delta
EKU— A kidnapping operation went awry, yesterday in Eku, Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State, as vigilant youths seized a member...
‘We will force Jonathan to run for second term’
A former Security Adviser to the Bayelsa State Government, Chief Richard Kpodoh weekend said the Boko Haram campaign of terror in some parts...