A 27-year-old woman in Sudan has been sentenced to death for converting to Christianity from Islam, sparking protests in a country already hit with social strife.Mariam Yahya Ibrahim had been ordered to give up her newly-adopted Christian faith by Thursday and return to Islam.Judge Abbas Khalifa asked Ibrahim whether she agreed to return to Islam.…
A high-wired plot to obstruct the actualisation of the Ibaka Deep Seaport project within the deep waters of Akwa Ibom State, by some highly placed persons working in tandem with some officials of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has been uncovered.Daily Sun checks revealed that the plot is being hatched by some opposition governors and…
Borno State Governor, Mr. Kashim Shetima, on Thursday asked the Federal Government to consider the option of negotiating with the Boko Haram sect if the action would ensure the release of the Chibok schoolgirls in their custody.Shetima stated this during an interview monitored on the Cable News Network in Abuja.The governor said, “We need to…
BY John BulusABUJA—Former President of Ijaw Youth Congress, IYC, and leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Dokubo Asari, has said that those scheming to remove President Goodluck Jonathan from office were fanning the embers of war in Nigeria.He also accused Northern leaders of creating the atmosphere of insecurity in the country.Asari, who…
THE Senate and the House of Representatives have invited the service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police to appear before them and brief them on the security situation in the troubled states before commencing debates on President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for extension of emergency rule. This is just as Senators from the North, operating under…
by Timmy Campbell The Senior Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and former running mate to General Muhammadu Buhari during the 2011 presidential election, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has called out to Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, in the wake of her public display in an interview over the abducted girls of the Government Secondary…
President Goodluck Jonathan has ruled out freeing Boko Haram prisoners in exchange for the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, British Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds said yesterday.According to AFP, Simmonds who is in Nigeria for talks about the international rescue mission, said he raised the issue with Jonathan during a meeting in Abuja.…
The United States military has said that it will not share raw military intelligence with their Nigeria counterparts as both sides work to rescue over 250 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram. This declaration came amid concerns over corruption in the Nigerian military and infiltration of the force by Boko Haram. Pentagon spokesman, Col. Steve Warren…
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo Wednesday insisted on a carrot and stick approach to end the Boko Haram insurgency.He said there could be no other means since President Goodluck Jonathan “is overwhelmed “by the Boko Haram (insurgency).”Obasanjo spoke on a BBC programme, Focus on Africa, which aired a special edition on Nigeria’s insecurity last night.Obasanjo said he…
SEVENTY-SEVEN of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram terrorists, a month ago, have been identified from the video released Monday by the sect. Following release of the video by sect leader, Mallam Abubakar Shekau showing scores of the girls wearing hijabs and reciting the…