Lanre Adewole – LagosTHE controversial CCTV footage of the collapsed guest house of Synagogue Church of All Nations is reportedly serving minimal assistance to the six different agencies that are investigating the tragedy.A leader of one of the investigating agencies told Sunday Tribune that only the probe body from the aviation sector was possibly finding…
Stephen Gbadamosi and James BwalaTHERE is hope in the horizon that the over 200 Chibok school girls in the captivity of terrorist group, Boko Haram, may regain their freedom soon.This is following reports that the Federal Government and the leadership of the insurgent group may have finally begun a process of negotiating the release of…
…Declare 2 days of national prayersCatholic Bishops across the country have expressed concern over the alarming spate of violence, bombings and killings of innocent citizens in the North Eastern part of Nigeria and beyond.The bishops under the aegis of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) declared in a communiqué that while Nigeria bleeds and burns,…
As Federal Govt UBE Inscription Appears on Roche Proto-type School Blocks he recent discovery by residents of Imo State that the much acclaimed 365 prototype schools being built across the state by the Owelle Rochas Okorocha government have Universal Basic Education, UBE inscription on them has raised uproar and doubt about the earlier statements of…
Some retired senior military officers have backed the death sentence passed on 12 soldiers of the Nigerian Army for committing mutiny. The officers told SUNDAY PUNCH that it was necessary for the military to maintain its age-long rules on discipline. The soldiers were court-martialled for a variety of offences, including firing shots at the General…
Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has reported the federal government to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, over the killing of his members. Thirty-five members of the group, including three of the prominent cleric’s sons, were shot dead in July by soldiers during the group’s…
I read with interest Asari Dokubo’s comments published on September 14 in the Daily Post.
I read with interest Asari Dokubo’s comments published on September 14 in the Daily Post.
By HENRY UMAHI (KINGHENRYSUN@YAHOO.COM)Owed salaries for months, tertiary institutions crumbling“All is not well in Abia State Polytechnic, Aba. If you are owing me salary arrears, I can’t say all is well.” This was how the chairman of the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Mr Precious Nwakodo, in capsule form, described…
By Our ReporterAt a time when the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as its sole presidential candidate for the 2015 elections, a top leader and one of the party’s founding fathers, Chief Abu King Shuluwa, has said any attempt by the President to run for another term…