The National Conference Committee on Energy has said that the country is losing about 350,000 barrels of oil per day, estimated at about $35 million, to crude oil theft and called on the Federal Government to wake up from its slumber and tackle the menace frontally.The Chairman of the committee, who is also a former…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Imo has called on Christians to embark on fasting and prayers to fight terrorism spiritually.The Chairman of CAN in Imo, Bishop Stanford Nwogu, made the call during interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Monday.“Time has come for every Christian to embark on fasting and…
SOLDIERS from the Asa Military Base of 14 Brigade, Ohafia Barracks, Abia State, Sunday arrested 486 suspected insurgents including eight girls. The arrest was made same day bombs were uncovered and defused in a church in neighbouring Imo State. The suspected insurgents were said to be going to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital in…
Hope of early reconciliation between the new Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II and siblings of his predecessor, Alhaji Ado Bayero has been dashed following the alleged refusal of the patriarch of Bayero family, Sanusi Ado Bayero, to pay a solidarity visit to the emir. Sanusi Ado Bayero, who is the Chiroman Kano, reportedly…
Igbo Leaders of Thought have asked the Imo State Police Command to immediately parade the six arrested bombers who tried to bomb churches in the state on Sunday. The Igbo leaders frowned at police shielding the suspects of such heinous crime that would have caused massive death in the south east, warning that the police…
The casualty figure in the ethno-religious crisis in Wukari and Ibi local government areas of Taraba State has risen to 44. More people were killed in retaliatory attacks –on the roads and in remote hamlets. Eye-witnesses said some of the bodies had their heads cut off. More houses were also discovered to have been torched…
Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has said that the South-East would not allow Boko Haram insurgents
Mr Alan Munday, the Head, Political, Governance and Democracy, EU Delegation to Nigeria on Monday said the EU would provide 35 million Euros to build the capacity of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agencies. Munday said this at a roundtable on Draft Sentencing Guideline for Corruption-related Offences 2014 to Judges of the Federal High Courts, organised by the UN Office…
A civil rights organisation, under the aegis of Gatekeeper Foundation, has insisted that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, must be relieved of her position in order to ensure non-interference with the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.The group also attributed the rejection of Madueke as the President of the Organisation of…
2015: Kwankwaso set for APC presidential ticketAfter the much-awaited national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the stage is now set for the party’s search for a sellable presidential standard bearer, who will square up to President Goodluck Jonathan, whose re-election bid is expected to be announced any moment.Checks by Daily Sun revealed that…