Ngige linked to secret agreement to build Mosque in Awka in return for campaign funding
All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the November 16 gubernatorial election in Anambra State,
The Church kept Nigeria together – President Jonathan
Warri— PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan declared yesterday, in Warri, that but for the Church the country would have disintegrated, just as he assured Nigerians that by the end of April next year there would be relative steady power supply. Speaking at the flag off of this year’s Word of Life Bible Church’s Jubilee Word Festival at…
God took Abacha, Abiola away to save Nigeria — Mass murderer Gowon
A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd) in this interview with SUCCESS NWOGU says if those that took over from his government had continued with his programme, Nigeria would have been more developed than China, among other issues Is national conference/dialogue desirable now? Yes! What is wrong with Nigerians trying to talk about…
2015: Nigeria is like an eternal marriage, it will not break up – Obasanjo
Former President, Olusegun Obansanjo on Friday stated that Nigeria will remain one indivisible country. He said despite the socio-economic and security challenges being experienced in parts of the north, the country will not break up before or after the 2015 general elections. He spoke at the Global Peace Leadership Conference, 2013, in Abuja. Obasanjo said…
Bad days ahead for kidnappers 100 face death penalty in Edo
OVER one hundred suspected kidnappers face the death sentence in Edo State following the signing into law of the state kidnapping law by Governor Adams Oshiomhole. Kidnapping in the state became worrisome after hoodlums descended on the state to a level that even teachers were being kidnapped for ransom. Lagos lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, a…
36 feared killed as Fulani herdsmen strike in Benue
No fewer than 36 persons were, yesterday, feared killed while seven villages were overrun by suspected Fulani herdsmen in an outbreak of fighting between the invaders and native farmers in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. The massacre came barely two days after some assailants struck at Ikpele and Okpopolo communities in the state,…
Five B’Haram members, two soldiers die in Kano shootout
The military Joint Task Force on Saturday announced that it killed five suspected Boko Haram members during a shootout in Kano in the early hours of yesterday. Two soldiers were reportedly killed in the shootout. According to the Associated Press, fighting began after security forces stormed two houses at about 3 a.m. Spokesman for the…
Human rights commission lied against me — Chime’s wife
Wife of the Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, Clara, has faulted the report of the National Human Rights Commission
National conference will divide Nigeria -Makarfi
Alhaji Ja’afaru Makarfi is the Chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the apex Islamic body in northern Nigeria, Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI). In this interview with Saturday Sun, the octogenarian spoke on a wide range of national issues including the proposed national conference, corruption, security challenges and the 2015 general elections.Makarfi, who is also…
President Jonathan no room for military in governance anymore
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Bissau, Guinea- Bissau, warned that the global community was no longer inclined to tolerate a role in governance by the military in Africa and other parts of the world. Addressing a special session of the National Peoples’s Assembly yesterday during his visit to Guinea-Bissau, Jonathan called on the country’s armed…