Daily Archives: October 12, 2012

Flood: 25% Nigerians displaced – Jonathan

Flood: 25% Nigerians displaced – Jonathan
October 12, 2012 10 Comments »

President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday called for urgent help from Nigerians and other well-meaning individuals for victims of the flood, lamenting that the situation has become desperate as no fewer than 25 per cent of the country’s population Read More »

Anambra communities in ruins

Anambra communities in ruins
October 12, 2012 13 Comments »

At the moment, Anam people in Anambra State have every cause to lament. Their community is still buried beneath the rampaging floodwater from the angry River Niger that has been ravaging the land with unprecedented fury Read More »

Aluu 4: I watched them kill my brother – Tekena’s sister

Aluu 4: I watched them kill my brother – Tekena’s sister
October 12, 2012 324 Comments »

A sister of one of the four University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) students brutally murdered last Friday in Umuokiri village, Aluu, Rivers State, has narrated how her younger brother and his friends were lynched Read More »

Mother, daughter drown in Anambra

Mother, daughter drown in Anambra
October 12, 2012 14 Comments »

Palpable grief enveloped Umudara village, Ihite, in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State after Mrs. Afugwobi and her daughter, Edith were drowned in the flooded community Read More »

Nigerian pilgrims’ plane denied entry into S’ Arabia

Nigerian pilgrims’ plane denied entry into S’ Arabia
October 12, 2012 27 Comments »

Kabo aircraft conveying Nigerian pilgrims had to make a forced landing in Sudan capital, Khartoum on Wednesday after being denied entry into Saudi Arabia Read More »

Girl, 13, murdered, kept in freezer

Girl, 13, murdered, kept in freezer
October 12, 2012 50 Comments »

The people of Isanlu Headquarter Yagba Local Government Area of Kogi State were thrown into confusion recently following the gruesome murder of a thirteen year old girl who was deposited into a medium size freezer after been strangulated to death Read More »

We’ll resist attempt to hijack constitution amendment – Senate

We’ll resist attempt to hijack constitution amendment – Senate
October 12, 2012 3 Comments »

Senate yesterday kick-started a further amendment of the 1999 Constitution with a declaration that it would resist any attempt to hijack the process. Besides, Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, declared before senators that Nigeria did not need state police ... Read More »

Kukah’s bombshell! I can marry if I wish

Kukah’s bombshell! I can marry if I wish
October 12, 2012 53 Comments »

Social critic and public commentator, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, is home to controversy and says those things many fear to. It is right to say he furthered Read More »

We’re dying, flood victims cry in Kogi

We’re dying, flood victims cry in Kogi
October 12, 2012 3 Comments »

Government officials and greedy individuals may have taken advantage of the flood disaster on Kogi State to enrich themselves, Daily Sun gathered Read More »

N43.2bn subsidy theft: Magistrate remands oil magnate Ifeanyi Ubah, others

N43.2bn subsidy theft: Magistrate remands oil magnate Ifeanyi Ubah, others
October 12, 2012 11 Comments »

A Lagos Magistrate Court sitting at Tinubu has remanded Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah and four other executives of his company at the state Special Fraud Unit (SFU) for 14 days over alleged ... Read More »