Daily Archives: November 24, 2012
Nigeria offers huge reward for information on Boko Haram leaders
The rewards ranged from N50 million ($317,000, 245,000 euros) for the suspected leader of the group, Abubakar Shekau, to N10 million for various Boko Haram "commanders" Read More »
Cocaine in unthinkable packages
Nigerians were recently stunned when some neatly packed and appetising roasted chickens, which had arrived the country from Brazil, aboard a Turkish Airline flight from Sao Paulo, were discovered to contain hard drugs Read More »
My mother danced with Mother Mary in heaven day I was made Cardinal – Onaiyekan
The Catholic community in Nigeria and across the world would today rejoice, as Pope Benedict XVI installs Archbishop John Onaiyekan as a cardinal. Ahead of his installation, the new cardinal spoke with Saturday Sun in Abuja Read More »
Fresh killings in Kano
Saturday Sun gathered that the attack came immediately after the Jumat prayers and at the peak of the market, sparking off fresh panic across the town and the surrounding villages and communities Read More »
Don’t bother rejoining PDP, PPA tells Kalu
The PPA chairman said the opposition to Kalu’s return to the PDP, spearheaded by Governor Orji, and the desire of his party to have the former governor in its fold, were a clear case of “one man’s meat being another ... Read More »
Policeman rapes woman in presence of crying baby
Saturday Sun gathered that Mrs. Maureen Anyalebechi, from Umukabi Autonomous Community, in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area, Imo State, had, on November 10, 2012, gone to Umuguma Police Station to pass the night, when she could not locate the residence ... Read More »
Nigeria Army uncovers bomb factory in Mubi
The Brigade Commander, Brigadier General John Nwoaga, who conducted journalists round the bomb factory, said the brigade discovered it when the car of one suspicious looking 24-year-old man, Mohammed Ibrahim, was intercepted Read More »
Twist in army boat contract probe
President Goodluck Jonathan recently ordered investigations into allegations of fraud levelled by one of the contractors awarded the boat contract Read More »
Ethnic nationalism: Challenges and prospects of a pan-Nigeriana (3)
Once again the anti-Pan Nigeriana often latch on to this. And once again it is patently tendentious and with some odour of intellectual fraudulence. They, as expected, failed to quote the Tafawa Balewa of 1954. I continue to hold that ... Read More »
Boko Haram: House of Reps plans special session in Maiduguri
Barring any dying-minute change of heart, the House of Representatives will soon conclude its plan to hold a special session in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, as part of the lower chamber’s effort to restore peace to the troubled state, ... Read More »
