Daily Archives: December 22, 2012
Police, robbers in gun duel in Onitsha
There was pandemonium yesterday in Onitsha yesterday when gunmen suspected to be armed robbers took the commercial city by storm, killing one police officer and badly injuring three other people. Saturday Sun gathered that the armed Read More »
PPA urges Jonathan to call Okorocha to order
Progressive Peoples’ Alliance (PPA), Imo State chapter, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to call Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, to order over the two-week Christmas holidays he declared for civil servants. Read More »
Mass failure in Nov/Dec 2012 WASSCE
The run of poor performance in public examinations by Nigerian students continued as only 37.97 per cent, representing 150, 615 candidates, out of 413, 266 candidates, that sat for the November/December 2012 West African Senior Read More »
SpecialReport: As the bell jingles
Three days to Christmas, the excitement is already in the air, even though not as frenzied as it used to be. One more thing though: the season appears to have lost much of its usual gaudy spectacle. But even at ... Read More »
Battle for Kaduna deputy gov’s post hots up
Barely one week after Governor Muktar Ramalan Yero was sworn in as Kaduna governor, those close to him have raised alarm of plot by “certain desperate” serving government officials to destabilise the new administration. Read More »
Travelogue: Cold lesson from Quebec
Nothing prepared journalists accredited to cover the 127th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) for the tedious and exhaustive but illuminating journey to Quebec, Canada.For starters, getting to Quebec was a unique Read More »
Eso laid to rest in Ilesa
The remains of the late retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Samuel Obakayode Eso were yesterday laid to rest at his hometown, Ilesa in Osun State amid deep sorrow by friends and relatives of the deceased. Justice ... Read More »
10 die in Bauchi road accident
Ten persons have lost their lives while eight others sustained injuries in a road accident that occurred along Bauchi-Gombe Federal Highway near Alkaleri town, headquarters of Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Read More »
Okorocha’s diversionary probe
By EMENIKE NSU Every citizen of Imo State is now familiar with Governor Rochas Okorocha’s governance by distraction. Every time his intrigues catch up with him, he reaches into his pocket and fishes out ex-Governor Ikedi Ohakim’s name! It is ... Read More »
Letters to my dog on Xmas
Your article (last Saturday) on your Rottweiler that bit your son is hilarious. More power to your elbow. Aliyu Abdulaziz. NNPC, Makurdi *** R-r-rottweiler! You are the undisputed king of tabloid journalism. You made my day with the delightful news. ... Read More »
