Daily Archives: February 7, 2013
Nigeria mauls Mali…Reaches final
For the seventh time, Nigeria has qualified for the final of the African Cup of Nations. The Super Eagles did it in grand style, not just beating the hard-fighting Eagles of Mali, 4-1, but ensuring that they spelt the name ... Read More »
Merger: A new party is born
...Opposition unveils All Progressives Congress to sack PDP in 2015 •Anambra APGA kicks, as Tukur dismisses alliance Read More »
Farouk Lawan: Reps storm Kuje Prisons
Following the decision of an Abuja Federal High Court last Friday to order the remand in prison custody, of a member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, the Kuje Prison where he was taken to has become a Mecca ... Read More »
How I escaped from kidnappers’ den –Mother of Bayelsa lawmaker
Mrs Esther Akpe, the mother of the leader of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly Peter Peretorobo Akpe has narrated how she escaped from her kidnappers on Tuesday. According to a reliable family source, who was one of the first ... Read More »
I ‘ll not sign 2013 budget –Jonathan
…Faults oil benchmark, zero allocation to SEC •Lawmakers meet today over impasse Read More »
Gbonigi, Falae, others accuse Jonathan of marginalising Yoruba
Leading Yoruba leaders under the aegis of the Yoruba Unity Forum (YUF) have accused President Goodluck Jonathan of marginalising the Yoruba race in his administration Speaking with journalists in Ibadan, Oyo State yesterday, they said specifically that of the 12 ... Read More »
Attack on Emir: JTF arrests three, demolishes suspect’s building in Kano
Security operatives in Kano have arrested three suspects, as part of the ongoing efforts to rid the state of terrorists. Credible sources told Daily Sun that the suspects might have been arrested in connection with the attack on the Emir ... Read More »
Woman delivers baby girl in keke Marwa in Lagos
A woman, Mrs. Mutiat Aileru has delivered a baby girl in a tricycle in Abule-Egba area of Lagos. The woman delivered the baby at about 5p.m. The reporter was walking by the roadside near Awori bus stop when a woman ... Read More »
5 arrested over murder of Ibadan bizwoman
Residents of Alhaja Sarat Street, Off Jare Emily area in Oyo town were shocked yesterday when officers of the Oyo State Police Command arrested five persons over alleged murder of a business woman, identified simply as Kafilat, at Bodija Market ... Read More »
Kano bye-elections: Security agencies failed –INEC
A damning report released yesterday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has revealed that security agencies, who were on ground in Gaya and Garko state Assembly constituency bye-election last Saturday failed in their responsibilities to curtail the excesses of ... Read More »
