Army set to clamp down on Biafra agitators
•GOCs issue warnings By Philip Nwosu, Lagos and Mariam Aleshin- loye-Agboola, Jos HARD time awaits members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and other pro-Biafran groups, as the Nigerian Army...
View ArticleKogi & Bayelsa decide: Elders warn against deployment of soldiers to rig...
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa Bayelsa Elders Council (BEC) on Sunday rose from its three hours meeting, telling the Federal Government to be cautious in the deployment of troops, especially the soldiers...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Armed robbers invade Festac again
Dare devil robbers for the second time in less than a month, invaded Festac town again shooting sporadically. Witness told Daily Sun that the shooting was ring out from 7th avenue in Festac. Details...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: 20 feared killed in fresh blast in Damaturu
An explosion has hit Jambutu bypass in the Jimeta area of Yola, the Adamawa State capital in north east Nigeria. There are reports that the explosion was set off by a suicide bomber. Unconfirmed report...
View ArticleGunmen attack Ekweremadu
• We’re not aware –Police DEPUTY Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, escaped a suspected assassination at- tempt on Tuesday morning in Abuja. In a statement by his Special Media Adviser, Uche Anichukwu,...
View ArticleSenators fight over new committees
From Fred Itua, Abuja THE raging war between the Senate Unity Forum and Like- minds Group, yesterday assumed a worrisome dimension, as two Senators engaged one another in a war of words and fisticuffs...
View ArticleFESTAC residents flee as police, soldiers engage vandals in gun duel
By Christopher Oji Pandemonium broke out yesterday at the FESTAC Town, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State as suspected oil thieves engaged Security operatives in a fierce gun battle. The...
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills 28 in Yola
By Moshood Adebayo AN explosion by a suicide bomber left 28 persons dead and several others injured late Tuesday night in Jambutu Bye-pass, Jimeta Area of Yola, Adamawa State. Daily Sun investigation...
View ArticleTraffic hell
Lagos residents suffer health challenges, lose money to gridlock We’re working hard to curtail crisis, says state govt By Tope Adeboboye Adelabu Gabriel Akande shook his head slowly and let out a...
View ArticleTelecoms: Industry quietly changing Nigeria
…As The Sun National Communications Summit propels next phase of growth By Neta Nwosu and Shina Badaru NOTHING captures the essence of how deeply telecoms services have become an integral part of our...
View ArticleArms deal: Probe committee indicts Dasuki
•Ex-NSA awarded N271.8bn fictitious contracts •Buhari orders arrest of indicted persons From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of indicted persons involved...
View ArticleBloody Tuesday in Ebonyi
…Pregnant woman, 9 others perish in auto crash From Emmanuel Uzor, Abakaliki Blood flowed yesterday as a pregnant woman, two children and seven others perished in an auto crash involving an 18-seater...
View Article$2bn Arms deal: I acted in national interest -Dasuki
By Akeeb Alarape Embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, said he acted in national interest in the award of arm procurement contracts while in office. Dasuki was indicted by the probe...
View ArticleBuhari seeks N465bn to pay fuel marketers, others
President presents supplementary budget to N’Assembly FG to borrow N1.6trn From Fred Itua and Kemi Yusuf, Abuja REPRIEVE is under way for fuel consumers as President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday...
View ArticleSlok Air vs FG: Court adjourns case to Jan 2016
…Airline insists on N35bn compensation By Uche Usim THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the case between Slok Air Nigeria Limited and Federal Ministry of Aviation, Aviation Minister...
View ArticleHID Awolowo, best first lady Nigeria never had –Atiku
Kalu, Obey, Ojudu, ex-Speaker, Bankole launch late matriarch’s biography From Segun Olatunji, Abeokuta FORMER vice president, Atiku Abubakar yesterday described the late matriarch of Awolowo family,...
View Article17 killed in Kano twin suicide bomb blasts
From Desmond Mgboh, Kano ABOUT 17 people were killed in Kano yesterday following twin bomb blasts executed by two Hijab-wearing female suicide bombers, it was learnt. About 56 others were injured...
View ArticleCourt orders DSS to produce Kanu, Radio Biafra director, November 23
Pro-Biafra groups shut down markets in Aba From Okey Sampson, Aba AS demonstrations over the continued detention of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu rages in the...
View ArticleKiller squad after Ekweremadu, Akpabio, Ogor, others, PDP alleges
From Taiwo Amodu, Abuja BARELY 24 hours after alleged assassination attempt was made on the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, national leadership of opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
View ArticleBig trouble in PDP
North-East zone plots to pull out over chairmanship post • Gulak sues party, Secondus By Iheanacho Nwosu THE struggle for the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new twist,...
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