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Residents of Kaduna metropolis scampered for safety yesterday as bombs exploded at military formations and on a bridge. Boko Haram claimed responsibility, saying that Sokoto is the next target. A lone suicide bomber who forced his way into the 1 Mechanized headquarters ... | Read Story

 
 
NEWS ON THE HOUR
Ribadu bounces back, heads task force on petroleum revenue
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Former chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has been appointed the Chairman of the Petroleum Revenue Special Task Force, to enhance probity and accountability in operations of the petroleum industry.   Other members are: Mr. Steve Oronsaye - Deputy Chairman, Mallam Abba Kyari , Ms. Benedicta Molokwu , Mr. Supo Sasore, Mr. Tony Idigbe, Mr. Anthony George-Ikoli, Dr. (Mrs.) Omolara Akanji , Mr. Olisa Agbakoba and Mr. Ituah Ighodalo. Others are Mr. Bon Otti ,  Prof. Olusegun Okunnu , Mallam Samaila Zubairu , ... | Read more
No more Euro-trials for Eagles - Keshi
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Local: 02:00am GMT:01:00am

A subtle ban was yesterday placed on Super Eagles who have been shuttling Europe for trials with all manner of club sides by team boss, Stephen Keshi, who observed that the trials were disrupting the building of a strong home-based national team. Keshi, addressing the players at lunch time, said he has been frustrated by players strolling in and out of camp all in the name of trials in Europe and other parts of the world. He, therefore, asked those who have trials to make between now and 60 days time to indicate and leave camp, so that he can invite replacements for them.| Read more
 
NEWS OF THE DAY

Elder statesmen recommend modalities for SNC
At the end of the two-day dialogue by eminent leaders of thought organised by the National Summit Group (NSG), to discuss the state of the nation, a modalities on how the exercise could lead to convocation of the Sovereign National Conference (SNC), were recommended. The communiqué issued and signed by the Executive Secretary of the NSG, Tony I. Uranta resolved... | Read Story

Onitsha traders storm Biafra war veterans’ camp
A cross-section of traders in Onitsha, Anambra State, under the aegis of Millennium Merchants and Importers Association (MMIA) have pledged their unalloyed support for the Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in its ongoing struggle to actualise its much desired Biafra Republic. The Chairman of the association, Obiora Nwankwo, ... | Read Story

 
City Sun
God gives me instructions in my dreams
For millions of Nigerians, the fear of fire outbreaks is the beginning of wisdom. But very soon, those who use gas cookers in their homes, drive cars, use wooden electricity metre boards and traders in big markets in Lagos State will have no fear of an inferno again.| Read Story

Opinion

Imoke: Cruising back to Government House
In the words of Anon, Ordinary people think of spending time: Great people think of using it. Isak Dineson summed up his own words of winning this way: ëdonít count every hour in a day; make every hour in the day count.” | Read Story

Politics

Return of NADECO and the National question
From the unjust annulment of the presidential election of June 12, 1993 by former President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida to the time of the late General Sani Abacha, the most formidable anti-military and pro-democracy group that brought the military junta down ...| Read Story

Sports

Keshi rules out automatic invitation for pros
Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, has warned the foreign-based players not to expect an automatic invitation or shirt when Nigeria takes on the Amavubi Stars of Rwanda for the 2013 Nations Cup qualifier encounter later this month. | Read Story

 
SOUTH-EAST REPORT...
Gov Orji’s kinsmen cry out
The people of Umuanna Ndume Community in Ibeku, Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia state, are angry. They are accusing the present administration headed ...| Rea d Story
Obasanjo, Anyaoku, laud UNN at 41st convocation
For one week beginning from January 23, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), shone like a galaxy as it celebrated its 41st convocation. Ceremonies lined up for the convocation came to a grand and solemn end on Sunday, January 29, with an inter-denomination church service. | Rea d Story
NEWS
We did it, Sokoto is next –Sect
The Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnati Lidda’awati Wal Jihad otherwise known as Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the series of attacks in Kaduna, Kano and Maiduguri this week, including the bombing of Air force base in Kaduna, warning that more attacks were underway. | Read Story
Education, panacea to insecurity –Minister
Minister of State for Education, Mr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has said that the security challenges facing the nation will be resolved through a functional educational system. Speaking on ...| Read Story
MORE NEWS...
Lassa fever kills 7 in Taraba
An outbreak of Lassa fever has killed seven people in Mayo-renewa district of Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State. Addressing journalists in Jalingo, yesterday, the State Commissioner of Health, Mustapha Hamman Gabdo said four people died ...|Read Story
Akunyili mounts dock to testify on Anambra Central Senatorial Zone poll
Former minister of information and national orientation, Prof. Dora Akunyili yesterday mounted the dock to testify in her petition against the election of former governor of Anambra State, Senator Chris Ngige....|Read Story
Party chieftains, royal fathers, others scramble for contracts in Ogun
No fewer than 1,161 contractors, among them notable royal fathers, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Action Congress of Nigeria’s (ACN) members yesterday bid for the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.|Read Story
Kogi guber: Court to hear suit seeking to unseat Wada today
Hearing commences today in the suit seeking to unseat the newly elected Governor of Kogi State, Captain Idris Wada before an Abuja Division of a Federal High Court. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court ...| Read Story

Cop kills colleague, self, injures others in Uyo
Hell was let loose on Sunday evening when one of the mobile policemen guarding the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Uyo branch ran amok killing two persons including himself while injuring several others. | Read Story

Sam aluko 1929 - 2012
This interview with our sister publication The Saturday Sun, is the most intimate account of the thoughts and actions of Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu before, during and after the Nigerian civil war. | Read Story
Pandemonium in Sokoto
Residents of Sokoto metropolis are yet to come to terms with the unbelievable incident that occcurred in the city recently. That was when a sheep gave birth to a monstrous being at a government owned veterinary clinic in the Sokoto State capital.  | Read Story

Today's EDITORIAL
The pension fund scam
The Chairman of the Presidential Task Team on Pension Reform, Mr. Abdulrashed Maina’s recent revelation that a pension racket syndicate had been defrauding the Federal Government of about N3.3 billion monthly is mind-boggling. Also stunning...
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FREEKICK
That Saturday Sun Editorial on ASUU strike
How to move Nigeria forward

MAKET-MATTERS
Coca Cola kicks off 2012 COPA Youth Championship
Nokia Dual SIM promo ends

CHURCH
Fuel subsidy removal: Seek God’s direction, says Prophet Aniebo
 2012: Year of mysterious occurrences – D.K. Olukoya

OPINION
Resolving the Boko Haram challenge

CITY SUN
How Obey, Olaitan, others took Christ to Lagos community
Before the rains begin…
From the Kalejaiyes, a soothing balm for marriages, families


POLITICS
It’s only in Lagos we can truly say ACN is in power
Insecurity, caused by enemies of Nigeria –Otuokere Njaka
We’ll provide intelligence on Lagos –Owolabi Salis

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NEWS
The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the coast for the conduct of the governorship election in Bayelsa State fixed for Saturday, February 11, 2012 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This is coming after the court reserved its judgment on the disputed candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the governorship slot till April 20, 2012. Former governor, Chief Timipre Sylva has approached the apex court...
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NEWSPLUS
Though the civil war that ravaged Nigeria for 30 months ended 42 years ago, the fury of the bullets and bombs at the battlefront between the Nigerian and Biafran Armies is still fresh in the memory of a 68-year-old ex-Biafran soldier, Ignatius Onyegbule. The staccato of gunshots that filled the air on August 8, 1969, when bullets hit his left wrist, will probably continue to reverberate in his mind until he breathes his last.|Read Story

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