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If the threat by the Islamist fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, to Southerners living in the North to leave or risk being killed sent fear among the Igbo in that part of the country, last week’s multiple bombings in Kano that claimed no fewer than 200 lives in Nigeria’s second largest city, | Read Story


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Igbo must leave North now –Elders
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Call it fear of Boko Haram or the unknown. But the Igbo Elders Forum met yesterday at the residence of the late Igbo leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, and asked its kinsmen resident in the northern part of Nigeria to return home.
The call was occasioned by the activities of the Islamist fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, which has unleashed terror on some states in the North killing over 500 in the last few months. The latest onslaught of the dreaded sect was on Kano State last weekend in which multiple | Read more
Bob Marley inspired my dreadlocks - Ikpeba
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Victor Nosa Ikpeba, dubbed the 'Prince of Monaco' in his playing days, has taken a look back at his career and said in retrospect that he, in fact, enjoyed himself both on and off the pitch.
The striker, who first made a mark with the Scotland'89 Eaglets, told Sunday Sunsports the game of football made him the star he is today and that he does not regret his time with the Super Eagles and his various clubs he plied his trade with in Europe. “I've had great time playing football and my time at Monaco was really great. I was treated truly like a prince and indeed everyone else in the team was treated alike,” | Read Story

NEWS OF THE DAY
...S’East leaders condemn killings
South East political leaders rose from their meeting with the governors of the zone yesterday with a three-point communiqué condemning the spate of killings of Igbos in the northern parts of the country. However, Sunday Sun gathered that the meeting wasn’t exactly smooth, as the house couldn’t agree on the issues raised on the violence that has led to the displacement of Igbos | Read Story

I see revolution –Kokori
Remember Chief Frank Kokori, former General Secretary of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG)? Any day, his name rings a bell in Nigeria. He is one of those whose names are synonymous with the labour movement in Nigeria. During the reign of late dictator, Gen Sani Abacha when many Nigerians cringed at mere mention of his name, Kokori was a thorn in the flesh of the maximum ruler. | Read Story

Editorial
The fall of Ringim
Following the serious worries expressed by Nigerians over the perceived inability of Hafiz Ringim as Inspector General of Police (IGP) to stem the tide of insecurity in the country, | Read Story
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SUBSIDY ROW: The facts and the farce
From the ongoing investigations, by the National Assembly, and the scrutiny by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, even the blind can see that many things have gone terribly | Read Story
Explore
A dollar bill was pasted on my nipple as a model–Blessing Egbe
Filmmaker, producer, writer and actress, Blessing Egbe, started her career as a model. She was among Nigerian models making waves in South Africa and junketing the globe.
| Read Story

Showbiz
Omotola’s widow’s mite
Not everyone feels the pain and sorrow of widows but those with a large heart do. Sultry actress, Omotola, whose mother was a widow before passing away 10 years ago, knows what widows experience. | Read Story

Sports

We've done enough to stop Nigerian football crisis - NSC
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has declared that it has done more than enough to bring the lingering crisis rocking Nigerian football to an end, even as it noted that the officials of the embattled Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) had always scuttled its effort in that direction. | Read Story


 
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That President Goodluck Jonathan has relieved Hafiz Ringim of his seat as the nation’s 15th Inspector General of Police is no more news. Ringim took over from Ogbonna Onovo on September 8, 2010 and was due to retire from the force after completing his 35 years mandatory period of service on March 1, 2012. | Read Story
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