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 $480m AFC Probe: Pressure mounts on panel to nail Soludo
The committee set up by the Federal Government to investigate how Nigeria invested $480 million in the African Finance Corporation (AFC) appears to be embroiled in crisis, following the allegation of a predetermined attempt within the panel to rubbish the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Professor Chukuma Soludo. |
 I am an American wrongly deported to Nigeria – Man
He lives in a shack beside the American embassy at Walter Carrinton Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos. Each morning, he wakes up and heads straight to the citizen’s stand at the embassy in his only dress – an American jail suit. |
 Power probe: Obasanjo squandered $13.5bn –Speaker
Ahead of the release of the probe panel’s report on the power sector, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, has given an insight into the report, saying that instead of $16 billion as stated earlier, former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration squandered $13.5 billion. |
20 Nigerian banks among top 1,000 in the world – Ibru
The Banking sector consolidation and financial discipline has placed 20 Nigerian banks among the top 1,000 banks in the world, according to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Oceanic Bank Plc, Mrs. Cecelia Ibru. |
Teachers begin indefinite strike
Primary and secondary school teachers across the country will today commence an indefinite strike action to press for the implementation of the Teachers Salary Structure (TSS) which has for sometime set off a battle between the teachers and the Federal Government. |
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Girl, 11 Raped By Uncle
An 11-year old Romanian girl will be brought to Britain for an abortion after she was raped by her teenage uncle. Florina Vranceanu is 20 weeks pregnant but the law in Romania allows terminations only up to 14 weeks. |
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$1.7m fraud: ICPC quizzes Anambra govt officials
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has quizzed some officials of Anambra State government, including the Head of Service (HOS), Mrs. Ngozi Melifonwu over their roles in the alleged misappropriation of about $1.7 million. |
Agagu runs primordial govt– Olaiya Oni
Counsels to the Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Agagu and Olusegun Mimiko, his major challenger at the Election Petition Tribunal, hearing a petition filed by the latter contesting the verdict of the last governorship polls in the state concluded their briefing before the panel a fortnight ago. |
Shareholders endorse Sterling Bank’s N75bn offer
Shareholders of Sterling Bank Plc on Wednesday gave the bank the go-ahead to raise N75 billion from the investing public through a hybrid offer. Majority of the shareholders who spoke at the bank’s 46th Annual General Meeting in Lagos were of the view that the bank should beef up its capital base so as to meet the present challenges in the industry. |
Agony as woman laments killing of husband, son by vigilance group
It was deep agony for Mrs Salomi Omomoh, a mother of six, as she laments the brutal killing of her first son, who she described as her only hope. Tears flow freely from the eyes of Mrs Omomoh and these tears seem unending as her husband, Mr Christopher Omomoh, had also been killed by the alleged killers of her son. The news of her husband’s death was yet to be broken to her at press time. |
We’ll smoke out militants -Bayelsa Volunteers
This is not the best of times for security agents in the Niger Delta, as militants and criminals masquerading as freedom fighters are on rampage in an attempt to bring the Federal Government and oil companies to their knees. |
NIGER DELTA CRISIS: No end in sight
A traditional ruler in Bayelsa State, Emmanuel. Bankole Kimia says the Federal Government has misfired by drafting the military to the riverine communities of the Niger-Delta, saying the area should be demilitarized immediately for a sustainable peace to reign in the battered region. |
Wasted efforts...Those who fought for June 12 never benefited –Olanipekun
With the memory of what has been dubbed as watershed in Nigeria’s political narrative now the exclusive of Lagos enclave, Lagos lawyer and former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) has identified the vanishing relevance of June 12 to the exclusion of those he said genuinely fought for its survival in the post-Abdulsalami era. |
Niger Delta: The factors of war
The war drums sound louder in the Niger Delta today. It seems the forces that escalate the carnage of the area are on rampage this time. Quite unlike before when the words of the warlords used to be muffled and disguised, there is some abrasion and vehemence now. What we hear these days are calls for bombardment and more of them. |
Don’t waste your soldiers
As the battle line is drawn between the Federal Government and the militants, following the deployment during the week of more soldiers and two naval warship, tough-talking leaders of the fighters, have condemned President Umaru Yar’Adua’s action, describing it as callous, wicked and an attempt to wipe out the Ijaw nation from the face of the earth. |
Pity, spinsters blow their chances early in life – Doc
In apparent response to the claim by aging spinsters littering Nigerian cities, a medical practitioner, Dr. Obike Jonathan of Healthfirst Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, blames it partly on the women. He told Sunday Sun that most women squander their early years either in pursuit of career or fun. |
What’s on a man’s mind when looking to get married?
Musa considers himself a late starter in his search for a spouse. He was in his late thirties when the idea of ever getting married crossed his mind. By then, he had finished university, was gainfully employed and lived in a good apartment somewhere in a choice part of Lagos. |
Wives material are scarce, says Pastor Ayanwale
In his own submission, the Associate Pastor of Triumphant Christian Centre, Oregun, Lagos, Akinade Ayanwale, said, “Since it is the men that propose marriage in our society, most men are not even thinking of marriage now for financial reasons. |
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NDLEA alerts on new drug users tricks
The National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has alerted the public on a new but desperate trend among users of hard drugs in Kano State, which involved the act of inhaling the dirty stench from gutters and pit toilets in a bid to get intoxicated at all costs. |
Endless trial! Still in Kirikiri, 13 years after arrest over Pa Rewane’s death
They all have one common denominator surrounding their death – controversy. Apart from Chief MKO Abiola, winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, who died in the military gulag while valiantly fighting to claim his mandate, his wife, Kudirat, elder statesman, Alfred Ogbeyiwa Rewane, Toyin Onagoruwa and a journalist, Bagauda Kaltho of The News magazine, were all cut down by assassins allegedly working also for the military junta. |
Police quiz Adamawa lawmakers over theft
Four members of the Adamawa State House of Assembly are allegedly under investigation over the purchase of stolen equipment worth billions of naira belonging to GSM operators in the state. |
We need husbands, but men not forthcoming’
“In that day, seven women will take hold one man and say, ‘we will eat our own food and provide our own clothes; only let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace.’” |
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AC faults Yar’Adua on Nyako’s impeachment saga
The Action Congress (AC) has criticised President Umaru Yar’Adua over his intention in the alleged impeachable offences committed by Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, describing the move as a clear negation of the president’s rule of law and due process mantra and a big blow to his administration’s anti-corruption war. |
My marriage with Moji beyond repair, Gbenga Obasanjo tells court 
