BREAKING NEWS .... CHIEF EMEKA ANYAOKU TO REPLACE OJO MADUEKWE AS FOREIGN MINISTER
Multiple Sources from the office of the Acting President , Goodluck Joanthan , are telling the PRESS in Abuja this evening that a reshuffling of the cabinet is eminent and that some ministers " just have to go .." . The most prominent replacement , these sources say , is in the Foreign Ministry where the Acting President is Changing gear with the appointment of the former Secretary of the Commonwealth , Chief Emeka Anyaoku , as the newest Nigerian Foreign Minister . These sources also say that most of these ministers " may decide " to resign ahead of the shuffle...

8.8-magnitude earthquake hits central Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile – A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, killing at least 78 people, collapsing buildings and setting off a tsunami.
A huge wave reached a populated area in the Robinson Crusoe Islands, 410 miles (660 kilomet...

Nine councillors in court over cultism
After spending 25 days in detention in Calabar, nine of the ten councilors at Ogoja Local Government Council yesterday appeared in court charged with cultism and kidnapping. Some legislators at Calabar South local council are also facing trial over a...

Airline denies indebtedness to expatriate
Afrijet Airlines, one of the most recent domestic carriers in the country with temporarily suspended operations, has refuted allegations of indebtedness to Dragica Milanovic-Lekovic, an expatriate.

This is coming after reports by the media and pet...

Where is Yar’Adua?
'If he is dead, we will pray for him
If he is alive, we will also pray for him’

In Katsina, the home state of President Umar Musa Yar’Adua, his wife, Turai, is no doubt losing the goodwill of Yar’Adua’s kith and kin.
The “uncooperative attitude...

How Fela’s music inspired me –Baoku Moses
Although Baoku Moses is a United States- based Nigerian musician who hails from Ilesha, Osun State, he is also quick to tell people about his singing career and his stay in Cincinnati, Ohio.

As the first child in a family of two, he was born to t...

How North plans to retain presidency
Even before his ascendancy as Acting President on February 9, 2010, speculations and concerns have been raised on the titular nature of Goodluck Jonathan’s powers. Doubts were expressed across varied spectrums of opinion on how the nation would conte...

Cultism: A new phase of crime in Ekiti
Ekiti State recently became the centre of crime discourse when a first-class monarch, the Attah of Aiyede-Ekiti, Oba Joseph Adeleye Orisagbemi and the Acting Provost of College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Dr. Gabriel Olowoyo, were kidnapped with sever...

Come for free HIV/AIDS treatment –Prophet who claims cure, invites patients
About two years ago, Prophet Samuel Ogungbade lost his younger brother to the cold hands of death. He saw his life crumbling, thinking he had finally reached the end of his life. He was devastated that for days, he could neither eat nor drink water. ...

Senators angry with Yar’Adua over reference to Jonathan as Vice President
The reference to Dr Goodluck Jonathan as Vice President by returnee President Umaru Yar’Adua has aroused anger in senators.

Their anger was heightened by the refusal of the President to officially write the National Assembly on his return from the...

Yar’Adua’s return a grand deceit – Akande
National Chairman of the Action Congress (AC), Chief Bisi Akande, has dismissed Wednesday’s reported return of President Umaru Yar’Adua to the country as a grand design to deceive Nigerians, and warned that the attitude of impunity and lawlessness of...

‘Why US is worried over Yar’Adua’s return’
The United States has explained reason it is deeply worried over the sudden return of President Umaru Yar’Adua to the country.

Washington observed that President Yar’Adua returned to the country just after stability was returning following the Nat...

I never intended to take brief from Turai –Jonathan
The Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, has corrected the impression that he was to see the president’s wife, Hajia Turai for briefing.

Jonathan made the clarification in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant, (SSA) Media and Publici...

Oya: Tale of love ruined by war
The recent performance of Lekan Balogun’s Oya by the Department of Theatre Arts and Music, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo sounded a warning to warmongers that they may end up losing their invaluable possessions.

Produced by 200 level students...

At last, Yar’Adua recognises Jonathan as Acting President
After referring to him as “Vice-President” on Wednesday, President Umaru Yar’Adua on Thursday recognised Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as the country’s Acting President and Commander-in-Chief.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, ...

HIV: Nigeria records 1,000 new infections daily —UNAIDS
The United Nations AIDS programme has said that Nigeria records at least 1,000 new HIV infections every day.

A United States-based Nigerian news agency, Empowered Newswire, in a report on Thursday, said that UNAIDS declared that three million peop...

President can’t rule by proxy —SNG
The Save Nigeria Group on Thursday urged Nigerians not to accept the plan of President Umaru Yar’Adua to rule by proxy.

The group, at a news conference in Abuja, also warned the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Abdulraham Danbazzau not to engage in tr...

Army Arrests Fake Major In Port Harcourt
The Nigerian Army has arrested a 37-year old man for allegedly posing as a major in the army.

The Public Relations Officer of the 2 Amphibious Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Maj. Aminu Iliyasu, said in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that the suspect wa...

I Agreed To Kill Hotelier For N15m; Suspected Hired Killer Confesses To Police
A 37-year old man has allegedly confessed to police detectives attached to the state C.I.D., Panti, Yaba, Lagos, on how he planned to kill a Lagos-based hotelier, Chief Leonard Okafor, who owns New Generation Hotels and who was described as a rituali...

New Bone Drug May Prevent Fractures
A new drug to fight osteoporosis, the bone condition associated with aging and debilitating fractures, reduces the risk of fractures and the risk of some breast cancers, heart disease and stroke, according to a new study.

But, like other anti-oste...

Doctors block access to Yar’Adua – Envoy
RIYADH—NIGERIA’S Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Abdullah Aminchi said, yesterday, that it was doctors attending to ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua who had denied Nigerians access to their President in his Jeddah hospital and not Saudi authorities...

Yar’Adua: Our mission to Saudi is to thank the King – Minister
Indications emerged on Monday that the six-man delegation raised by the Federal Executive Council to visit ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua in Saudi Arabia might only be on an appreciation visit and may not necessarily see the President.

Minister o...

EFCC arrests ex-governor over N15bn contract scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arrested the immediate past governor of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu.

He was arrested in Abuja by operatives of the commission at about 10am.

Adamu, who is the Secretary of the Bo...

Yar’Adua’s pilot stranded
Following the National Assembly resolution empowering Dr Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President, the cabal sympathetic to ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua has intensified moves to ensure the status quo is maintained.

Sunday Sun gathered that as part...

Why they call me Eji Owuro
Popular singer, Sola Allyson-Obaniyi a.k.a Eji Owuro, is now a household name, particularly among lovers of indigenous Yoruba music. The young, talented musician also launched herself into full-blown musical career and fame with the same track entitl...

Watch the movie "Another Games of Men"
Austing wanted to marry Chioma, but everyone in Autin's family see CHioma as somone after his money and not love. Austin is in love with CHioma but at cross roads. How far will he go to find out if Chioma is really in Love with him?

B-i-z-a-r-r-e!! Church where people strip naked
WHEN in 2006, the story of the sacrilegious activities of one Emeka Ezeugo alias ‘Reverend King’ of the Christ Praying Assembly (CPA) located somewhere on Ajao estate, Lagos hit the town, it sounded more fictional than factual until those who actuall...

Yar'Adua returns from lesser hajj
PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday evening returned to Abuja after a 10-day trip for medical check-up and the lesser hajj.

The President's official aircraft, NAF 001, taxied to a stop at the presidential wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International A...