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Former Taraba state governor, Mr. Dambaba Suntai, who survived an air crash at the Yola Airport in 2012, is dead. He died at home on Wednesday. He is reported to have brain injuries arising from the plane accident Mr. Emmanuel Bello, a former Commissioner for Information in the state, broke the news of the death. […]

Young people have been acknowledged as the most special breed among the citizens of Nigeria on account of the range of privileges they enjoy, which their forebears never had. The recognition was made by Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari at a dinner organized for young people to mark the end of the […]

Not a few tongues have wagged since some radical Northern youth groups issued ultimatum to Igbo to leave the north in three months. Not a few ‘patriots’ have risen to condemn that reckless demand and describe it for what it is; a thoughtless demand by ill-advised youths meant to cause further disaffection amongst the fractious […]

Following the unfolding impasse between the minister of works, power and housing Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) and the National Assembly over its unilateral insertions and deductions from the 2017 budget that was submitted and defended before the house committee on the budget by his ministry, one thinks its high time, the issues are placed […]

The Nigeria Police has denied claims by Boko Haram that it abducted some female officers. Police Public Relations Officer, Moshood Jimoh denied the claim during an in interview with Daily Sun. Jimoh said that facts and intelligence available to the police showed that aside from the two police personnel who lost their lives during an […]

Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerians that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would address all grievances in the country. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the Acting President stated this during his interactions with leaders from the North, Southeast and the […]

The Government of Spain deported 23 Nigerians for committing various offences in the country. They were deported on Tuesday, barely five days after 34 Nigerians were sent home from six European countries for committing immigration-related offences. It was reported that recently that 34 Nigerians were jointly deported by six European countries on 22nd June for […]

Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto says the secessionist agitations currently in Nigeria and its associated responses are signs  of rot in the Nigerian system. The Sultan made the observation in Sokoto on Tuesday while receiving Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike who paid him a Sallah homage. The Sultan noted that in the past, […]

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, yesterday, 26 June 2017, feted with troops of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), who are directly involved in the ongoing counterinsurgency operations in the North East. Earlier on in the day, the CAS, accompanied by other senior NAF officers, had breakfast with pilots, technicians […]

The sweet memory of my youth service year in an Igboland of Asaba, Delta State in the 90s, is what I have continued to relish whenever a discourse on tribalism, sectionalism and the likes are on the front burner in my beloved country, Nigeria. As non-indigenes, especially young Northerners, we were well-received, accommodated and accorded […]

A civil rights organisation, Campaign Against Military Impunity, has raised the alarm over alleged recruitment scandal in the Nigerian AirForce. The organisation alleged that the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, had compromised standards in the recruitment exercise for non-commissioned officers from the core North. Presently at the Airforce Base in Kaduna, there […]

“Baba just fall my hand! Ha, wetin.” “Which Baba?” “Baba Bubu, the President of all Nigeria.” “In the spirit of this season, may Almighty Allah (SAW) grant him good health and quick recovery. It is part of our duty to pray for our leaders. Only infidels pray for evil.” “My friend, the fasting season has […]