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President Goodluck Jonathan in Minna yesterday described the five governors who defected from the ruling party to the All Progressives Congress as ingrates. He said the defected governors left the PDP on self-exile, even as Niger State Governor, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu pleaded that the party should leave its door widely open for the governors whom, he said, would soon return to the PDP after seeing the light. Addressing party loyalists at the North-central zonal solidarity rally held at the Trade Fair Complex in Minna, Jonathan wondered how people who had benefited immensely from the PDP as governors and ministers since the inception of the party in 1999 would now turn round to jettison it and call it names. He told his cheering audience that performance, not media propaganda wins elections, urging the people not to be deceived by the propaganda of the opposition party. Jonathan urged the people to see the opposition APC as chameleon that cannot be trusted. Speaker after s...

Ex-Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Ms Ama Pepple, has explained why President Goodluck Jonathan removed her as minister in September, 2013. The former Head of Service of the Federation, was removed at the time eight other ministers nominated by governors and others opposed to President Jonathan were removed from office. Pepple told Sunday Sun exclusively in Abuja that she believed it was the same reason that led to her exit from Jonathan’s cabinet. She wondered what other reason could be adduced for her removal, having been efficient, effective and hardworking. The former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil Service Commission, Ministries of Transport, Information and National Orientation, Petroleum Resources, Commerce, Agriculture and Rural Development and Finance, said: “I believe that is what happened. I know.” According to Pepple, “That must be the reason. Ok, as a minster, how do you think I performed? You are a Nigerian, assessing me. Did I do...

How we escaped bullets during Boko Haram night attack on Catholic seminary school From TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri Their accounts can move even the stone-hearted to tears. The 300 students and teachers of Maiduguri Diocese of St Joseph Catholic Minor Seminary School have seen death with the horrendous bombing and shooting in their school recently by Boko Haram insurgents, but they are alive to tell the story. Two guards in the school were not so lucky. They were killed by the mindless attackers. Face to face with the rampaging Boko Haram who invaded their school at Shuwa, Michika Local Government of Adamawa State in the night while studying in their preparatory classes, the students were compelled to jump the perimeter fence of the school and escaped into the nearby bushes. But their escape turned out to be an excruciating experience. “We were like walking in the shadow of death,” one of the students, Charles Aji told   Sunday Sun . “It was just few days after Boko Har...

Nigerian security forces have arrested is ‘a lead specialist in butchering human beings’ who uses daggers and cutlasses for his dastardly work, Defence Headquarters spokesman Chris Olukolade said on Friday. In a statement, Major General Olukolade also announced that the forces, part of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), on Thursday repelled a dusk attack by terrorists who were trying to overrun markets in communities in the outskirts of Monguno and NNPC at New Marte, Borno State along the Chadian border. Over 50 assorted brands of grenades and 11 AK 47 rifles were recovered from the fleeing terrorists, he added, and cordon and search operations are ongoing along with heightened patrols. He said the interrogation of captured terrorists from various locations has been yielding useful information as to their mode of operations. “More assaults and encounters are continuing in other identified locations as intelligence sources confirm the routes being used by the fleein...

In an exclusive and wide ranging interview with Sahara TV, General Muhammadu Buhari said that he is a man with no fear, and that he was confident in Nigeria’s future. His comments on the current state of affairs covered politics, recent disclosures of the alleged wide -ranging theft by Sani Abacha, a former head of state, the upcoming National conference, and whether he is considering yet another run for office in 2015. But perhaps the most surprising comments during the wide topic Skype interview with Sahara TV, were the former General’s comments, and his posture of walking in confidence. This comes in spite of being a major target of Nigeria’s most vicious terrorist group, Boko Haram. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, said that he has no fear of Boko Haram. “I am not bothered by them (targeting me,”) said the general who describes himself as a proud Muslim. The resident of Nigeria’s northwestern region said that the “government has given me adequate protection,” even amid recent strikes ...

A Malaysian Boeing 777 airliner carrying 239 people has lost contact with traffic controllers raising fears that the aircraft might have plunged into the pacific ocean. The aircraft with 227 passenger and 12 crew members left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing 12: 11 am on Friday and had been expected to arrive China at 6:30 am. However, air traffic controllers said they lost contact with the airliner  around  2 : 40 am some 2 hours into the flight.

NAN -  The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed 1,910 corps members to Gombe and Borno States for the 2014 batch ‘A’ Orientation Course to be hosted in Gombe state. This is contained in a press statement signed by Miss Margaret Dakama, Head, Public Relations Unit of NYSC in Gombe on Friday. The statement said 1,090 corps members were for Gombe state while 820 were for Borno. The statement said that Gombe State was once again hosting corps members deployed to Borno for the three weeks orientation at  Malam-Sidi Orientation Camp. According to the statement, the orientation will commence on March 11 and end on April 1. It also asked for the support and cooperation of the people of Gombe state in directing participants to the venue of the orientation. The statement stated that Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe would be the special guest of honour at the opening ceremony. It will be recalled that Gombe state hosted the orientation course of the Bor...