SUN NEWSPAPER

• newGOC laments the killing of women and children in Taraba

  

  condemns traditional, community leaders role in Mambilla crisis   Brig.-Gen. Benjamin Ahanotu,, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Jos, has condemned the role of traditional rulers and community leaders in t…
  - 3 hours ago 24 Jun 17, 7:07pm -
• newWindstorm destroys houses in Ringim

  

  Windstorm has destroyed 91 houses in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa, an official of the Council said. Information Officer of in charge of the Local Government Area, Alhaji Mustafa Nababi said, on Saturday, in Dutse, that the windstorm happene…
  - 9 hours ago 24 Jun 17, 1:30pm -
• newVarsity dismisses lecturer for altering results

  

  The Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, said it had dismissed a lecturer (names withheld), for altering students’ results. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru said, in Sokoto, on Saturday, but declined to mention the affected lecturer’s fu…
  - 9 hours ago 24 Jun 17, 1:26pm -
• newSustain your good acts after Ramadan, Etsu Nupe urges Muslims

  

  The Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, has urged Muslims to sustain their good acts and behaviour beyond the one-month period of the Ramadan fast. He made the call while addressing his subjects who visited him in his Wadata Palace on Saturday in Bida…
  - 9 hours ago 24 Jun 17, 1:22pm -
• newBishop advises Nigerians to live as one family

  

  The Catholic Bishop of Minna Diocese, Most Rev. Martin Uzoukwu, has emphasised the need for Nigerians to live as family and desist from inflammatory statements that could jeopardise the nation’s unity. He said this in an interview with the News Age…
  - 9 hours ago 24 Jun 17, 1:19pm -
• newOkrika monarch promises to promote peace, entrepreneurship by subjects

  

  The Amanyanabo of  Okrika in Rivers State, HRM King Tamuno-Omisiki Ogube has promised to promote peace and entrepreneurship among the youth and women in his domain. Ogube, who was installed on June17, made the promise in Port  Harcourt on Saturday.…
  - 9 hours ago 24 Jun 17, 1:17pm -
• newCVR: INEC to create additional centres in Lagos

  

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says efforts are being made to create additional centres for Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) in 13 local government areas of the state. Administrative Secretary of the commissio…
  - 9 hours ago 24 Jun 17, 1:12pm -
• newEdo to create ministry of mining

  

  Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says a ministry of mining would be established to fast track the development of mining activities in the state. Obaseki announced this in his remarks at the close of a two-day workshop on solid mineral development organised…
  - 16 hours ago 24 Jun 17, 6:20am -
• newTrump signs bill to help veterans

  

  U.S. President, Donald Trump, on Friday signed a bill to improve services for military veterans following a scandal that plagued the government agency responsible for providing health care. Surrounded by veterans and other supporters of the legislati…
  - 16 hours ago 24 Jun 17, 6:17am -
• newMechanic jailed 3 and half years for theft, escape from lawful custody

  

  A Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, on Friday sentenced a 21-year-old mechanic, James Joseph, to three and a half years imprisonment for theft and escaping from lawful custody. The presiding Judge, Mr Yahaya Mohammed, handed down the sent…
  - 16 hours ago 24 Jun 17, 6:15am -