As the country remains on the tenterhooks following the absence of ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from the country for over 70 days, indications have emerged that the National Assembly is set to amend the 1999 Constitution to include a provision for two vice presidents. Daily Sun gathered from highly reliable sources that the Senate and the House Committees on Constitution Review may have been requested to expeditiously tinker the relevant sections

The Police in Kano State have apprehended a middle-aged man, Alhaji Aliyu Bashiru of Dawakin Kudu town in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area for allegedly suffocating his 37-days-old baby to death because she was born out of wedlock. The baby, Maryam, was murdered in cold blood after the father allegedly made futile attempts to keep her with a nearby motherless babies’ home in their area. The suspect told the Daily Sun on Monday that he took

Seventy days after his hurried departure from his palatial presidential villa on an apparent medical emergency to Saudi Arabia, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, is ‘embarrassed and tired’ of the political schism in the country occasioned by his inability to function effectively as president. Based on his delicate state of health, which has allegedly continued to nosedive, he wouldn’t have wasted another second throwing in the towel and returning to the country to be president

Oldest living old boy of Kings College and social critic, Pa Adedapo Adeniran believes that Vice President Goodluck Jonathan does not require a letter from ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua to function effectively. According to the legal icon, by virtue of the Vice President’s status, he can steer the nation’s ship in the President’s absence. Also contrary to popular opinion, the octogenarian who authored the book: “Nigeria: Case for friendly Dissolution” said considering the prevailing state

Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Kayode Eso, has warned ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua to stop insulting Nigerians.
The eminent jurist also cautioned members of the National Assembly to do the proper thing as stipulated by the constitution and stop treating Nigerians as their servants. Speaking with newsmen, yesterday, at a birthday lecture organized for a foremost water engineer in Ibadan, Benjamin Omotunde Adeyemi, the retired justice

Former speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Senator Olorunibe Mamora has provided details on why it took so long for the Senate to make a resolution on President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s health condition and long absence from power. The Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution urging President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to formally notify the National Assembly of his medical vacation in accordance with the provision of section 145 of the 1999 constitution.

Terrorism suspects from Jordan, Nigeria,Syria and Yemen have been detained in Malaysia, activists said Thursday, as a report linked them to the Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab behind the botched Christmas plane bombing. Malaysia announced Wednesday it had arrested 10 people for “acts of terrorism” and said they were members of an international terror outfit tracked down in cooperation with foreign intelligence groups.

Niger State Governor, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu has taken a swipe at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its refusal to empower Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to act for the ailing President Umar Musa Yar’Adua. Aliyu who is a PDP governor and chairman of Northern Governors Forum accused the party of placing the selfish interest of the PDP over and above that of the nation. He, therefore, called on the party to support the immediate swearing in

Candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in the 2007 governorship election in Ogun State, Dipo Dina, was last night shot dead in Ota by suspected assassins. Although details of the killing were still sketchy as at press time, Dina, an avowed opponent of Gov. Gbenga Daniel and one of the arrow heads of the opposition in the state, Dina was killed around Covenant University in Ota. Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate in the 2007 general elections, Otunba Dipo Dina is dead.

I was part of an entourage penultimate Thursday which paid a special visit to the former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida to commiserate with him over the loss of his beloved wife Maryam. The visit was symbolic not just for the fact that the head of delegation stormed IBB’s (General Babangida for short) residence with a retinue of associates, friends, aides and relatives, but also for the fact that the encounter evoked a reflection on what life might look like