Posted by admin
Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 16th, 2012
THE Ekiti State government has faulted the state police command for not making any arrest in the alleged murder of a 70-year-old woman, Mrs Rebecca Adewumi, in Omuo, Ekiti East Local Government Area of the state on allegations that she was a witch. A statement by the state Ministry of Women Affairs, Social Development and […]
Posted by admin
Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 16th, 2012
The Suspects THREE suspects namely: Sunday Johnson, 17; Oladipupo Kayode, 24 and Jimoh Olorunsola, are now in police net for alleged robbery and rape of a 14-year-old girl in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. They are said to be a member of a five-man gang, of which two others are at large. The […]
Posted by admin
Edo, Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Sunday, July 15th, 2012
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on his re-election saturday for another term in office. In a statement signed by Mr. Reuben Abati, Special advicer on media and publicity to the president, Jonathan also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, its personnel and the nation’s security services for ensuring that […]
Posted by admin
Edo, Governors, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, July 15th, 2012

The Governor of Edo State , Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has been re-elected to pilot the affairs of the state in the next four years. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Sunday, declared Mr Adams Oshiomhole of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as the winner of the Edo governorship election, held on Saturday. The Returning Officer, […]
Posted by admin
Articles, Columnists, Ikechukwu Enyiagu, NNP Columnists
Sunday, July 15th, 2012

By Ikechukwu Enyiagu | NNP | July 15, 2012 – What humbling yet glorifying experience it is to be called and chosen in the ministry of reconciliation! What great honor the Lord has bestowed on simple man, making him special; and on the least to be counted, making him a light to the nations! The […]
Posted by admin
Edo, Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Saturday, July 14th, 2012

Airhiavbere, Oghiadomhe, Ogbemudia lose units By Simon Ebegbulem Amid initial hitches, enthusiastic voters yesterday trooped out to cast their votes in the Edo State governorship election. Early results from some polling units in Edo Central and Edo South Senatorial Districts appeared to favour Oshomhole of the ACN. For instance, the candidate reportedly won in seven […]
Posted by admin
Headlines, Plateau, State News
Saturday, July 14th, 2012
By KINGSLEY OMONOBI A commercial aircraft, en route Lagos from Jos, rammed its wings into an airforce C-130 aircraft on the tarmac of Jos airport as it was about to take off, yesterday. The C-130 aircraft was in Jos to airlift students of the Airforce Military School and Airforce Girls Military School both in the […]
Posted by admin
Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Saturday, July 14th, 2012
THE National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, has, within only a few days on the job, demonstrated a commendable concern for tackling the Boko Haram terrorist onslaught. His first act has been visits to the states laid low by terror, quite unlike President Goodluck Jonathan who has restricted himself to uninspiring sound bites in the face […]
Posted by admin
Bayelsa, First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, State News
Saturday, July 14th, 2012
The Bayelsa State Government has stated that the appointment of the wife of the President, Dame Patience Jonathan, is in accordance with ongoing general reforms in the state’s public service. According to the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Seriake Dickson on Media and Public Affairs, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the state government believes that the services […]
Posted by admin
Bayelsa, First Ladies, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Friday, July 13th, 2012

By New Nigerian Politics Staff Reporter Information reaching New Nigerian Politics from Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, has confirmed that the former First Lady of that state and current First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan, had been employed in the State civil service since her husband assumed the deputy governorship in 1999 and […]