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Minimum wage: A’Ibom govt okays N21,000

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, State News Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Akwa Ibom State Government has announced a new minimum wage of N21,000, surpassing the N18,900 paid by the Federal Government. Governor Godswill Akpabio who announced this on Tuesday during the May Day celebration in Uyo, however, said the state decided to pay that high, not necessarily because of the strike the workers embarked on for […]

Girl, 16, raped to death

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Residents of Odume area of Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, woke up yesterday morning bewildered over the raping to death of a 16-year-old girl living in the area. The deceased whose name was not immediately known was found lying naked in a cassava farm. The girl, Daily Sun gathered, was said […]

Bomb scare in Abuja

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

A bomb scare yesterday paralysed business activities around Banex Plaza, the most popular electronics and telecommunications market in Abuja. Within minutes of rumours that a plastic bag suspected to contain a bomb was sighted at the plaza, shop owners and customers stampeded out. The adjoining Emab and Sharrif plazas were not spared. Officers of the […]

An Open Letter to Boko Haram by Northern Summit Group (Inuwar Arewa)

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

I humbly wish to communicate the views of the majority of the citizen. The entire people of Northern Nigeria are crying for mercy and pleading with you. In my position being a Muslim, I must confess that we are totally disturbed and thrown into confusion; we all wish we have answers to most of the […]

Edwin Clark versus Nigeria – By Anthony A. Kila

Posted by admin Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | May 1, 2012 – Part of the significant changes that came with the emergence of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in Nigerian national discourse are the metamorphosis of and the new role assumed by Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clarke. By the way, we must point out straight away here that […]

N11bn loan: Saraki shows up at Abuja SFU office

Posted by admin Headlines, Kwara, Nigerian Police, State News Monday, April 30th, 2012

A former governor of Kwara State, now senator representing Kwara Central senatorial district, Dr Bukola Saraki, has honoured the invitation extended to him by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police. But instead of doing so at the Lagos office of the SFU, which issued the invitation, Saraki went to its Abuja office. […]

Bomb blast in Taraba, 11 killed •1 corporal killed in Nasarawa •As Jonathan regrets killing •Yoruba group threatens revenge •Another disaster averted at BUK, as students uncover new bomb

Posted by admin General Politics, Top Stories Monday, April 30th, 2012

IT was another day of horror and gnashing of teeth in the northern part of Nigeria on Monday, as 11 people, including three suicide bombers, were killed in an early hour bomb explosion that shook the city of Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. The suicide bombers were said to have attacked the convoy of the state […]

Terror attacks: Northern CAN gives Jonathan ultimatum

Posted by admin Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, Kano, State News Monday, April 30th, 2012

HE Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN) in the North has warned that it would no longer fold its arm and watch Christians being massacred, calling on all Nigerians to rise up against terrorism. Speaking in an interview, the national publicity secretary of the body, Sunday Oibe, said they were feeling serious pains and disappointment on […]

Comedian, AY, escapes death

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, April 30th, 2012

TOP Nigerian comedian, Ayo Makun, better known as AY, was, on Sunday, involved in an car crash in Abuja. According to what Nigeriafilms.com gathered, AY was involved in the auto accident around the intersection between ThisDay Dome and NITEL, at Central Business District, Abuja. It was also learnt that he was unhurt in the car […]

Lamido to NSA: Name Boko Haram sponsors in PDP

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Governors, Jigawa, Latest Politics, State News Monday, April 30th, 2012

From: ISMAIL OMIPIDAN, Kaduna Tuesday, May 01 , 2012 Gov. Lamido Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has challenged the National Security Adviser, NSA, General Andrew Azazi, to name the sponsors of Boko Haram, within the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, since by his (NSA) own […]