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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has engaged the civil servants in Bayelsa State in the current war his administration is waging against corruption. This is just as he said the Senior Secondary Board, the Environmental Sanitation Authority, the Health services and the Local Government areas are places his administration would probe in its bid to smash the […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Atleast 10 persons have been killed and more that 20 houses destroyed as gun men invaded six Berom villages in Riyom Local Government of Plateau State between Monday night and yesterday morning. Residents of the affected villages which include Gwarim, Tahoss, Bangai, Sopp, Angwa Werem and Danjol have fled the areas and are taking refuge […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
The nation seems to be at a very bad point now that prominent citizens and elders who had been quiet about the scary security situation are now talking. It was a harvest of lamentations and condemnations for the bad turn things have taken in the country especially in security. The venue of the discourse is […]
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Governors, House, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories, Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

If the push by lawmakers sails through in a fresh amendment of the 1999 Constitution, the President, his deputy, all governors and their deputies may lose immunity from prima-facie criminal cases. Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution presently confers immunity on the President and governors. The extant section 308 (a) states: “No civil or criminal […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Nigeria’s Sunshine Stars and Al Ahly of Egypt are trapped in Bamako, following renewed fighting between armed factional rivals in Mali. On Sunday, Sunshine played a 1-1 draw with host, Djoliba, in a CAF Champions League Round of 16 clash. Ahly lost by a lone goal to another Malian team, Stade Malien, in the same […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Sunny Chris Okenwa
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

The Nigerian press, from all indications, is very vigorous and world-class. We cannot forget the historic roles played by certain great Nigerians, living and dead, in positioning and re-positioning the Nigerian media — making it one of the most vibrant in the African continent. Great men like the late Dele Giwa (who was bombed to […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kwara State chapter, has faulted the allegation by the Action Congress of Nigeria ( ACN) accusing the state government of sponsoring the peoples solidarity with Senator Bukola Saraki on his invitation by the police in Lagos State. The party, in a statement signed by its Director of Publicity, Alhaji Mas’ud […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
The Islamist sect, Boko Haram yesterday threatened fresh attacks on the media in Nigeria, including foreign agencies, and journalists in an 18-minute video posted on YouTube. The video also showed how a suicide bomber drove into ThisDay Newspaper office in Abuja and blew himself up, an attack, which claimed at least three lives last week. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]