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Judiciary, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Controversy over the perjury charge against the suspended President of the Court of Appeal (PCA) Justice Ayo Salami, deepened yesterday as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeks his prosecution over the alleged offence. The party’s demand is the fall-out of the face-off between the immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu and […]
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Ogun, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Even before its inauguration, the Truth Commission set up by the Ogun state governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun has started to generate controversies among stakeholders with many describing it as a witch hunting exercise by the state government. But the state government insisted that the commission was aimed at ensuring peaceful co-existence of all the people […]
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Osun, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Establishment of a security trust fund and holding of a maiden edition of the Osun State Carnival are parts of the resolutions of the last state executive council meeting. It also reaffirmed the state’s commitment to the joint ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The state Commissioner for Information […]
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Elections 2011, Kaduna, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday urged the Election Petition tribunal sitting in Kaduna to dismiss the case brought against him by the governorship candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Haruna Sa’eed Kajuru. Kajuru on the other hand also urged the tribunal to uphold all his prayers and […]
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Anambra, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
No fewer than 20 persons escaped death by the whiskers when a five-storey building and a neighbouring building in Nkpor collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. The construction of the building, which was located at the No. 27 Olukwu Street towards the slope of Akuzo Nkpor, began more than 10 years ago with many signs that the […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Homicide detectives of the Rivers State Police Command have started investigation into the death of 12 persons dumped in Ola-Ikate Community in Ahoada area of the state. The lifeless bodies were found yesterday morning in a section of the community. The gory incident occurred, just as armed robbers used explosives to blow up five lock-up […]
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Niger Delta
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Less than 24 hours after Ukwa West Youth Assembly opposed the nomination of Mr. Alloysius Chijindu Nwagboso to the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), another group has countered that the plot against him will fail. Nwagboso was the former Abia representative in the dissolved NDDC Board. This time around, Ukwa West Grassroots […]
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Arewa House, Latest Politics
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) is currently meeting in Kaduna to proffer solutions to the Federal government on how to end the activitiesof Boko Haram in the country. The meeting which had in attendance prominent members of the forum, it was gathered was also unhappy with the reoccurring killings […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
THE Federal Government yesterday explained that its decision to have a low-key 51st Independence Anniversary does not have any link with the security challenges confronting the country. Minister of Information. Labaran Maku who made the clarification yesterday while addressing State House correspondents, dismissed the reports in some national dailies (not Vanguard) that the low key […]
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Headlines
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Eleven days after Nigeria protested to CAF over fixing of the Nations Cup qualifier at 2 pm, nothing has been heard from the continent’s football governing body. The heat of the sun is always harsh about 2 pm and Nigeria Football Federation felt that such time would not augur well for good football and asked […]
