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Niger Delta
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
WARRI- Former chairman of Traditional Rulers of Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON, HRM, Pere Charles Ayemi-Botu, Niger-Delta Survival Synergy, NDSS, and Ijaw Progressive Agenda for Change have asked the Federal Government to direct security agencies to immediately bring to book all those involved in fraud in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Pere […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
WARRI— TWO sisters were allegedly kidnapped in Warri, Delta State, weekend. They were, however, rescued by a police patrol team. Meanwhile, a 28-year-old man has been arrested with a human skull in the Town area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State by the Police. State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ben Uguegbulam, who confirmed the arrest, […]
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Cross River, State News
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Calabar—Against the backdrop of threat by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram to bomb some parts of the country, local government chairmen in border communities in Cross River State, have deployed security agencies in the various entry points to monitor movement of visitors. Chairman of Boki Local Government, Mr. Jonas Obi-Otu, at the grand finale 2011 […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Mamman Nur, the wanted mastermind of the United Nations’ House bombing in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, last August, is said to be behind the killing of Mallam Babakura Fugu. Nur, who was declared wanted by the Directorate of State Service, DSS, is said to harbour another faction of the dreaded Ahlan Sunnah Lid […]
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Latest Politics
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Influx of religious extremists from the Marghreb into Northern Nigeria and consequent expansion of religious fundamentalism may not abate for sometime to come, unless a concerted attention is paid to the nation’s poorly-policed borders with Niger, Chad and Cameroon, investigations by Sunday Tribune has revealed. Checks at the nation’s Northern borders revealed an extensive level of […]
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Armed Forces, Latest Politics
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
THE city of Kaduna came under heavy security checks yesterday at the Passing Out Parade (POP) of 196 cadets of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). Both invited and uninvited guests were subjected to thorough screening. The graduating cadets were drawn from the Army, Navy and Air Force. The security presence was obviously spurred by the […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Strong indications have emerged that President Goodluck Jonathan may have acted on the request of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to retire the suspended President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Ayo Isa Salami, for misconduct, by sending the request to the Senate as required by the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The council had, on August […]
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Katsina, State News
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Katsina State governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema has reacted to the indefinite strike action embarked upon by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the implementation of the new national minimum wage in the state. Addressing the people of the state in a live broadcast shortly after the state executive council meeting, Governor Shema said […]
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Kogi, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
AS Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set for the conduct of governorship primary election on Thursday, no fewer than seven aspirants have picked the party’s nomination form. The aspirants are Alhaji Isah Jubrin Echocho, Alhaji AbdulRasaq Isah Kutepa, the current deputy governor of the state, Mr. Phillips Salawu and AVM Saliu Atawode. Others are […]
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Kwara, State News
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has stated that the objective behind the State Bridge Empowermment Scheme (KWABES) is to provide permanent and pensionable employment opportunities to 80 per cent of the 28,000 unemployed registered youths in the scheme in his first 365 days. Speaking at the official launching of KWABES and presentation of employment letters to […]