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Cross River, State News
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
THE Cross River State governor,Senator Liyel Imoke, has urged Christians to use this year’s Easter celebration to reflect soberly on the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, which delivered mankind from total condemnation unto eternal life. Senator Imoke said the reason for Christ’s death and resurrection was very significant, because it was through the finished work […]
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Kebbi, Legislature, Senate, State News
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
The re-elected senator for Kebbi Central District, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, has inaugurated a N100m youth and women employment programme. Bagudu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday, that any unemployed youth within his senatorial district would benefit from the programme irrespective of state of origin. He said the decision to […]
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Elections 2011, Governors
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
The Federal Government on Thursday said it would close all the waterways in the country during next week’s governorship election until the end of the poll on Tuesday. The government noted that its resolve to disallow movement within Nigeria’s borders during the period was to prevent foreigners from coming into the country and to ward […]
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Kaduna, Nigerian Police, State News
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
The Kaduna State Police command has arrested 500 suspects from different parts of the state for their roles in last Monday’s violence in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Aminu Lawan, told our correspondent that many of the suspects were laready being prosecuted. Lawan also said no fewer than […]
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EFCC Politics
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
Justice Abimbola Banjoko of the FCT High Court has granted leave to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to file a clean copy of the corruption charges against Sen. Nicholas Ugbane. Ubane is being charged alongside Ndudi Elumelu and Muhammed Jibo, all House of Representatives members on a 156-count charge bothering on conspiracy and […]
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Elections 2011, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
Some members of the National Youth Service Corps, who escaped from different parts of Kano State during the Monday riot and now taking refuge in Bukavu Barracks have described their experiences as horrifying. Speaking with our correspondent in Kano on Thursday, Maiva Johnson, a 25-year-old Zoology graduate of the University of Maiduguri, said though […]
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NNP Spotlight
Friday, April 22nd, 2011

As part of moves to secure plea bargaining, the former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr. Erastus Akingbola, has sought approval to refund £9m (N2.25bn at the official exchange rate of N250 to £1 as at Thursday) in part payment to the bank. Our correspondent authoritatively gathered on Wednesday that Akingbola, through […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
The Chairman, Osun State Bankers Forum, Mr. Aderemi Oyelade, has committed suicide. Oyelade, who was the Branch Manager, WEMA Bank, Igbonna, Osogbo, left a suicide note at his apartment near GOF Group of Schools in Onward area of the state capital. The bank manager, who was at work on Wednesday, was found dead in […]
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Elections 2011
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
Six days to the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections, National Youth Service Corps members are fleeing crisis-prone local government areas in some states in the north. Investigations by our correspondents on Thursday also showed that many of the corps members, especially in Katsina and Bauchi states, are taking refuge in army barracks […]
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Elections 2011, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) says he will challenge last Saturday’s presidential election in court even as he appealed to his supporters to remain calm. Gen. Buhari’s decision to go to court, however contradicts his pre-election statement declaring that he would not challenge the outcome of […]