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Investigate Daniel over Dipo Dina’s murder – Ogun ACN

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ogun, State News Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

THE Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Ogun State, has called on security agencies investigating the murder of Otunba Dipo Dina, the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the 2007 election in the state to extend their investigation to Governor Gbenga Daniel. The party in a statement by its Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr. […]

Court rejects EfCC’s Bench Warrant plea on Igbinedion

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Latest Politics Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

THE trial of the former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, commenced yesterday at the Federal High Court Benin City, with the Presiding Judge, Justice Adamu Hobom, rejecting the plea by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC, to issue a bench warrant on the former Governor and his associates over their failure to […]

PROMOTION: Justice Salami drags CJN to court

Posted by admin Headlines, Judiciary Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

JUDICIARY, the third arm of government which has enjoyed relative stability over the years and earned the confidence of the citizenry is beginning to fall apart as heads of the appellate court and the apex court have now dragged themselves before the lower court for adjudication over the issue of elevation to a higher bench. […]

JTF Command: Omoregie out, Ochoga in

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

The nation’s Defence Headquarters in Abuja, has effected a major change in the leadership of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta with the re-deployment of top officers, including Commander Charles Omoregie and other officers of the rank of colonel. Major General Charles Omoregie is to be replaced with Major General Johnson Ochoga as […]

Bauchi House of two Speakers

Posted by admin Bauchi, State News Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Alhaji Abubakar Ahmed Faggo was impeached by 20 out of 31 members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly as Speaker last Wednesday. Alhaji Haliru Abubakar Jika was sworn-in to replace him. However, Faggo has gone to court to challenge his removal, just as Jika insists, he is the new Speaker. Both men spoke with […]

US-based Nigerian turns his rural community into city

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

The natives of Umuchukwu in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State are indeed God’s own people as the name implies. The people have so much been blessed through one of their sons who lives in the United States of America, Dr Godwin Maduka, director of Las Vegas Pain Institute, USA, whose dream is […]

INEC removes Chime’s name from list

Posted by admin Enugu, State News Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Barely 12 hours after the name of Governor Sullivan Chime was published as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the April polls, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of yesterday removed his name from its list in Enugu State. INEC had on Monday published the name of Chime as […]

Daniel begged me to join Ogun gov race – Olurin

Posted by admin Ogun, State News Monday, February 7th, 2011

Former military governor of the old Oyo State and erstwhile Sole Administrator of Ekiti State, Maj.-Gen. Tunji Olurin (retd.), on Monday said he was persuaded to join the governorship race in Ogun State by Governor Gbenga Daniel. Olurin, who spoke at hisresidence in Ikoyi, Lagos, said the Ogun State governor practically begged him to […]

INEC releases more lists, Bankole, others missing

Posted by admin INEC Politics Monday, February 7th, 2011

The name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, was missing from the list of candidates for the April general elections released on Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Other notable names missing from the list are those of Governor, Gbenga Daniel and Mrs. Lola […]

We’ll stop killings if soldiers are withdrawn —Boko Haram

Posted by admin Uncategorized Monday, February 7th, 2011

The Boko Haram fundamentalist sect has said it will stop killings in parts of Borno State if soldiers are withdrawn from the streets and the group’s mosque is returned to its members. The sect’s leader, Abu Suleiman, who listed the conditions on the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation monitored in Kaduna on […]