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Policemen, soldiers flout Lagos Traffic Law – Investigation

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, December 16th, 2012

There has been an upsurge in the number of men of the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army who break the Lagos Traffic Law, PUNCH Metro investigation has revealed. Our correspondent who monitored the situation last week observed that the uniformed personnel rode both registered and unregistered motorcycles on restricted roads. Some of the roads […]

Kaduna in grief, mourns Gov. Yakowa

Posted by admin Headlines, State News Sunday, December 16th, 2012

KADUNA State government, Saturday, officially announced the death of Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, just as the state was thrown into mourning. In a statement by the secretary to the state government, Alhaji Samaila Lawal Abdullahi, “HE DIED IN A NAVY HELICOPTER ON HIS WAY TO PORT HACOURT FROM BAYELSA STATE.” Abdullahi said: “OTHER DETAILS and […]

Enugu State governor, Sullivan Chime, feared dead

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Sunday, December 16th, 2012

DECEMBER 16, 2012 BY AGENCY REPORTER 121 COMMENTS Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, was feared dead on Saturday. Unconfirmed reports had it that Chime passed on at an Indian hospital after battling an undisclosed ailment for some months. Meanwhile, The PUNCH’s Enugu State correspondent, Ozioma Ubabukoh, was harassed by seven […]

Picture:Murtar Ramalan Yero now Kaduna governor

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Saturday, December 15th, 2012

From ISMAIL OMIPIDAN, Kaduna Last Wednesday, he was at a function organized by the Kaduna Council of the Nigeria Union Journalists, NUJ. He represented the governor on the occasion. But two speakers on the occasion said publicly that they were eagerly looking forward to the day he would become the number one citizen of the […]

Gov. Imoke not dead, says commissioner

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Saturday, December 15th, 2012

Imoke not dead, says commissioner Our Reporter December 16, 2012 1 Comment » Cross River State Commissioner for Information, Chief Akin Ricketts, has said Governor Liyel Imoke is alive. “There is no iota of truth in the rumour that Gov. Liyel Imoke is dead,” the commissioner said at a news briefing on Friday in Calabar. […]

Police Arrests Suspect Linked With Kano Lawmaker’s Death

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, Nigerian Police, State News Saturday, December 15th, 2012

Police in Kano has arrested a principal suspect and one other over the killing of Alhaji Danladi Isa Kademi, a lawmaker in Kano House of Assembly and a top-notch of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP). The Kano state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ibrahim K. Idris told Pointblanknews.com that among two suspects at Bompai, Kano […]

Security: Rivers Government Acquires $30million Helicopter

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Saturday, December 15th, 2012

Security: Rivers Government Acquires $30million Helicopter Rivers state government says it has acquired two sophisticated helicopters to combat crime in the state. The helicopters fitted with state of the art facilities were acquired at the cost of $30million. The state governor,Chibuike Amaechi made this known while declaring open the Rivers state security and Technology Innovation […]

Obi condemns govt take-over of schools

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Saturday, December 15th, 2012

By VINCENT UJUMADU GOVERNOR Peter Obi has condemned government take-over of schools in the old East Central State after the Nigerian civil war, saying the present administration in the state felt scandalized at the condition of the schools which were left in dilapidation for many years. Obi, who virtually wept at Oraukwu Grammar School, in […]

How Okonjo- Iweala’s mother’s release saved I-G’s job

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, December 15th, 2012

Posted by: Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation Posted date: December 15, 2012 In: Featured, News | comment : 38 The police leadership yesterday came close to another shake-up before the dramatic rescue of Prof. Kamene Okonjo, mother of Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, according to indications last night. President Goodluck Jonathan was said to have […]

Okonjo was kept in Kwale – Police

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, December 15th, 2012

Asaba – Police in Delta said that kidnapped Prof. Kamene Okonjo, who was freed by her abductors on Friday, was held in a suspected hideout in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area. Delta Commissioner of Police, Mr Ikechukwu Aduba, said this while briefing newsmen on the release of the 82-year-old wife of the traditional ruler […]