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Latest Politics, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, February 12th, 2011

Several people were feared to have been killed on Saturday in a stampede at an election campaign rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the oil city of Port Harcourt, witnesses said. Thousands of ruling party supporters crowded into a sports stadium to hear Jonathan speak and hundreds more gathered around the gates. There was […]
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Latest Politics
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
The Nupe people of Niger State have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to seize the opportunity of his visit to the state today to address some of their problems. The Nupe Foundation, an umbrella cultural organisation of all Nupe living in Niger, Kwara, Kogi, FCT, Nasarawa states and other parts of the world, in a […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Friday, February 11th, 2011
A peaceful protest embarked upon by students of Kwara origin turned violent on Friday as an undisclosed number of policemen were injured and properties destroyed in the mayhem, which lasted for about two hours. Sixteen suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident, which crippled commercial activities in the entire area. The protesters, under […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Friday, February 11th, 2011

Yenagoa – The Federal High Court Yenogoa has fixed for May 26 ruling in a case instituted against the federal government by six human rights lawyers for the people of the Niger Delta to control their resources. Idaye Opi and five other lawyers had in suit No: FHC/YNG/CS7/10/10 listed the Attorney-General of the Federation, the […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, February 11th, 2011
TENSION mounted in Warri South-West Local Governemnt Area of Delta State on Thursday when the Legistaive Arm suspended the chairman of the council, Mr George Ekpemupolo, a younger brother of ex-militant leader, Tompolo, and three councilors with immediate effect for supposed misappropriation of funds. Twelve members of the legislative arm who took the decision also […]
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INEC Politics, Katsina, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, February 11th, 2011
The governorship ambition of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari suffered a temporary set-back yesterday as an Abuja division of the Federal High Court, issued an interim order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from publishing his name as the standard bearer of the Congress for Progressive Change, […]
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Latest Politics, South-East
Friday, February 11th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, promised that the Federal Government would continue to provide infrastructures that would boost the economy of the South East geopolitical zone and improve the living condition of her people whom he described as the most enterprising in the country. He declared the commitment of the government to tackle the problem of […]
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Latest Politics
Friday, February 11th, 2011
HE State Security Service, SSS have secured the release yesterday of two foreign hostages, Messrs Lakota Oleksandr, a Ukrainian and Panagotis Chiotis, a Greek. They were kidnapped on January 26 this year in a vessel named , Persea, where they work as Captain and Chief Engineer respectively. Briefing on the development, the new Director SSS […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday expressed confidence that the April general elections would be hitch-free despite the current tensions and challenges in the run-up to the polls. Also, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has submitted that the general election was the country’s last chance to demonstrate to the world that it had […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
A former minister of Works, Alhaji Hassan Lawal, was yesterday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged N50 billion fraud. Lawal, who had also held sway at the labour ministry, arrested over his alleged involvement in fraud, abuse of office, and breach of government regulations and due process […]