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Aviation, Headlines, Imo, State News
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019
Some parts of the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri, Imo capital was gutted by fire which was reported to have started by 2:00pm on Monday. The Director of the State Fire Service, Mr Japheth Okoroafor stated that the fire started as a result of electrical problems. He lamented that the fire service which reported at […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Sex and Relationship, State News
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja They call it “Abuja marriage.” It is another name for “arrangee marriage,” because it is contracted without the consent of parents or family members. Living together by male and female adults as husbands and wives without bride price has always been an issue in Abuja. It is taking a more […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha A privileged widow, Mrs. Noni Nwasike, has lifted at least 150 widows in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. She unveiled the empowerment scheme christened “Bridges from grief to grace” during the first anniversary of her late husband, Chike Okechukwu Nwasike, an engineer, at their Ugwu-Nwasike, Ikenga Ogidi compound. At […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Rose Ejembi, Makurdi No fewer than five persons were reportedly killed Tuesday night by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Mondo Village, Ukemberagya Gaambetiev Council Ward of Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. According to a community leader in the area, Chief Joseph Anawah, the Fulani herdsmen, who stormed the village at about 11pm, […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Peter Okolie Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra on Tuesday impounded 52 articulated vehicles for contravening traffic rules in the commercial city of Onitsha. The Sector Commander, Mr Ayodele Kumapayi, told newsmen in Onitsha that the operators of the vehicles violated extanct traffic rules and an earlier appeal by the command to play by […]
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Akwa Ibom, Elections, Elections 2019, Headlines, State News
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
Joe Effiong, Uyo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State has withheld the certificate of return of the member representing Essien Udim state constituency, Mr Nse Ntuen, on the grounds that his declaration as winner of March 3, 2019, state House of Assembly election was obtained under duress. Ntuen who […]
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Headlines, Judiciary, State News
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
The acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN) Justice Ibrahim Mohammed has condemned what he described as despicable dressing by some lawyers to court. Akande Festus, Director, Press and Information, Supreme Court in a statement on Thursday said the CJN made this known during a courtesy visit by members of the Abuja Branch of the Nigeria […]
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Elections, Elections 2019, Governors, Headlines, Sokoto, State News
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
Tunde Omolehin, Sokoto The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, presented certificates of return to Governor Aminu, Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State alongside his deputy and other members-elect of the state House of Assembly. However, all members-elect of the All Progressives Congress (APC) members-elect were conspicuously absent during the event held at Sultan Maccido Qur’anic […]
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Elections, Elections 2019, Governors, Headlines, Niger, State News
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
John Adams, Minna It is not yet Uhuru for the Niger State Governor-elect, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, as the main opposition party in the state, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has dragged him before elections petition tribunal over the outcome of the governorship election in the state. This is coming barely three days after the governor […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Thursday, March 28th, 2019

By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | March 28, 2019 – It is afternoon and the day is baking hot. Trudging along a dusty road beneath a spark plug sky without a cloud in sight gets old fast. There are beaches and sand off to one side and on the other a gently rising hillside covered […]