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Court freezes Imo state accounts

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Court freezes Imo state accounts News By: adekunle Tuesday, September 27, 2016 advertisement TOP HEADLINES Chronic forex shortage pushes naira to 445/dollar Court freezes Imo state accounts Bola Ahmed Tinubu and those who want him dead, by Femi Fani-Kayode Emirates Airlines rejects naira in payment for flight Buhari appoints heads of 13 agencies […]

Young woman, 25, becomes Argungu city leader in Kebbi

Posted by admin Headlines, Kebbi, State News, Top Stories Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Image copyright . Image caption Hindatu Umar assumed the position after the tenure of the local chairman expired A 25-year-old woman has taken over as the head of a local authority in the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria. Hindatu Umar is the first woman and the youngest person to hold the position in […]

Military Arrest PDP Loyalist, Raises Fears of Insecurity in Ogoniland

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Ahead of the re-run elections for the state ad national assembly seats in Ogoniland, five persons were Sunday morning arrested in Yeghe Ogoniland, including a strong loyalist of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. John Sorbarikor Gbarazia. Also arrested is the wife of John S. Gbarazia, Mrs Gloria Gbarazia. John Gbarazia is a member of the […]

Governor Ambode & the Michael Jackson Syndrome – By Tochukwu Ezukanma

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News Friday, September 23rd, 2016

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria |Sept. 23, 2016 | Governor Ambode’s urban renewal policy is fundamentally flawed. For one, it strives to recast a Nigerian city in Parisian or Washingtonian mold. Secondly, it fails to realize that Lagos does not have to look like Paris, New York or Washington DC to be a beautiful, […]

Lawyer sues Buhari over Kogi ministerial slot

Posted by admin Kogi, Latest Politics, State News Thursday, September 22nd, 2016

A lawyer, Daniel Makolo, has sued President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly failing to appoint a minister to represent Kogi in his cabinet. Makolo said his suit – FHC\L\CS\44\2016, filed at the Federal High Court, Lokoja on Thursday – was pursuant to Order 34 Rule (1) and Order 5 Rule (1) of the Federal High Court […]

Women Affairs minister, Alhassan, slumps in Adamawa

Posted by admin Adamawa, Headlines, Women Politics Tuesday, September 20th, 2016

-Punch Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter tweet The Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan Umar Muhammed, Yola The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Jumai Alhassan, on Tuesday slumped at the Internally Displaced Persons’ camp in Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Alhassan was on a two-day official visit to the […]

Flood kills 18, destroys 6,637 houses in Jigawa

Posted by admin Headlines, Jigawa, State News Tuesday, September 20th, 2016

Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammadu Abubakar The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency said flood had killed 18 persons and destroyed 6,637 houses in about 19 local government areas in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Executive Secretary of SEMA, Alhaji Yusif Sani, said this while briefing newsmen on the activities […]

Obiano weeps as lorry crushes woman, grandchild

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Monday, September 19th, 2016

Tony Okafor, Awka THE Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, could not control his emotions on Friday night when he witnessed a ghastly lorry accident that crushed a middle-aged woman and her granddaughter. The accident occurred near Chief Eugene Obiagwu Bus-stop, Awka-Etiti, along Nnobi-Ekwulobia road of the state. The 911 articulated lorry crashed into shops in […]

Crime Robbers unleash mayhem on Makurdi as residents cry for help

Posted by admin Benue, State News Saturday, September 17th, 2016

Punch Attah, Ede, Makurdi Benue State has turned into a hotspot for criminals. In fact, it is now a magnet for armed robbers, kidnappers, car snatchers and cattle rustlers. The situation has got so bad that many youths in Makurdi, the state capital, now move around armed with cutlasses and knives to defend themselves against […]

Lagos: Sales girl abandon day old baby by the road side – blames missing lover

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, September 17th, 2016

Punch Salesgirl dumps day-old baby by roadside, blames lover Samson Folarin and Olaleye Aluko A salesgirl, Ifunanya Eme, has been arrested by the police in the Ajangbadi area of Lagos State, for allegedly dumping her day-old baby girl by the roadside. Our correspondents learnt that Eme, who hails from Enugu State, was arrested on […]