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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Headlines, Imo, Raw Politics, State News
Friday, August 19th, 2016
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) rearrested former Imo State Governor Achike Udenwa on Wednesday in connection with an alleged campaign scandal committed during the 2015 presidential election. Mr. Udenwa, as a State coordinator for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign organization in Imo State, was said to have collected the sum of N3.5m from […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu Oyetunji Abioye The Oba of Lagos on Monday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to be civil in his approach to governance, saying he should realise that he is no longer a military man. Even as the monarch said former Goodluck Jonathan could not be totally blamed for the nation’s current economic […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, August 15th, 2016
The babies Samson Folarin The Lagos State Police Command has begun investigation into the death of two newborn babies, whose corpses were recovered from a canal beside a filling station in the Ajangbadi area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that the two boys, suspected to be twins, were left in the canal on Friday. A […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has disowned phoney Facebook accounts purportedly opened in his name by some unscrupulous individuals to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. In a statement issued on his behalf by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Yinka Oyebode, […]
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Headlines, House, Kwara, Legislature, Senate, State News
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad Success Nwogu, Ilorin Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad, has said there is legitimate padding of budget. According to Ahmad, when a budget is presented before the House of Assembly, for instance from the President to the National Assembly, it is the duty […]
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Headlines, Kaduna
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Saturday killed six farmers at Godogodo in the Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the herdsmen told the villagers that their villages had become cattle grazing reserves and demanded that they vacate immediately. But the chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of Miyetti […]
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Benue, EFCC Politics, Headlines, State News
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Attah Ede, Makurdi The 22 members of the Benue State House of Assembly who collected money to purchase Prado Sports Utility Vehicles have started refunding the money to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. This was revealed on Monday by the Majority Leader of the House, Mr. Benjamin Adanyi. It would be recalled that some members of […]
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Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | August 14, 2016 – Barring unforeseen circumstances, residents of Port Harcourt will soon witness the return of the city to its former ‘Garden City’ status. Before his exit from office, the immediate past caretaker committee chairman of the Port Harcourt Local Government Council, Mr. Samuel Soni Ejekwu, began […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Sunday, August 14th, 2016
By Enyim Enyim Onitsha-Fresh crisis has erupted in the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam, over alleged tenure elongation for the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Fidelis Okafor by the Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano. The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, branch of the institution disclosed this yesterday to newsmen at a press conference held after its […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Boko Haram, Ebonyi, Headlines, National Politics, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
By Peter Okutu ABAKALIKI—Three police officers indicted in the stripping and battering of a 15-year-old Uzoamaka Chukwu in Umunaga Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, are currently undergoing orderly room trial. Uzoamaka was stripped naked and beaten with cables and canes by some persons in the area with the pictures and video of […]
