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Fire guts Lagos Airport Hotel

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, June 20th, 2016

Afeez Hanafi The Lagos Airport Hotel in Ikeja was gutted by fire on Monday with valuables worth ‎millions of naira destroyed. PUNCH Metro learnt that the inferno resulted from a surge in the electrical installations at a section of the Banquet Hall around 5am before it extended to the other parts. Combined efforts of the the […]

Who Will Save Imo from the Hands of Gov. Okorocha? – By Kenneth Uwadi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News Sunday, June 19th, 2016

By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo State, Nigeria | June 18, 2016 – In the face of misgovernance in Imo I am at lost at the fanfare exhibited by the governor of Imo State Owelle Rochas Okorocha just to celebrate 5 years of stagnant performance. It is all over the news that Governor El Rufai and […]

Update: Ogoni Women Embark on Hunger Strike Over Army Raids, Say it is Genocide

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Sunday, June 19th, 2016

Ogoninews.com Update: Ogoni Women Embark on Hunger Strike Over Army Raids, Say it is Genocide Christian women in Yeghe community of Ogoniland have embarked on huger strike to protest the continual military raid and harassment on the community. Numbering over 2000, the women have gathered at the community center, refusing food and embarking on a spiritual […]

Boko Haram kills 24 in Adamawa wake attack

Posted by admin Adamawa, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News Friday, June 17th, 2016

Kayode Idowu Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday night attacked Kuda-Kaya village in Madagali local Government Area of Adamawa state, killing 24 persons during a wake. One of the residents, Abdul Ibrahim, who spoke on Friday morning, said the insurgents, numbering over 100, came at about 10 pm on Thursday shooting indiscriminately and in the […]

Salary delays: Five states have applied for loan

Posted by admin Headlines, State News Friday, June 17th, 2016

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Five states have so far completed the process of borrowing from the Federal Government’s facilitated N90bn budget support loan from the private sector. The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the […]

Picture: Lagos: Kingpin of Babington Macaulay schoolgirls’ abduction arrested

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, June 17th, 2016

Lagos: Kingpin of Babington Macaulay schoolgirls’ abduction arrested Sylva advertisement TOP HEADLINES CBN finally frees naira, value to be determined by market forces • To appoint primary, secondary dealers Lagos: Kingpin (PICTURED) of Babington Macaulay schoolgirls’ abduction arrested Flexible exchange rate: What experts are saying Dogara orders investigation of three Reps over […]

Abuja quack doctor arrested after 10 years’ practice

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Friday Olokor, Abuja The police have arrested a suspected quack doctor, Victor Akpan, in the Gwarinpa area of Abuja. PUNCH Metro learnt that Akpan, who had been running a private hospital for 10 years, allegedly operated with forged and stolen certificates. As a quack doctor, he was said to have performed caesarean sections, removed fibroids and […]

Edo govt owed Amodu, academy staff N25m —Investigation

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Amodu Shuaibu Alexander Okere, Benin Late ex-Super Eagles coach, Amodu Shaibu, as well as staff of the Edo State Football Academy, were owed N25m by the state government, before he died last Saturday, our correspondent has learnt. Amodu died in his sleep at his residence in Benin, the state capital, and was later buried at […]

Christian pupils wear church garments to schools in Osun

Posted by admin Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines, Osun, State News Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Osun State branch of Christian Association of Nigeria carried out its threat to instruct Christian pupils to appear in their schools in choir robes and other church garments as some students of the Baptist High School, Iwo, appeared in the school in church apparel on Tuesday. The students in such religious […]

Police arrest Nasarawa monarch for robbery

Posted by admin Headlines, Nasarawa, State News Monday, June 13th, 2016

UMAR MUHAMMED A 50-year-old district head of Dagachi Bukan-Sidi, Lafia, Mohammed Agabi, has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command for his alleged involvement in a robbery activity in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawal Shehu, speaking during a parade of the suspect in Lafia, said the district head was arrested […]