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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Friday, April 1st, 2016
Ekitigate: Lawmakers petition US, UK, IGP on intimidation — 1st April 2016 From: Godwin Tsa, Abuja The face-off between Ekiti State House of Assembly and the police took a new twist yesterday when the lawmakers sent a petition to the United Kingdon, the United States of America (USA) and the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase. They alleged […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, April 1st, 2016
Ambode orders repair of Lagos-Badagry Expressway — 1st April 2016 •Says $1.65bn Lekki seaport ready in 2019 By Oluwole Farotimi Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has ordered the Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) to immediately embark on extensive repair on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in order to improve driving experience of motorists in the area. General Manager […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Friday, April 1st, 2016
Kamarudeen Ogundele and Toluwani Eniola Criticisms have trailed the outburst of Governor Ayodele Fayose on the abducted Chibok schoolgirls Fayose had said the abduction was not true, but a political instrument to vote out former President Goodluck Jonathan. While the Boko Haram group had shown the video of the over 200 girls in captivity, a […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, April 1st, 2016
Olaleye Aluko The police in Lagos have arrested a commercial bus driver, identified only as Akeem, and his conductor, Sodiq, for allegedly robbing and raping a 22-year-old lady in the Costain, Iponri area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that Akeem and Sodiq, along with two others still at large, had picked the victim, Mercy (pseudonym) […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, April 1st, 2016
The police in Lagos have arrested a chief in the Ijegun area, identified only as Ajiroba, for allegedly assaulting a bread seller, Bukola Olasunkanmi, in the Isheri-Oshun area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that Olasunkanmi, who was seven-month-old pregnant, was allegedly flogged several times by the chief and his thugs because she mediated in an […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Samson Folarin Flogging: Suspended Lagos principal, teachers may face trial Indications have emerged that the Lagos State Government may prosecute the principal of Eva Adelaja, Mrs. C.O. Coker, the school’s vice-principal, Mrs. Balogun and four other teachers said to have been implicated in a child brutality case. PUNCH Metro learnt that the state […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
A 28-year-old man simply identified as Goddy, has been arrested by the police in Kubwa, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja for allegedly raping a student whom he tutored. The 18-year-old unidentified victim was said to have been preparing for external examinations: Senior Schools Certificate Examination and JAMB. In the course […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Drama as man’s manhood allegedly disappears after suspect touches him in Abuja By Danielle Ogbeche on March 29, 2016 There are indications that suspected ritual killers and alleged magicians may have re-surfaced in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja and its environs. This is just as a certain man suspected to have ‘stolen’ another man’s manhood at […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, March 27th, 2016
WHO WILL SAVE RIVERS STATE FROM PREDEATORS? By Ibrahim Modibbo, 08033138994, ibrahimmodibbo60@gmail.com In Rivers state, things have fallen apart. Under Governor Nyesom Wike, Rivers is speedily drifting into a state of anarchy. Political marauders and serial killers are on the prowl, as human heads have now become trophies and souvenirs of electoral value. While ideas […]
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Headlines, State News
Sunday, March 27th, 2016
11 govs absent at APC NEC meeting as party shuts out some media houses From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has again confirmed that the country is experiencing monumental economic challenge. According to him, 27 out of 36 states are broke and unable to pay salaries. This is even as he bemoaned the failure […]
