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Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, February 7th, 2016
No fewer than 1,500 women gave birth in 28 Internally Displaced Persons’ camps in Borno State in 2015, the state Primary Health Care Management Board said on Sunday in Maiduguri. The Executive Secretary of the board, Dr. Sule Mene, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the deliveries were recorded between January 2015 and January […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Sunday, February 7th, 2016
It was a disappointing weekend for workers in Ekiti State as the state government on Thursday withdrew two months’ salaries already paid into their bank accounts. This was as teachers in the state declared a two-day warning strike over the refusal of Governor Ayodele Fayose to pay their September 2014 salary arrears and 2014 leave […]
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Benue, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Legislature, Senate, State News
Sunday, February 7th, 2016
By Michael Jegede Former Senate President, Senator David Mark of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and one-time President of West Africa Students Union (WASU), Comrade Daniel Onjeh of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will be slugging it out on February 20, 2016, in the rerun of Benue South senatorial election. After the March 28, 2015 […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Sunday, February 7th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that the statement issued by the Presidency on President Mohammadu Buhari’s sudden vacation was vague, saying; “Nigerians deserve to know the truth about their President because the President is an open book that every Nigerians should be free to read.” The governor, […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Saturday, February 6th, 2016
-Vanguard By Charles Kumolu THE 2016 reunion day of Government College Ughelli ,GCU, was indeed an opportunity for the school’s old students to give back to an institution that was literally a springboard for them. Dignitaries at the commissioning of the renovated facilities at Government College, Ughelli. It was an event that attracted public office […]
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Articles, Columnists, Election 2015, Elections, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, State News
Saturday, February 6th, 2016

By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | Feb. 6, 2016 – Depending on one’s political persuasions, many stayed glued to their radio or television stations in anticipation of the declaration of the much-anticipated election result in Kogi on November, 21. The social media was awash with all manner of projections about who the eventual […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Friday, February 5th, 2016
A’ Ibom: Woman, 41, dies during stampede for N1m gov’s gift Etim Ekpimah, Uyo A 41-year-old food seller, Mrs. Lizzy Offiong, has died while struggling for a share of the N1m the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, gave to Mbiaobong market women. It was learnt that the woman, who sold food around the […]
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Abia, Headlines, Rivers, Soccer, Sports, State News
Friday, February 5th, 2016

Seven-time Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions Enyimba will play their home fixtures in the 2016 CAF Champions League at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt. Renovation work continues at pace at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba but it seems increasingly unlikely that the refurbishment will be completed in time for the club’s opening […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Thursday, February 4th, 2016
By Tom Moses Just like Macbeth, in Shakespeare’s play of same name, murdered sleep and could no longer sleep, 22-year-old Ndifreke Joseph Clement, disturbed by sleepless nights and traumatic experiences after murdering his 23-year-old cousin, Ubong Edet, surrendered himself to police six months after the crime. culpritClement… I don’t have peace of mind anymore. Clement, […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016
Monarch of Olomoro Kingdom in Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State was said to have been released about 9.00pm, Monday. This was confirmed by the chairman of the Local government Area, Mr Malik Ikpokpo, to our correspondent. His abductors after collecting an undisclosed sum, dropped him at Sapele. More details later. -Punch wp_posts