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Articles, Columnists, Lagos, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, State News
Saturday, January 16th, 2016
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | January 16, 2016 – No doubt, the 2015 election in Nigeria will remain one of the most discussed political events in many years to come. This is because a lot of surprises sprang up in its wake and thereafter. Nobody would forget in a hurry the telephone conversation […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Saturday, January 16th, 2016
EDO State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday broke his silence over his position on the choice of his successor as he told members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) drawn from the three senatorial districts of the state that while he would ensure there are primaries, he, however, would not be indifferent to the choice of […]
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Budget, Headlines, Kano, State News
Thursday, January 14th, 2016
KANO GOV SIGNS 2016 BUDGET INTO LAW 1 By Our Reporter on January 14, 2016 National Kano state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has signed into law, the state 2016 Appropriation Bill into law, pledging the immediate implementation of the budget. Tagged : “A Peoples Budget for Self Reliance”, the budget is in the tune […]
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Bayelsa, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News
Thursday, January 14th, 2016
Governor-elect of Bayelsa, Seriake Dickson, on Thursday said his win at the polls is an indication that there is hope for democracy in Nigeria. Governor Dickson made the remark at the presentation of the certificate of return to him and his Deputy Governor-elect, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (rtd), at the State Headquarters of the Independent National […]
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Headlines, State News, Taraba, Women Politics
Thursday, January 14th, 2016
Tarabans in Diaspora have condemned the Appeal Court’s ruling which returned Darius Ishaku of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as duly elected governor of the state. The group in a statement by it’s coordinator, Clement Bitrus, said it received the Dec.31 ruling with shock. The governorship tribunal ruling had earlier nullified the election of Darius Ishaku […]
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Armed Forces, Army, Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Saturday, January 9th, 2016
Two persons suspected to be agents of one of the political parties involved in Saturday’s supplementary governorship election in Bayelsa have been arrested for allegedly snatching a ballot box. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspects were arrested by soldiers at Otuokpoti Unit 1, Ward 2, Ogbia Local Government Area, where the […]
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Kogi, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, January 9th, 2016
DSS arrests Faleke, Audu Uneasy calm pervades the political landscape of Kogi today as James Abiodun Faleke and Mr. Mohammed Audu were invited by operatives of the Department of State Security in Abuja. Supporters of the two politicians were apprehensive on the fate of their principals. James Abiodun Faleke, a second-term House of Representatives member […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Friday, January 8th, 2016
From: GODWIN TSA, Abuja The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the election of Malam Abdulazeez Yari of All Progressives Congress as governor of Zamfara. In a unanimous judgment, the apex court dismissed the petition challenging the election of Governor Yari for lack of merit. Alhaji Mahmud Shinkafi, the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Friday, January 8th, 2016
BY NDAHI MARAMA, Maiduguri THE Victims Support Fund (VSF) assessment team to Borno state, was to “comprehensively assess” the security situation and accessibilities in the border areas of Gambouru and Ngala towns, before the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Cameroon could be repatriated and resettled in any camps, its Executive Secretary, Prof. Sunday Ocheche has […]
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Headlines, National Politics, Rivers, State News, Top Stories, Wole Soyinka
Friday, January 8th, 2016
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has described as ‘abominable distractions,’ statement by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Dr Austin Tam-George, that the state would demand refund from him (Soyinka) if he collected cash from the N82 million allegedly spent by immediate-past Governor, Rotimi Amaechi on a dinner to honour him. Soyinka, who reacted in […]
