State News - New Nigerian Politics | New Nigerian Politics

Bayelsa Poll: Soldiers arrest ballot box-snatching suspects

Posted by admin 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 […]

DSS arrests Faleke, Audu

Posted by admin 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 […]

Zamfara: Supreme Court affirms Yari’s election

Posted by admin 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 […]

12,000 Nigerians in Cameroun want to return as VSF team visits Borno

Posted by admin 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 […]

80th Birthday Dinner: Soyinka replies Rivers govt

Posted by admin 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 […]

Islamic cleric sentenced to death for ‘blasphemy’ Islamic cleric sentenced to death for ‘blasphemy’

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Tuesday, January 5th, 2016

By Abdulsalam Muhammad KANO— A sharia court in Kano has sentenced a Tijjaniyya cleric, Abdul Inyass to death for blasphemy. The verdict ends nine months of secret trial of the cleric. Inyass and 13 others were arrested May last year, in Kano during a religious function in the city for blasphemy. An Upper Sharia court […]

Rivers gets first female chief judge

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Monday, January 4th, 2016

Monday, January 4, 2016 advertisement TOP HEADLINES Nigerian (PICTURED) who scammed 17 companies of $600,000 in US faces 30 years in jail Nigeria is too small for Igbo – Adamu Ciroma Speculators make huge profits as dollar scarcity persists Emir defends Buhari’s appointment of minister, INEC chief from one family Buhari […]

750 West Africans stranded in Nigeria evacuated

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Cross River, Headlines, State News Saturday, January 2nd, 2016

More than 750 foreigners from eight west African countries, stranded in the southeastern Nigerian port of Calabar since Christmas after their ferry broke down, left by road Saturday, a statement said. The 758 people were onboard a ship making stopovers along the coast of west Africa “when their passenger vessel… made an emergency berthing” after […]

Visit B’Haram zones, Lai Mohammed dares Fayose

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Saturday, January 2nd, 2016

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed Tunde Odesola The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has indirectly challenged Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, to visit the north-eastern parts of Nigeria where the war on terror is ongoing. Mohammed, who spoke in an interactive session with journalists on Wednesday, in Ikeja, […]

Picture: Cleric unveils Africa’s tallest statue of Jesus in Imo State

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Saturday, January 2nd, 2016

NAN The Bishop of Orlu Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Augustine Ukwuoma on Friday unveiled the African tallest statue of Jesus Christ weighing 8.5metres (28ft) at St. Aloysius Catholic Parish, Abajah, Imo. The statue made of marble is bigger than the 20 metres (66 foot) Ramesses II Abusimbel statue in Egypt. Ukwuoma Performed the ceremony shortly […]