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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
