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Africa & World Politics, Kwara, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
By Demola Akinyemi ILORIN—Neighbouring Benin Republic has invaded 16 villages in Okuta, the border town in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, causing fear and tension in the affected communities. In their determination to annex the Nigerian villages, Vanguard reliably gathered that authorities of Benin Republic had gone ahead to construct offices fot its […]
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Bayelsa, Election 2015, Elections, General Politics, Headlines, State News
Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
As the December 5, Governorship Polls in Bayelsa State draws near, Elder Asu Beks, President, Ijaw People’s Assembly, takes a look at the chances of the APC candidates, Chief Timipre Sylva, and says he is the man to beat. What are the chances of Chief Timi Sylva? A The December 5, Polls in Bayelsa present […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, INEC Politics, Kogi, State News
Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
Kogi governorship election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kogi State governorship election inconclusive. Declaring the results of the election, the electoral body said its decision was reached after collation of results that showed a number of cancelled votes that was high than the margin between the leading candidate and the runner-up. […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Governors, Headlines, Kogi, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
LOKOJA – The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the Saturday Governorship election in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu has been confirmed dead. Audu was said to have complained of stomach ache on Saturday shortly after voting and returning to his country home in Ogbonicha, Ofu Local government, and was advised to […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
A couple of minutes after the explosion, angry residents gathered the fragmented remains of the female suicide bombers a few metres away from scene of the blast, piled used tyres on the pieces and set them ablaze. One of our correspondents, who visited the scene of the explosion a few hours after the blast, observed […]
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Headlines, Kogi, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
Adelani Adepegba and Olusola Fabiyi The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has sent the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Operations, Wakama Sotonye, to take charge of security for the Kogi State governorship election holding on Saturday. Arase also ordered the deployment of the Marine Police, Anti-Bomb, Counter-Terrorism Units, Police Mobile Force, Force Intelligence […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, November 9th, 2015
Our Man: Lagos’ Accidental Public Servant The problem with things that glittered, Our Man realized, was that they often had the nasty habit of not being gold. If he was a computer programmer (which he wasn’t, thank God), he would have absolutely loathed the word ‘back end’ by now. Because back-end was where the stress […]
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Akwa Ibom, Anthony A. Kila, Ebonyi, Headlines, Kogi, State News, Yobe, Zamfara
Monday, November 9th, 2015
CGPI October Report: Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Zamfara and Akwa Ibom are worst performing states. ….CGPI October panel focuses on salary payment The Governors of Kogi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Zamfara and Akwa Ibom have been judged to be Nigerian worst performing States Governors of the month based on a comparative analysis of Governors performance in Nigeria. […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, November 7th, 2015
Sir, Let me start by thanking you for finding me worthy of serving you, and the state in my capacity as SPECIAL ADVISER on Media and Publicity,for this i shall remain grateful. However, with the unfolding developments, it is irretrievable that my services are no longer needed, and to this end, subterfuges are employed to […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, November 7th, 2015
After a week of disagreement between Governor Nyesom Wike and , his special adviser, media and publicity, over the comment made against the Supreme Court and the Governorship election tribunal, Opunabo Inko-Tariah has resigned his appointment. Opunabo Inko-Tariah (r), when he was sworn in as in Governor’s spokesman Governor Wike was miffed over the comment by […]
