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Armed Forces, Delta, Headlines, State News
Sunday, September 13th, 2015
Over alleged arms YUKUGBENE – Soldiers from the 19th Battalion, Koko, Delta State, raided Yukugbene community in Warri North Local Government Area of the state and apprehended a pregnant woman and a cripple for allegedly being in possession of firearms and ammunition. A security source told Saturday Vanguard that soldiers who stormed the community in […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, September 13th, 2015
By Jimitota Onoyume Traders at Rumuolumeni Market abandoned their wares to dance as they saw the convoy of Governor Nyesom Wike who was in the area to inspect work on the abandoned Rumuolumeni Road. They offered prayers, thanking the governor for resuming work on the dilapidated road. A resident, who simply gave his name as […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Monday, September 7th, 2015
[print] Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai said on Saturday that with the adoption of the Single Treasury Account, the state had traced and uncovered N4bn stashed in 470 different accounts in 23 commercial banks. He noted that the Peoples Democratic Party […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Sunday, September 6th, 2015
ENUGU—Two persons, who specialized in vandalizing installations of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, were electrocuted, weekend, while attempting to remove the power distribution property. Meanwhile, a young man of about 25 years of age is currently hospitalized in Anambra State for burns to his body while attempting to vandalize EEDC’s 2.5 MVA transformer, which serves […]
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Edo, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News, Top Stories
Friday, August 28th, 2015

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State says former Minister of the Niger Delta, Mr Godsday Orubebe is afraid of President Muhammadu Buhari’s planned probe of several billions of naira squandered on the East-West road and on the Amnesty programme under his watch as Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, adding that this is the basis […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Friday, August 28th, 2015
Yola – Dr Fatima Atiku, daughter of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and newly appointed Adamawa Commissioner of Health has forfeited her salary and allowances for use in revitalizing the health sector in the state. Fielding questions from newsmen in Yola on Friday after being sworn –in along with 21 other commissioners, Fatima, a Consultant, […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
From Chucks Onuoha, Umuahia No fewer than 11 of the 35 persons, who were returning from a traditional marriage at Osah in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State on Sunday, perished when the mini bus in which they were travelling, was involved in a head-on collision with a truck carrying fertilizer. The accident […]
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Headlines, State News, Yobe
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
(DAMATURU) Two suicide bombers carried out separate attacks Tuesday that killed five people in Damaturu, a town in northeastern Nigeria, police and witnesses said. In one attack, a girl bomber died in an explosion that killed five people at the crowded entrance to the main bus station, said Assistant Superintendent Toyin Gbagedesin. Witnesses said a […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Monday, August 24th, 2015
Sunday, August 23rd, 2015 The immediate past governor of Rivers State Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has again explained why he is opposed to and wants to stop the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by his successor, Nyesom Wike to probe some selected government transactions, while Amaechi was governor. In a statement released by […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, August 22nd, 2015
By Dapo Akinrefon Lagos—FORMER Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Demcoratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, yesterday, berated former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola for allegedly spending N78 million to build a website, describing the move as a “reckless misappropriation.” George, who called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the alleged misappropriation, said […]