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Armed Forces, Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Saturday, August 8th, 2015
ADVERTISEMENT The authorities of the Nigerian military have vowed to track down a group of gunmen who killed five security personnel at Nembe Jetty, Bayelsa State, on Friday. The murdered security operatives comprised four soldiers and a policeman, with another policeman said to be missing. ADVERTISEMENT The Acting Spokesman for […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, August 8th, 2015
Dr. Akin Baruwa ADVERTISEMENT For nine days, Shola (not real name) was in pain. The abdominal pain she endured felt as if a knife got stuck in her, she told Saturday PUNCH. She was scared but she had no choice but to endure the pain since she couldn’t imagine telling her parents the […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, August 8th, 2015
Police arraign lecturer, Afeez Baruwa, for raping 18-year-old admission seeker : Olaleye Aluko lecturer advertisement . TOP HEADLINES The police on Thursday arraigned a part-time lecturer, Afeez Baruwa, for allegedly raping an 18-year-old admission seeker. PUNCH Metro had reported on Thursday that Baruwa took the victim, who was seeking […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Thursday, August 6th, 2015
The immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, is not happy with the state governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, for attending a summer convention in the United States organised by Akwa Ibom Indigenes abroad. A former aide of Akpabio , who does not want to be named, told our correspondent in Uyo, […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, Osun, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, August 3rd, 2015
Justice Folahanmi Oloyede | credits: http://www.goldenicons.com THERE were indications in Osogbo on Sunday that Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, who recently accused Governor Rauf Aregbesola of graft, had been invited to the Abuja headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. A source close to the judge told journalists in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Monday, August 3rd, 2015
Sitira | credits: Samuel Awoyinfa The corpse of a 23-year-old lady has been abandoned at a dump in the Olomoore junction in Abeokuta, Ogun State, with a chunk of flesh severed from her body. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victim, who was found on Sunday, was identified simply as Sitira, an apprentice hair […]
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Abia, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, August 3rd, 2015
Abia State Commissioner of Police, Joshak Habila The Divisional Crime Officer of the Ariaria Police Division, Aba, Abia State, identified simply as Mohammed, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, narrowly escaped lynching by an irate mob, who were protesting against the killing of a trader. The incident which occurred on Friday reportedly caused disrupted business […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
By Gbenga Olarinoye Osogbo—The Chief Priest of the ancient town of Ile-Ife, Chief Olajide Farotimi Faloba has described as untrue the news of the demise of Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade. He also described a report (not in Vanguard) that the remains of the foremost royal father had been secretly brought home as untrue insisting […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
Blogosphere, it appears, cannot have enough of Iara Oshiomole, Edo state first lady and hot new wife of the state’s governor, Adam, who was the lone executive that took his better half on the recently concluded visit of the presidential team to Washington DC. Iara’s dress is responsible for the controversy this time, with folks […]
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Headlines, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, State News
Saturday, August 1st, 2015
Hon Iheanacho Ihim Speaker Imo State House of Assembly House of Assembly Complex Owerri Dear Hon. Iheanacho Ihim: The Youths for Human Rights Protection and Transparency Initiative (YARPTI) is saying congratulations on your election as the Speaker of the Imo House of Assembly .We wish you well in the great task ahead of you in […]