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Press Release by Ikedi Ohakim – Ex Imo Gov. – My Life is in danger

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Saturday, June 27th, 2015

PRESS STATEMENT BY IKEDI OHAKIM MY LIFE IS IN DANGER Following some recent developments around my person and the avalanche of misinformation and deliberate lies being peddled about me, I am constrained to issue this statement, first to douse anxiety of every well-meaning fellow who has shown concern and second, to alert members of the […]

Message of felicitation to the Akwa Ibom State Gov., H.E. Mr. Udom Emmanuel – Itauma Foundation

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Saturday, June 27th, 2015

MESSAGE OF FELICITATION TO THE AKWA IBOM STATE GOVERNOR, H.E MR. UDOM EMMANUEL- FROM ITAUMA FOUNDATION. Itauma Foundations (IFOUND) is pleased to extend her heart-glowing and exceptional felicitations to His Excellency, Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel on his recent swearing-in as the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria in a colorful event which took place on May 29th […]

Nigeria court in Kano sentences nine people to death for blasphemy

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Friday, June 26th, 2015

An Islamic court has sentenced nine people to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. The accused, who were all Muslims, had pleaded guilty, the head of Kano’s religious police, Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, told the BBC. The trial was speedily done in secret after a section of the court […]

Ogun: We use Italian method to bypass hi-tech security – Bank robbery Suspects

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Thursday, June 25th, 2015

By Evelyn Usman A suspected leader of a robbery gang that has been terrorising Ogun state and its environs has been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Ogun State Police Command, Imagbon, Abeokuta. The suspect, Ibrahim Olasunkanmi, popularly known as Jaga, reportedly escaped from Akure Prisons where he was awaiting trial […]

Court restrains Wike from sacking 23 LG chairmen

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Thursday, June 25th, 2015

By Jimitota Onoyume & Gbenga Oke The National Industrial Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has restrained Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, the state House of Assembly and their agents from dissolving or, in any manner whatsoever, interfering with the tenure of office of the 23 local government council chairmen in Rivers State.WIKE Meanwhile, […]

Challenges of living on Lagos Island

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

Ugodre Obi-Chukwuu In Lagos, it is often perceived as a step up when you relocate from the mainland to the island. Many consider it as a form of economic aspiration as you climb up the social ladder and maintain your position in the middle class. Thus, when Dafe a senior banker who just purchased […]

Rivers Assembly tackles Amaechi over handover note

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

Fomer Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi | credits: File copy THE Rivers State House of Assembly has passed a resolution directing the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Emmanuel Aguma, to take legal steps to compel the immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, to present his (former governor) handover note […]

FG, states, LGs share N418bn May allocation (Worthless states, can’t generate income and depend on FG)

Posted by admin Headlines, State News Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

Three tiers of government share N418.4bn for May at the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee meeting; FG gets N151.8bn, States, N76.9bn and LGs, N59.3bn. Details later. . . -Punchwp_posts

Boko Haram bomb kills 20 at crowded fish market

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, June 22nd, 2015

-BBC Markets in Maiduguri have repeatedly been targeted by suicide bombers Boko Haram At least 20 people have been killed after female suicide bombers attacked a fish market in Nigeria’s north-eastern city of Maiduguri, eyewitnesses have told the BBC. The attackers disguised themselves as beggars to try to enter the market, eyewitnesses say. One […]

The Logic of Stomach Infrastructure – By Bade Adebolu

Posted by admin Articles, Bade Adebolu, Columnists, Ekiti, NNP Columnists, State News Friday, June 19th, 2015

By Bade Adebolu | Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria | June 19, 2015 – I have read several articles for or against the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, since he won the state gubernatorial election for the second time last year. The most recent I read was written under the title, STILL ON STOMACH INFRASTRUCTURE by my old […]