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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 […]

Why we arrested Ohakim -EFCC

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, General Politics, Headlines, Imo, Raw Politics, State News Friday, June 19th, 2015

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, said it had arrested former Gov. Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesman for the EFCC, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He added that former Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa was also being interrogated over corruption […]

EFCC detains Ohakim for over seven hours, quizzes Lamido

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, Imo, Jigawa, State News, Top Stories Thursday, June 18th, 2015

Former Imo State Governor, Ihedi Ohakim A former Imo State governor, Ihedi Ohakim, was on Thursday arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Ohakim, who was scheduled to visit the EFCC office in Abuja on Wednesday, had shunned the anti-graft agency’s invitation to answer questions on fraud he allegedly perpetuated […]

Gunmen assassinate Ogun chief

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Thursday, June 18th, 2015

Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Valentine Ntomchukwu | credits: http://www.post-nigeria.com Some unidentified gunmen on Wednesday assassinated an Egba Chief, Moses Oyebade. He was killedn his house at Ikanna compound in the Ago-Oba area of the Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The victim, who was the Oluwo of Ikanna, was said […]

Aregbesola, Ben Bruce clash over unpaid salaries

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Osun, State News Thursday, June 18th, 2015

Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola | credits: File copy The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, and the Senator representing Bayelsa-East senatorial district, Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce clashed on Thursday over Aregbesola’s inability to pay workers’ salaries. The faceoff started after Murray-Bruce, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, said on his official […]

I met an empty treasury, says Wike (and you will leave an empty treasury)

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Thursday, June 18th, 2015

Rivers State Governor-elect, Chief Nyesom Wike THE Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said that contrary to the claims by the immediate past administration that it left N7bn in the state coffers, he met an empty treasury. Wike explained that the treasury where the monthly Federal Allocation accruing to the state was always […]