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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Lagos, Nollywood (Film Industry), State News
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
Abuja – Nollywood actor/producer turned politician, Desmond Elliot, on Monday was inaugurated as one of the lawmakers into the Lagos State House of Assembly. Elliot, who is representing Surulere constituency, contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He defeated Bayo Smith, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Reacting to his […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
By Agaju Madugba Kaduna—Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i, has begged members of the House of Assembly to review their salaries and allowances downward in order to generate more revenue for the development of the state. “The Deputy Governor and I have signalled our intention in this regard by announcing that we are taking a […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
Retired workers under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners in Osun State on Wednesday staged a public protest over the non payment of their pensions for the past seven months. The Chairman of NUP in the state, Dr. J.A. Olunlade, in the speech he circulated to journalists lamented the death of many of […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Lagos, Party Politics, State News
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
Tinubu, Odigie-Oyegun and Buhari The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has urged the national leadership of the party to punish the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, for anti-party activities. Lagos APC, in a statement by its publicity secretary, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed N19.2bn fraud charges filed against a former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva. The judge held that the charges amounted to abuse of court process. -Vanguardwp_posts
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
ADVERTISEMENT Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase DETERMINED to get back government property looted from the Government House in Port Harcourt, security operatives on Monday evening recovered 10 vehicles allegedly stolen by officials of the immediate past administration in the state. The vehicles were recovered from two locations identified as Rumuokparali and Trans-Amadi […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ekiti, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, State News
Sunday, June 7th, 2015
By Olalekan Waheed ADIGUN | NNP | June 7, 2015 – Some days ago, I wrote under the title THE FAYOSE I KNOW, where I chronicled the several dishonourable acts of the Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose. As soon as the article was published, I received an email from a young man, whose address […]
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General Politics, Lagos, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Friday, June 5th, 2015
JOHN ALECHENU examines the likely shape of the Buhari cabinet and takes a look at individuals being considered to play a part After the euphoria of the May 29 inauguration ceremony, President Muhammadu Buhari and the governing All Progressives Congress are now faced with the task of delivering on promises they made to Nigerians during […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, June 4th, 2015
Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade Another bomb blast rocked the troubled Borno State capital of Maiduguri late on Tuesday morning , leaving many dead and others wounded. Prior to the explosion at the popular Kasuwan Shanu (meat market), residents were rudely woken up at 12:45am on Monday by gunshots that boomed in […]
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Bayelsa, EFCC Politics, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, June 1st, 2015
Timipre Sylva The Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. M.S. Diri, on Monday withdrew the N2.45bn fraud charges instituted against a former governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Timipre Sylva. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had on May 18, 2015 re-arraigned Sylva on six counts of fraud before Justice […]
