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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, May 17th, 2015
Statistics: Civil Servants owed: 2months salaries Pensioneers owed: 5months MSS Nurses owed: 20months.Reports from Port Harcourt, Nigeria says workers and retirees engaged by the Rivers State Government yesterday went on a protest match calling on the Governor, Rotimi Amaechi to pay up their salary arrears before handing over on May 29. The protest paralyzed activities […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Sunday, May 17th, 2015
Oshiomhole and wife There were indications on Saturday that the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, and his newly-wedded wife, Iara, have postponed their much expected honeymoon till June. Governor Oshiomhole had on Friday married former Miss Iara Fortes, an ex-model from Cape Verde, at a marriage ceremony witnessed by a large turnout of […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, State News
Sunday, May 17th, 2015
Timipre Sylva A former Governor of Bayelsa State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Timipre Sylva, in this interview with ADELANI ADEPEGBA in Abuja, talks about his relationship with the Peoples Democratic Party, among other issues What is your relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan and Diepreye Alamieyeseigha like? I would say it’s neither […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Sunday, May 17th, 2015
Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano A restaurant in Anambra has reportedly been shut down for cooking human flesh and serving it to customers. The police were tipped off by locals who suspected something horrific was taking place inside the kitchen. They raided the hotel restaurant to discover human heads which were still dripping with […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Saturday, May 16th, 2015
BENIN CITY – IT was a gathering of who is who in the country at the wedding ceremony of the Governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Eric Oshiomhole, at his home town in Iyamho, Etsako West Local Government Council of Edo State, Firday, as Oshiomhole declared his joy of remarrying again after the demise of […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, May 15th, 2015
Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade | credits: twitter.com [UPDATED] The Nigerian Army on Friday temporarily relaxed the curfew imposed on Maiduguri, the capital of troubled Borno State. It is believed that this is done in order to allow the Muslim faithful in the town to attend the Friday Islamic congregational prayer. Though the […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI WARRI—A girl, Omasan, 21, allegedly murdered her younger brother, Laju, in Ugbuwangue, Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday. Laju, a student of Yonwuren College, was said to have bled to death from a stab to his chest by Omasan, following a disagreement over sharing of house chores. Trouble, Vanguard learned, […]
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Articles, Columnists, Ekiti, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun, State News
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
By Olalekan Waheed ADIGUN | NNP | May 13, 2015 – Sometimes in November, 2014 I wrote under the title OUR GOVERNOR HAS GONE MAD AGAIN on my facebook wall. The title was inspired by Ola Rotimi’s classic OUR HUSBAND HAS GONE MAD AGAIN, whose central character Col. Ladele, an impulsive, irrational soldier-turned politician was. […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Monday, May 11th, 2015
By Luka Binniyat Old giant threes with fat, twisting trunks that outlived their colonial planters, spread forth their huge branches of green leaves over the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, Jengree in Bassa Local Government Area, LGA, of Plateau State. The hospital, said to be over 60 years old, bore all the trappings of colonial structures […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Governors, Headlines, INEC Politics, Rivers, State News
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
Except the five governorship candidates challenging the credibility of the April 11 governorship election in Rivers withdraw their cases from the election petition tribunal or fail to present material evidence like the one exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, who was returned winner of the election is as good […]
