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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 […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
| credits: Lukesh Poor turnout of people at the 2015 Lagos Carnival marred the event staged on Saturday at the historical Tafawa Balewa Square on the island. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, dignitaries and fun seekers at the event expressed disappointment that in spite of the publicity given it, the turnout was unimpressive. […]
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Articles, Columnists, Lloyd Ukwu, NNP Columnists, Rivers, State News
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
By Lloyd Ukwu | Washington DC, USA | May 10, 2015 – As an American educated lawyer, the use of injunctive relief in Nigeria has never seized to amaze me. In the United States of America, and certainly, in Nigeria, an injunction is a court order by which an individual is required to perform, or […]
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Akwa Ibom, Election 2015, Elections, Governors, Headlines, INEC Politics, Rivers, State News
Sunday, May 10th, 2015
Prof. Attahiru Jega As the May 29 handover date draws near, fresh controversy over the election results has been ignited between the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. According to two online portals, Premium Times and Sahara Reporters, the governorship elections in the two states […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
Governor Sullivan Chime Crisis erupted in Enugu State on Monday as 14 members of the state House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Eugene Odoh, commenced moves to impeach Governor Sullivan Chime. The governor is facing impeachment barely three weeks to the end of his tenure in office. He will complete two terms of four […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News, Taraba
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
No fewer than 100 people, including a pastor and three soldiers, were killed at the weekend and Monday in Plateau and Taraba states. Seventy of the deaths were recorded in Karim Lamido and Takum local government areas of Taraba State and 30 in two villages at the Barkin Ladi LGA of […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Friday, April 24th, 2015
The outgoing governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, on Thursday donated eight new Toyota Prado Sports Utility Vehicles to the state governor-elect, Samuel Ortom, his deputy, Benson Aboun, and their wives. He made the donation in Makurdi, the state capital. The governor said the donation was part of the move by the outgoing administration to […]
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Abia, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News
Friday, April 24th, 2015
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has ordered a restriction of vehicular movements in Local Government Areas where re-run elections will be held in five states on Saturday. This is contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu in Abuja on Friday. According to the statement, […]
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Abuja (FCT), Aviation, Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
Hundreds of Arik Air passengers were left stranded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Thursday as a result of a disagreement between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and the airline. It was learnt that FAAN stopped the domestic carrier from carrying out its operations at the airport due to issues of indebtedness. […]
