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Headlines, Legislature, Senate, Sokoto, State News
Saturday, April 4th, 2015
From the street leading to his house, a first timer will think he is going into a market street, but alas, it is not a market street, but the street of a governor. Governor Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko of Sokoto State virtually lives among the people and they have access to him anytime he is around. […]
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Columnists, Headlines, Nwaorgu Faustinus, Rivers, State News
Saturday, April 4th, 2015
Rivers APC kicks; cuts short presidential victory celebration Nwaorgu Faustinus The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC, has uncovered Chief Nyesome Wike’s, plans to pay a whopping N1 billion monthly salary from the budget of Rivers State to the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, if he wins the April 11th polls […]
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Aviation, Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
Fire guts Lagos airport, Balogun Market : Our correspondents The affected building at MMIA advertisement Passengers and airport users were thrown into panic on Wednesday as fire engulfed one of the offices at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. It was learnt that the fire occurred […]
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Akwa Ibom, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Raw Politics, Rivers, State News
Monday, March 30th, 2015

Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), continues to lead incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a comfortable margin, even as controversial election results from Rivers and Akwa Ibom states were added to the national tally, giving a boost to Mr. Jonathan. Election observers as well as Governor Rotimi […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Ondo, State News, Top Stories
Monday, March 30th, 2015

The All Progressive Congress Presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, has secured a crucial victory over his Peoples Democratic Party rival Goodluck Jonathan in Ondo State, according to results of the Saturday polls released early Monday. Both presidential candidates won in nine local governments each out of the 18 in Ondo state, but Mr. Buhari got the […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Sunday, March 29th, 2015
Two pregnant women gave birth to babies in the bush Sunday morning while fleeing from suspected Boko Haram insurgents that attacked Gunti Gumi village of Alkaleri Local Government area in Bauchi State. A witness, Bala Kurba, said the insurgents stormed the village, forcing the residents to take to their heels. “The pregnant women were among […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, March 29th, 2015

Thousands of supporters of opposition party on Sunday demonstrated in the southern state of Rivers, calling for the cancellation of elections locally because of alleged irregularities. The demonstrators from the All Progressives Congress (APC) converged on the local offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state capital, Port Harcourt. “We are here […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Ogun, State News
Sunday, March 29th, 2015

By DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA-The Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress, Gen.Muhammadu Buhari has defeated President Goodluck Jonathan in Ogun state as he polled 308,290. Buhari won in 13 local government areas of the state while Jonathan who is the People’s Democratic Party candidate for the presidential election held on Saturday won in seven out of […]
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Ekiti, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News
Sunday, March 29th, 2015
By Gbenga Ariyibi Ado Ekiti The president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan won in all the 16 local government areas of Ekiti State in Saturday’s presidential election The PDP candidates equally cleared all the three senatorial seats and 6 House of Representatives seats in the state. Briefing newsmen at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office […]
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Boko Haram, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News, Yobe
Sunday, March 29th, 2015

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Yobe, Habu Zarma, on Sunday said the electoral commission, INEC, had postponed elections indefinitely in 18 polling units in Giedam Local Government Area of the state due to security challenges. He told journalists in Damaturu that security challenges in the council area had scared adhoc staff from going to […]