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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Kwara, Plateau, Rivers, State News
Saturday, March 28th, 2015
Queues of bank customers at ATM service points on Aba Road, Port Harcourt… on Friday. | credits: Stanley Ogidi Nigerians across the country besieged commercial banks on Friday to make last minute cash withdrawals ahead of today’s presidential and parliamentary elections. In Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, residents flooded Automated Teller Machine points across the […]
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Delta, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Saturday, March 28th, 2015
The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended election in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State after the police said they could not guarantee security in the area. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Anidi Ikowak, said in Agbor that some stakeholders in the area did not allow electoral officers to move voting materials to polling […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 28th, 2015
Bomb explosions in one of the designated polling units in Enugu, early on Saturday morning, has thrown residents, including prospective voters, and Independent National Electoral Commission officials, into panic. The incident occurred at WTC Primary School Polling Unit 1 in New Layout, where voting is billed to take place in the presidential and national assembly […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 28th, 2015
Less than an hour that a bomb exploded at a polling unit in Enugu, a similar incident has occurred in Awka, Anambra State. The Anambra explosion took place at Atom a polling unit at Umuokpara Primary School, Awka ward one. -Punch wp_posts
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Nasarawa, State News
Friday, March 27th, 2015
The Lokoja-Abuja Expressway was on Friday at a standstill for many hours as voters make their way from the Federal Capital Territory to various parts of the country for the March 28 poll. The Lokoja end of the road, our correspondent observed, was blocked for more than 10 hours with men of the Federal Road […]
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Headlines, Nasarawa, State News
Friday, March 27th, 2015
The Emir of Wamba in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Musa Nagogo, on Thursday urged politicians to accept the outcome of the March 28 and April 11 elections in good faith. Nagogo made the call during an interview with newsmen at Wamba Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. “Leadership as an act of God; God gives power to […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, March 26th, 2015
A coordinated attack is set to be carried out by the military to liberate Gwoza, Borno State, from Boko Haram captivity as the defence authorities have deployed four attack helicopters and two air force fighter jets to flush out the terrorists in the areas. A reliable source in the military told our correspondent on Thursday […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, March 26th, 2015
Al Jazeera demands the release of their two Nigerian journalists who have been detained in Maiduguri by Nigerian forces since Tuesday morning. Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris and producer Ali Mustafa were detained in their hotel room after they were returning from covering a story on the Nigerian forces fighting Boko Haram in Borno State. The […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, State News
Thursday, March 26th, 2015
By Our Reporter on March 26, 2015 National FROM DAVID ONWUCHEKWA, NNEWI A philanthropist turned politician, Senator Al Ubanesse Igbeke, a high ranking senator, former member of the National Political Reform Conference, Director General of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Campaign Organisation, has continued to bask in the euphoria of the successes recorded by […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, March 26th, 2015
By Our Reporter on March 26, 2015 National From CHRIS ANUCHA, Port Harcourt Contrary to speculations that the deputy governor of Rivers State, Tele Ikuru, who defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) last Sunday, would be impeached and replaced, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday said his position remained intact. The governor said though, he […]
