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Bayelsa, First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, State News
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, tactically avoided the Bayelsa State delegation, led by Governor Seriake Dickson, who came to rejoice with the President on his 57th birthday in Abuja on Thursday. No member of the National Assembly from the state was also on the delegation. There has been no love lost between the governor […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
In a twist to the unfolding events in Ekiti State, the Peoples Democratic Party’s lawmakers in the state House of Assembly on Thursday impeached the Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin. The Minority Leader, Mr. Samuel Ajibola, who is now the Leader of Government Business, had told journalists on Wednesday that Omirin remained the Speaker and that […]
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Bayelsa, First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, State News
Thursday, November 20th, 2014
There is a strong indication that the rift between the wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, and Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has deepened. It was learnt that Bayelsa senators and members of the House of Representatives at the National Assembly had allegedly joined forces with the First Lady against Dickson. The federal legislators, it […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Saturday, November 15th, 2014
THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has warned its governorship and other aspirants to play by the rules and be guided by the provisions of Article 58 (1) of the party’s constitution of 2012 as amended, threatening that disciplinary actions would be taken against errant members. The state Chairman of the […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Friday, November 14th, 2014
The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a N1.5bn libel suit instituted by Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sullivan Chime, against The Guardian Newspaper and Chief Okechukwu Ezea, his opponent in the 2007 gubernatorial election. The appellate court, in a lead judgement delivered by Justice Rita Pemu on Friday, […]
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Adamawa, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News
Friday, November 14th, 2014
A combined team of local hunters, civilian JTF and the Nigerian soldiers on Wednesday night launched a fierce battle against Boko Haram insurgents and recaptured Mubi and its environ, which had earlier fell into the hands of the sect. Reports from Mubi also indicated that five Nigerian Armoured Personnel Carriers, seized by the dreaded Islamists […]
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Abia, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olaniyi Olanike, State News
Sunday, November 9th, 2014
By Olaniyi Olanike | Umuahia, Abia | Nov. 9, 2014 – “Ojo Maduekwe was also as wily as they come in the politics of eating one of his own to pave way for himself… In essence, a few pro-Igbo policies of the Obasanjo era were lost in the din of tribal self-hate Ojo polluted all around […]
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Abia, Articles, Columnists, Madubuko Hart, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, November 9th, 2014
By Madubuko Hart | Lagos, Nigeria | Nov. 9, 2014 – A critical look at the government of Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State spells one thing: There must be something positive about him and his government that critics of his government do not want the world to know, so they are doing everything within their […]
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Headlines, Nasarawa, State News
Sunday, November 9th, 2014
No fewer than 32 people were feared dead on Sunday evening when gunmen suspected to Fulani insurgents gunned down some Eggon villagers in an ambush at Arikya-Soni in Lafia East Development Area of Nasarawa State at about 3pm. It was gathered that the villager were returning from from their farm when the suspected Fulani gunmen, […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News
Sunday, November 9th, 2014
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, on Friday revealed that the Super Eagles would on May 29 next year host the Brazil senior national team in a friendly at the newly commissioned stadium in Uyo. May 29 is generally marked as Democracy Day in Nigeria for the swearing-in of newly elected governors and president. It […]
