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How we contained Ebola Virus — Fashola

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Says Nigeria should help neighbouring countries By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowoopejo Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, gave insight into how the government was able to contain the out-break of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, even as he said Nigeria needed to assist neighbouring countries still battling to contain the EVD pandemic.. The governor […]

Amaechi laments increasing corruption rate

Posted by admin Agatha Okoroiwu, Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed worry over the level of corruption in the country, saying the level of graft in the country knows no bound. Amaechi, who spoke on Tuesday while swearing in 21 local government caretaker committee chairmen, observed […]

Wike behind Jonathan, Amaechi feud –PDP chief (feuding instead of governing)

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Amaechi and Wike A chief of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State and former Chief SecurityAdviser to ex-Governor Peter Odili, Chief Anabs Sara-Igbe, has said the Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike arm-twisted President Goodluck Jonathan to engage in a feud with Governor Rotimi Amaechi to enhance his 2015 governorship ambition. Sara-Igbe in an […]

A thousand Mbus can’t tame me, says Amaechi

Posted by admin General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Amaechi and Mbu The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said that a thousand Mbus, (a former commissioner of Police in the state) cannot tame him or the people of the state. Amaechi described a former state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, as a puppet. The […]

Borno: No longer home of hospitality

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, September 15th, 2014

For a number of years now, the Boko Haram sect has been ravaging cities in the North Eastern part of the nation, especially Borno State. Several lives have been lost and properties destroyed. James Bwala, in this report, brings to limelight the sufferings of the former residents of Bama town who are now refugees. Food, […]

Sheriff visits Maiduguri today

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, September 15th, 2014

FORMER governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, is being expected in Maiduguri, the Borno Statecapital, to condole with his political compatriot, Kashim Imam ,who lost his mother recently. Sheriff is expected to arrive in Maiduguri, today, but he has alerted the public to a plan by the state government to embarrass him during […]

Stay off our schools, Rivers govt warns FG

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Monday, September 15th, 2014

Rivers State government has warned the Federal Government to drop its proposed plan to renovate and build some blocks of classrooms in some state-owned secondary schools in the state. Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, had, last Friday, at Ogu, in Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of the state, stated that the Federal Government […]

Nigeria’s military competent to tackle Boko Haram —Kwankwaso (How do you define ‘competent’?)

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines, Kano, State News Monday, September 15th, 2014

KANO State governor, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Sunday, said the Nigerian military was competent to tackle the insurgency problem in the country. Kwankwaso, a former Minister of Defence between 2003 and 2007, stated this during a media chat with journalists in Benin City, Edo State, adding that the army was as competent as he left it in […]

Suntai returns, thanks Nigerians •Acting gov, Danjuma, others receive him

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Taraba Monday, September 15th, 2014

TARABA State governor, Danbaba Suntai, on Saturday, returned to Nigeria after several months of medical trip to London. Suntai, who was involved in an air crash in 2012, returned after 10 months of medical trip abroad, but on his return, the Taraba State House of Assembly, said he was unfit to assume duties, then the […]

Presidency not truthful about Sheriff–APC

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Borno, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News Friday, September 12th, 2014

National Publicity Secretary, All Progressives Congress, Lai Mohammed | credits: File copy The All Progressives Congress has accused the presidency of not saying the truth in its response to the condemnation of President Goodluck Jonathan’s relationship with Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, alleged to be sponsoring Boko Haram. The party’s position was contained in a statement […]