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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
*WHO cautions FG, states Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsuru Olowoopejo Despite the Federal Government’s insistence on September 22 resumption date for schools, indications emerged yesterday, that Lagos State Government might not respect the date. Governor Babatunde Fashola gave this hint when he received the Country Representative of the World Health Organization, Mr. Rui Van Gaz who paid him a courtesy visit […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
Ezekwesili, Uwais, Unongo, Madubuike, others chart way forward By Clifford Ndujihe ONE hundred and fifty days after the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, BBGM, yesterday urged Nigerians to come together to save the country from being the den of terrorists. #BringbackOurGirls protest: Dr Oby Ezekwesili (left) and others during the BringbackOurGirls […]
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Kano, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
By Abdulsalam Muhammad KANO – Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has said the widely celebrated defection of the former EFCC chairman, Nuhu Ribadu has earned the status of a laughing stock among PDP stakeholders in Adamawa state. Mr. Kwankwaso made the remark while receiving merit award from two distinct Non Governmental Oraganization at the Government House, […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
By Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA —SXTY-FIVE days after an Islamic cleric, Abdul Ganiyu Jumah and his wife, Muinat, were reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen at their residence, they were found at the detention facility of the Department of State Services, DSS in Ogun State. The couple, who were residing at 27, Fagbemi Street, Ijoko, in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area […]
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Adamawa, Armed Forces, Latest Politics, State News
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
By Kingsley Omonobi, Umar Yusuf & Ndahi Marama The Defence headquarters declared yesterday that the troops were in full control of Mubi, the second largest city in Adamawa State, even as no fewer than 70 insurgents were said to have been killed by local hunters and vigilante groups. A Defence Headquarters, DHQ tweet yesterday read, “Mubi […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Monday, September 8th, 2014
The Rivers government said on Monday that the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the state has not caused any expatriate drift from their work places. The commissioner for health, Dr Sampson Parker, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt that government has not received reports of expatriates leaving the state because […]
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Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, General Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Monday, September 8th, 2014
After a fierce battle, the nation’s military has reclaimed Bama town, Borno State from the terror group Boko Haram. Boko Haram captured the area last Monday. But after aerial bombardments by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF)’s fighter jets, the military has reclaimed Bama. Sources confirmed this yesterday in Maiduguri, the state capital. A military source […]
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Lagos, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, September 8th, 2014
By KINGSLEY OMONOBI-ABUJA Following recent promotions and retirements in the Nigerian Police force which led to vacancies in position of Command helmsmen, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba Monday appointed new Commissioners of Police for 21 states of the federation with CP Kayode Aderanti moving to Lagos as the new CP. He takes […]
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Adamawa, Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, September 8th, 2014
By Kingsley Omonobi, Umar Yusuf, Caleb Ayansina Yola— Anxiety, panic gripped residents of Mubi, the commercial nerve centre of Adamawa State, yesterday, as news spread that Boko Haram insurgents were closing in on the town. This came as the military vowed that the onslaught to checkmate activities of the terrorists will not stop until they […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, September 5th, 2014
By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | Sept. 5, 2014 – Right from my days in the University of Port Harcourt I fought for the masses and the oppressed. I do this through article writing, placard caring protest, blogging, hiring of legal service, campaigns and struggles against the anti-poor policies of the ruling class, as […]
