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Ebola: 160 placed under observation in Rivers

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Friday, August 29th, 2014

Following the death of an Ebola victim in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during the week, at least 160 persons that made contact with the victim have been identified and put under observation. The Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Sampson Parker, stated at a news conference at the state’s secretariat in Port Harcourt on Friday that […]

Enugu lawmakers impeach deputy gov for rearing chickens

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday impeached the deputy governor of the state, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi. Onyebuchi’s impeachment followed his indictment by a seven-man panel of enquiry, which investigated allegations levelled against him by members of the Enugu State House of Assembly. The panel, in its report, held that Onyebuchi was […]

23yrs after Abia remains a major work in progress – Gov. Orji (indeed)

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

BY ANAYO OKOLI. UMUAHIA-TWENTY THREE years after its creation, Governor Theodore Orji Wednesday said that Abia State “remains a major work in progress” in terms of development. According to Governor Orji, “there are still enormous work to be done and many new hurdles to cross” in the concerted effort to develop the state. In a […]

Cross River 2015: The myth around Imoke, Duke and I — Gershom Bassey –

Posted by admin Cross River, Headlines, State News Wednesday, August 27th, 2014

In Cross River State, the trio of former Governor Donald Duke, Governor Liyel Imoke and Mr. Gershom Bassey were at the core of a famed power matrix that plotted the political pattern in Cross River State at the onset of the Fourth Republic. Following Duke as governor was Imoke and eyes have been focussed on […]

24 aspirants jostle for PDP guber ticket in Rivers

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, August 26th, 2014

BY CHRIS ANUCHA, PORT HARCOURT ON AUGUST 27, 2014 ·POLITICS No fewer than 24 persons have so far indicated their interest to contest for the Rivers State governorship seat in 2015, Daily Sun exclusively gathered. Among them are the former leader of the state House of Assembly under Dr Peter Odili’s administration, Dr Tam Gogo Jaja; the Minister of State […]

Boko Haram declares Gwoza Islamic caliphate

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, August 25th, 2014

LEADER of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has re-designated Gwoza town that was seized by his men last Thursday as an Islamic caliphate. Shekau announced the declaration that Gwoza had become an Islamic caliphate in a video obtained by the Agence France-Press on Sunday. The terrorist also vowed that his group would […]

How Nyako beat security, escaped to Britain

Posted by admin Adamawa, Africa & World Politics, Headlines, State News Thursday, August 21st, 2014

HOW did ousted governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Hammanyero Nyako, escape from Nigeria a few hours before his impeachment despite the presence of eagle-eyed security agents waiting to arrest him to answer for his actions? – See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/nyako-beat-security-escaped-britain/#sthash.J65nm9N7.dpuf This is a question that has continued to prop up within the security establishment […]

Chibok girls: Britain to send three Tornado planes

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News Thursday, August 21st, 2014

Abducted Chibok girls BRITAIN’s Royal Air Force plans to send three fighter jets to help in locating the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14 this year. The RAF Tornado GR4s equipped with surveillance facilities, according to Daily Mail on Wednesday, will undertake “reconnaissance missions” over the Sambissa Forest where […]

Five new suspected Ebola cases in Lagos –LASG

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Wednesday, August 20th, 2014

As Nigerians continued to mourn Dr. Stella Adadevoh on Wednesday, another sad news broke on Wednesday that five fresh suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease had been reported in Lagos State. The state Commsioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who announced this shortly after the Federal Government gave an indication that it might immortalise Adadevoh, […]

Of Impeachments and Legislative Rascality – By Arnold A. Alalibo

Posted by admin Adamawa, Arnold Alalibo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News Monday, August 18th, 2014

By Arnold A. Alalibo | NNP | August 18, 2014 – In all democratic societies, there are mechanisms put in place to checkmate the excesses of their leaders. This is in accord with the maxim of Lord Acton that “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Fortunately, Nigeria, like most countries, has one of such […]