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Borno, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has said that no group or person can threaten him before he will perform his official duties. Jonathan, who was responding to an October deadline given to him on Monday by members of the Northern Elders Forum to ensure the rescue of the abducted schoolgirls, said the ultimatum was in bad taste. […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics, Osun, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Senator Iyiola Omisore The The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said that his loss at the Saturday election is due to the malpractices perpetrated by a former Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state. Omisore, who said this in a statement on Monday, claimed that although […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
| credits: Photo: Samson Folarin A medical doctor has revealed how a nursing mother contracted the deadly Ebola virus at a Lagos hospital. PUNCH Metro learnt that the woman was the patient who visited the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation staff clinic on Muri Okunola Street in the Victoria Island area of Lagos. NNPC had issued […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
The suspect, a lady, was said to have been instantly chased out of the hospital by nurses on duty. Sources in the hospital told journalists that the frail looking lady had blood oozing from her nostrils and mouth. The discovery led to commotion in the area as the lady was told to go to the […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
By TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri on August 12, 2014 · National Wives of army personnel in Borno State have protested against the movement of their husbands from Maiduguri barracks to an upgraded army formation in the state. The women, who gathered at the 21 Armoured Brigade (Giwa Barracks) in Maiduguri yesterday morning for the peaceful demonstration, […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
By Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Abakaliki Monday, August 11, 2014 Police have arrested a 20-year-old man, Chukwuma (surname withheld), who allegedly specialised in killing women and having sex with their dead bodies in Ebonyi State.The suspect allegedly killed three women along farm pathways in the area and had sex with them. The state Police Public Relations […]
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Bayelsa, Boko Haram, Headlines, State News
Monday, August 11th, 2014
Nigerian Legion | credits: http://1.bp.blogspot.com The Bayelsa State chapter of the Nigerian Legion has asked the Federal Government to allow them to assist in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in the country. The Chairman of the Nigerian Legion in the state, Igirigi Effiong, said this in Yenagoa, the state capital, on Saturday […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Monday, August 11th, 2014
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Bayelsa State Command, has declared the creeks of the state unsafe for those involved in illegal oil bunkering and refining activities. The State Commandant, NSCDC, Mr. Desmond Agu, made the declaration during his monthly briefing of officers and men of the command. He said the NSCDC, working in […]
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Governors, Headlines, Niger, Osun, State News
Monday, August 11th, 2014
Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, on Monday ascribed the victory of Rauf Aregbesola, in the Osun State governorship election on Saturday governorship to hard work and commitment to grassroots politics. Aliyu who made his position known in a press statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Israel Ebije, in Minna, […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, August 11th, 2014
Survivors of Boko Haram attacks in southern Borno ethnic minority communities who fled to Northern Adamawa areas of Madagali, Michika and Lasa, have received letters threatening further attacks on them. Our correspondent gathered that over 10,000 people of the ethnic religious minority in Gwoza Local Government Area, Borno State have been displaced by the sect. Some are currently in […]
