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Be humble, magnanimous in Victory; Jonathan tells Fayose

Posted by admin Ekiti, Presidency, State News Sunday, June 22nd, 2014

By Ben Agande, Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the newly elected governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose to be humble and magnanimous as he prepares to assume office as the goverenor of Ekiti state. In a congratulatory message to the governor elect, President Jonathan charged him to “commit himself to forming an administration […]

World Cup: We were robbed – Bosnia coach

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Sunday, June 22nd, 2014

Bosnia coach Safet Susic, who started with just Dzeko up front despite saying after the opening defeat to Argentina he would play with two strikers, said that his side had been robbed of a goal by New Zealand referee Peter O’Leary. “I was told there was no offside but it’s not the first or last […]

Fayose (PDP) wins Ekiti guber elections (A 2nd chance to steal)

Posted by admin Ekiti, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, State News Sunday, June 22nd, 2014

By Dapo Akinrefon Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been elected Governor of Ekiti state. Ayodele-FayoseThe Returning Officer for the 2014 governorship elections and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, Professor Isaac Azuzu announced the results of the governorship elections in Ekiti State declaring the candidate of the […]

126,000 policemen for Ekiti election (Is it war or election?)

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, INEC Politics, Nigerian Police, State News Thursday, June 19th, 2014

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said 120,000 security operatives have been deployed in Ekiti State for the governorship election holding on Saturday. In an exclusive interview with our correspondent, the Head, Publicity Division, INEC Headquarters, Mr. Nick Dazang said INEC had customised all the ballot boxes and result sheets according to polling units “such […]

Ekiti: Fayose legally kicked out – ex deputy speaker

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Thursday, June 19th, 2014

Protests on Wednesday greeted the Federal Government’s withdrawal of the N446.3bn theft charge it instituted against Mohammed Abacha, son of a former Head of State, the late Gen. Sani Abacha. Those who flayed the action which took place at the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, were prominent Lagos lawyers – Femi Falana, Jiti Ogunye, […]

21 people die in football watching explosion in Yobe

Posted by admin Headlines, Top Stories, Yobe Thursday, June 19th, 2014

At least 21 people were killed in an explosion which ripped through a football viewing centre in Damaturu, Yobe State on Tuesday, Agence France Presse quoted a medical source as saying on Wednesday. “We received 21 dead bodies and 27 injured victims from the blast,” said the source at the Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital in […]

Police arrest 63 suspected cult members in Akwa Ibom

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Monday, June 16th, 2014

The Akwa Ibom Police Command on Sunday arrested 63 persons, suspected to be members of ‘Black Axe,’ a cult group. DSP Etim Dickson, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, announced this while briefing newsmen in Uyo. He said that the suspected cult members were arrested during their initiation at Effoi village forest, near Eket. The […]

Okorocha condemns attempt to bomb church in Imo

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Monday, June 16th, 2014

Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has condemned Sunday’s attempt to bomb the Living Faith Church, located on Port Harcourt Road, Owerri. Okorocha, who addressed newsmen condemned the act, and commended the security agencies for their timely intervention. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the two improvised explosive devices were hidden under a flower […]

Abuja-Kaduna rail 85% complete, says minister

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Kaduna, State News Sunday, June 15th, 2014

The Abuja-Kaduna standard rail project is 85 per cent completed, the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has said. Umar announced this on Saturday in Doko, Kaduna State, at a ceremony to mark the attainment of 100km of track-laying for the railway modernisation project. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Vice President Namadi Sambo […]

Boko Haram kills 15 in Borno market

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Sunday, June 15th, 2014

Boko Haram sect | credits: File copy The terrorist sect, Boko Haram, on Sunday reportedly killed 15 persons, mostly traders in a local market in Daku village in the Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. The terrorists were said to have stormed the market in the early hours of Sunday, armed with AK47 rifles, […]