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Protests in Kano as Sanusi becomes Emir

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Sunday, June 8th, 2014

sanusi-lamido Protests broke out in parts of Kano on Sunday shortly after a former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Lamido Sanusi was named the new Emir of Kano. Sanusi, who by his appointment becomes the 14th Emir of Kano, takes over from Ado Ibrahim,who died on Friday. Before the Secretary to the Kano State Government, […]

Emir of Kano: Sanusi, others in succession race

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Friday, June 6th, 2014

Mallam Lamido Sanusi The race to succeed the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has begun. Bayero, longest-serving emir in Kano’s history, passed on in the early hours of Friday after an undisclosed ailment. He ascended the throne in 1963 and ruled for 50 years until his death and was buried in Kano […]

Two killed in attempt to declare Biafra in Enugu

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Thursday, June 5th, 2014

There was confusion in Enugu on Thursday over the death of two persons, including a policeman, during a failed attempt by the Biafra Zionist Federation to allegedly announce the secession of the ‘Republic of Biafra’ in the studio of the Enugu State Broadcasting Service. The BZF had earlier attracted attention on March 8 when members […]

EFCC’s case against Ikuforiji, a witch-hunt -Olanipekun

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines, Lagos, State News Thursday, June 5th, 2014

At the resumed trial of the Lagos State House of Assembly’s Speaker, Mr. Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his aide, Mr. Oyebode Atoyebi, for alleged of money laundering, the defence counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun(SAN) and Mr. Tunde Akinrinmisi, described the EFCC’s investigation and prosecution of the two accused persons as a witch-hunt. The two defence counsel made […]

Death toll in Borno village attacks hits 100

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Thursday, June 5th, 2014

| credits: File copy About 100 persons were reportedly killed by insurgents during Tuesday’s attack on three border communities with Cameroon. The Tuesday’s attack, it was learnt, was a retaliatory one on the three villages of Attagara, Agapalawa and Aganjara in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. Though a security source revealed to journalists […]

Borno plans relocating Chibok girls to other states

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Monday, June 2nd, 2014

Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has promised to relocate the abducted Chibok schoolgirls to other parts of the country on their release to conclude their secondary school education. The governor said the state government would shoulder the responsibility of sponsoring all the girls to schools in Abuja, Kano, Lagos, Kaduna or any other states […]

Account for your allocations, Okonjo-Iweala dares govs

Posted by admin Headlines, State News Monday, June 2nd, 2014

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has challenged state governors to tell Nigerians what they do with the huge allocations they receive regularly from the Federal Government. According to the minister, many of the states get monetary allocations that far outweigh the annual budget of some neigbouring countries to Nigeria. Okonjo-Iweala spoke on Sunday […]

Boko Haram bombs bar, kills 60 in Adamawa

Posted by admin Adamawa, Headlines, State News Monday, June 2nd, 2014

Members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect on Sunday bombed a bar and a brothel located near a major military base in Mubi, Adamawa State and killed over 60 people. Sources told saharareporters that explosion rocked the popularly bar located at Kaban, a few kilometres to the headquarters of the Special Operations Battalion (SOB) of […]

Alao-Akala’s driver shot dead by suspected robbers

Posted by admin Headlines, Oyo, State News Saturday, May 31st, 2014

Alhaji Alabi Ajikobi, a driver of the former Governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, was shot dead on Friday by unknown gunmen in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ajikobi was shot by suspected armed robbers while returning from the bank where he had gone to cash some unspecified amount of money. […]

Sokoto to sell houses to civil servants

Posted by admin Headlines, Sokoto, State News Saturday, May 31st, 2014

The Sokoto State Government has concluded arrangements to sell houses to civil servants on owner occupier basis, the Commissioner for Information, Malam Danladi Bako, said. He made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen in Sokoto on Saturday. Bako said “the gesture is in furtherance of the commitment to good governance as contained […]