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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, May 30th, 2014
Suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect on Thursday ambushed three traditional rulers between the Biu –Azare-Garkida Road in Borno State. The royal fathers are the Emir of Gwoza, Idrisa Timta, and his counterparts from Askira Abdullahi Askirama, and the Emir of Uba, Ismaila Manza. A security source said on Friday that the Gwoza Emir […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Friday, May 30th, 2014

A former Governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja, on Thursday lost one of his sons in an auto crash on the Eko Bridge in Lagos. The deceased, identified as Adebola Ladoja, was driving a Golf saloon car, marked, AKD 107 CJ, and was said to be on his way to Lagos Island when a Daf […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, State News, Yobe
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
Boko Haram insurgents continued their rampage on Monday night, killing 49 security operatives and civilians in two communities in Yobe and Borno states. In the attack on Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, they left 20 soldiers and 20 policemen dead while in Chinene, Gwoza LGA of Borno State, they cut the […]
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Akwa Ibom, Columnists, Ikpafak Thompson Essien, NNP Columnists, State News
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

By Ikpafak Thompson Essien – Portland, Oregon, USA | May 27, 2014 – Shortly after Godswill Akpabio was sworn in as the governor of Akwa Ibom State in 2007, his first official performance was to harass journalists. He hated and had a high disdain for any journalist who reported the truth, the type of truth […]
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Anambra, Articles, Chukwudi Nwokoye, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

On the 17th day of March, the leadership baton was passed from Governor Peter Obi to Chief Willie Maduaburochukwu Obiano. By the way, I use the baton analogy to stress the fact that the governance of the great state of Anambra is a relay race and not a sprint. One does a good race and […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
Dear Sir, It is unfortunate that the writer is ascribing the action of perhaps one person or a few persons to an entire state and hiding under that cover to launch an attack on the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio. Or how else do I describe a report on the so-called child […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Sunday, May 25th, 2014
By PETER DURU A former governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Kalu, stated, yesterday, that he has forgiven former President Olusegun Obasanjo despite the moves against his businesses during the Obasanjo presidency. Kalu, who made the pronouncement when he spoke to journalists in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, said he would however not forget what […]
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Headlines, Nasarawa, State News
Sunday, May 25th, 2014
By Levinus Nwabughiogu Solomon Ewuga is the senator representing Nasarawa North in the Senate. He is said to have provided the “platform”upon which Umaro Tanko Almakura stood to become the governor of Nasarawa State in 2011. Meanwhile, things have changed and Ewuga has jilted their common political party, the APC, for the PDP. In this […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Plateau, State News
Sunday, May 25th, 2014
Three dead as Champions League fans targeted in another Jos blast on May 25, 2014 / in News 8:42 am / Comments At least three people were killed on Saturday in the central Nigerian city of Jos in an explosion targeting football fans watching the European Champions League final, the authorities […]
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Headlines, Kano, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Governor Rabiu Kwakwanso The Peoples Democratic Party has said the Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwanso, is not fit to govern at any level. Speaking on behalf of the party at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, the National Secretary of the party, Prof. Wale Oladipo, said it was fortunate that Kwakwanso could […]