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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
MAIDUGURI (AFP) – Public secondary schools in northeast Borno state have been closed indefinitely following deadly attacks blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, teachers and parents said Saturday.The closure reportedly affects 85 secondary schools, catering to some 120,000 students across the troubled state, a stronghold of the militant sect waging a five year insurgency in Nigeria.The […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Kwara, Presidency, State News
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan | credits: nigerianbulletin.com President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said all the mandates of the Peoples Democratic Party allegedly stolen in Kwara State by virtue of recent defection by the state governor and others would be returned to the party. Jonathan spoke while granting audience to a delegation of the state chapter […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Sunday, March 16th, 2014
By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo State, Nigeria | March 16, 2014 – I totally condemn the March 8th invasion of my residence in Egbema of Imo State by armed uniformed police officers at the behest of the leadership of the Imo State House of Assembly. The invaders stormed my place in a crude military-like assault […]
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Anambra, Articles, Chukwudi Nwokoye, Columnists, NNP Columnists, State News
Saturday, March 15th, 2014
‘He made friends and dined with tax collectors, harlots and sinners. John The Baptist’s disciples fasted but His disciples did not observe the sabbath day and did not fast. He said that he would destroy the temple and rebuild it in 3 days…. He blasphemed God by saying that he was the son of God. […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, March 15th, 2014
A peninsula in the Ijegun area of Lagos State was gutted by fire after a pipeline conveying petroleum product was vandalised on Saturday. Though details of the incident remained sketchy as of press time, emergency management agencies said the casualty figure could be high because the peninsula was still inaccessible to them as of Saturday […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Saturday, March 15th, 2014
At least 100 people were killed when some gunmen attacked three villages in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of Saturday. Our correspondent gathered that the attackers invaded the three villages of Ugwar Sankwai, Ungwar Gata and Chenshyi on Friday night when the villagers were fast asleep. According to eye […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Saturday, March 15th, 2014
Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State At least 100 people were killed when some gunmen attacked three villages in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State in the early hours of Saturday. Our correspondent gathered that the attackers invaded the three villages of Ugwar Sankwai, Ungwar Gata and Chenshyi […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
[print] Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam | credits: http://liveofofo.com Fulani herdsmen on Monday accused the Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, of being the architect of the clashes between them and the Tiv. They also claimed that they had lost 134 of their colleagues and 11,915 heads of cattle to the […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
The Ogun Police Command said on Thursday that it arrested a 38-year-old man, Adelani Ayomide, for being in possession of a bag containing 18 human skulls. A statement by the command’s spokesperson, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi, issued in Abeokuta said Ayomide was arrested on Thursday along the Ado-Odo-Owode road at about 6.48 a.m. during a routine […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
By NGOZI UWUJARE Thursday, March 13, 2014 Notorious kidnappers nabbed in Agbor advertisement Most wanted suspected kidnappers that have been terrorising Edo and part of Delta states have finally fallen into police net. 23-year-old Stanley Omeregie had been declared wanted by the Edo State police command for […]
