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Delta, Headlines, State News
Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
BY Austin Ogwuda Asaba—The leadership of Anioma Congress has indicated its willingness to go ahead with its planned screening of governorship aspirants of Anioma extraction, despite stern warning from the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chairman, Chief Peter Nwaoboshi, on the implication of such an exercise. However, the state Chairman of Democratic Peoples’ Party, […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
An employee of Ecobank, Babatunde Oke, on Thursday, died in the custody of the Falomo Police Divisional Headquarters in Lagos, after he was detained for three days over his alleged involvement in a N1.2m fraud. Oke, who is survived by a wife and two children, was said to have worked at the Ogba, Lagos branch […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, February 23rd, 2014
Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi | credits: File copy Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has dismissed the threat by the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, that he (Amaechi) will be arrested after Jonathan’s victory in 2015. Amaechi said he would continue to speak against decisions of the Federal Government under President Goodluck […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, February 22nd, 2014
From: TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday said he is not a coward and would continue to speak against the policies and decisions of the President Goodluck Jonathan-led government. Amaechi spoke through the Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, Tony Okocha, in reaction to the statement by the […]
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Kano, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Saturday, February 22nd, 2014
By CHIDI OBINECHE, NDUBUISI ORJi and SEYE OJO The Secretary to the Government of the Federation(SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim yesterday appealed to the Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso to return to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), noting cynically that he has no business with his new party. He made the appeal while speaking […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Friday, February 21st, 2014
By SAMUEL OYADONGHA, yenagoa No fewer than 15 hoodlums Thursday invaded the conference hall of the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Yenagoa and disrupted the union’s planned emergency meeting. But the intervention of the police prevented the situation from degenerating into bloodbath as four of the hoodlums were arrested. The union […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, February 21st, 2014
…As Students Destroyed N51 Million Properties Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Friday directed the re-opening of the Lagos State University (LASU) from Monday February 24, in the overriding best interest of the students. This is after the state government put the value of properties destroyed by the students during the last protest at […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, State News
Thursday, February 20th, 2014
No fewer than 20,000 applicants on Thursday besieged the Ebonyi Secondary Education Board in Abakaliki to obtain recruitment forms for teaching jobs. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the applicants scrambled to collect the forms from officials of the board. A source in the board who spoke on condition of anonymity said that obtaining […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News
Thursday, February 20th, 2014
The Rivers State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 11 suspected armed robbers and two kidnappers in Port Harcourt. The suspects, according to the State Police Commissioner, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, were arrested during various operations carried out by policemen in the state. Ogunsakin who narrated how one of the operations was carried out told newsmen that […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, February 20th, 2014
Peter Agumagu and Rotimi Amaechi A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has nullified the appointment of Justice Peter Agumagu as the Acting Chief Judge of Rivers State. The court also directed the state governor to comply with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution on the appointment of an acting CJ for the state. […]
