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Headlines, House, Legislature, Rivers, Senate, State News
Wednesday, December 11th, 2013
THE Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, stopped the National Assembly from performing the legislative functions of the Rivers State House of Assembly. 0 Ruling on a suit filed by two lawyers, Messrs Tamunotemi Asobari and John Kpakol, against the National Assembly, represented by its counsel, Ade Okeaya-Inneh, Justice A. R. Muhammed held […]
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Africa & World Politics, Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, December 11th, 2013
FORMER Goldman Sachs banker, Elias Preko, was yesterday, sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison by a London court for laundering $5 million on behalf of James Ibori, the former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori. Ibori is serving 13 years in a British jail after pleading guilty last year to 10 counts of fraud […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Monday, December 9th, 2013
It’s unfortunate that Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State is persisting in his outrageous and totally illogical campaign of falsehood against the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. His statement that Dr Okonjo-Iweala is responsible for the delay of the African Development Bank water project is a […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, December 9th, 2013
Scenes of a multiple accident on the Otedola bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Lagos… on Sunday. | credits: Sodiq Adelakun An unidentified woman and a pregnant lady were said to have died in the multiple accidents which occurred close to Otedola Bridge, along the Alausa area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Saturday. A large number of people […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Sunday, December 8th, 2013
Ifijeh | credits: File copy I cried all night when Oshiomhole seized my goods — Go and die widow The two encounters between Joy Ifijeh and Governor Adams Oshiomhole; first on the street — where the governor asked her to ‘go and die’ after her goods were seized for blocking the road, and then at […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
An attempt by a former Governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, to stage a comeback to the centre of the state’s politics suffered a setback as his request to visit the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, was rejected for security reasons. The governor had written to the monarch on November 30, on his plan […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
Punch The image of Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, sitting with Mrs. Joy Ifije, and her son, Bright, reminds me of President Barack Obama’s “Beer Summit.” After Obama jumped into a matter he was ill-informed about and received severe lashing from “post-racial” America, he called the protagonists of his own drama to a beer summit. […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013
Effecct of pre-dawn attack by Boko Haram in Maiduguri. | credits: File copy The military authorities have commenced investigations into the attacks on the Nigerian Air Force Base and other military formations by the Boko Haram insurgents in the early hours on Monday . A security source disclosed this to our correspondent in Abuja on […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
From GBENGA ADESUYI, Ibadan A woman suspected to be a dealer in Indian Hemp has been arrested by the Oyo State Police command. Toyin (30) and David (27), according to the state Police Commissioner, Mohammed Indabbawa was arrested at Eleja village along Akanran area of Ibadan on November 29 with 646 bags of Indian Hemp worth […]
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Bayelsa, EFCC Politics, General Politics, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
FROM GODWIN TSA, Abuja There was drama yesterday at the Abuja division of the Federal High Court as former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva frustrated attempts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to re-arraign him and six others on a 42-count amended charge bordering on fraudulent transactions and money laundering to the […]
