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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
Reports reaching African Examiner indicates that Feyi, son of the late former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Agagu, was yesterday discharged from the Orthopaedic Ward of Princess Grace Hospital, Nottingham Place, London two weeks after his admission into the hospital after he was deemed him fit and considered out of danger. Feyi and Akin, his in-law were […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
BY NWANDO OKEREKE The November 16 governorship election is near. It is time for the electorate to choose right. It is time to reshape the destiny of the state. It is time to experience a new dawn. We are all concerned because we want to ensure good governance in the state. We, the Anambra people, […]
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Adamawa, Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, Latest Politics, Yobe
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
» • Soldiers begin patrol on Borno, Yobe, Adamawa roads From TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri and MOLLY KILETE, Abuja The Nigerian Army yesterday said 37 Boko Haram members died during a coordinated raid and air strike by its troops and Nigeria Air Force on camp located in the eastern part of Borno. This is coming at […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
By SOLA BALOGUN and HENRY AKUBUIRO Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, has pledged N3 billion for the completion of a multipurpose creative village in support of writers and culture workers. The proposed creative village, which is expected to encourage artists and writers, will be commissioned before Port Harcourt City is celebrated globally as […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
From TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, yesterday, upheld its earlier decision ordering the Federal Government to pay the people of Odi community in Bayelsa State the sum of N37.6 billion as general damages over its invasion by soldiers during former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. Ruling on an application brought by […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, Raw Politics
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013

By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | October 22, 2013 – The announcement by the Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha, that he will re-contest his position in the 2015 general election generated several headlines and commentaries. Okorocha’s declaration to contest the next election is in total negation of his position before assumption […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Niger Delta, Oil Politics, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Monday, October 21st, 2013

FROM CHRIS ANUCHA The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has said that it was responsible for the damage of Shell facilities, which caused further pollution of the environment in Ogoniland and other communities in the Niger Delta region. The pollution was said to have been due to crude oil spills and […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, State News
Monday, October 21st, 2013

By Odimegwu Onwumere | Rivers, Nigeria | October 21, 2013 – They have told us that Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji has built a new society of law and order. They sufficed that to say that Abia State is standing tall, as a model state, in the federation, under him. These statements are such that […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, General Politics, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Monday, October 21st, 2013

Members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect may have killed 19 people in Borno State on Sunday. AFP reported that the insurgents who were dressed in military uniforms and wielding AK 47 assault rifles killed the 19 motorists by blocking the highway near Logumani which is 19 kilometres from the nation’s border with Cameroun. It […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, October 20th, 2013
Goodness A police sergeant from Ibiaku community, Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Ita Ayamba, has allegedly brutalised and abandoned his eight-year-old daughter, Goodness Ayamba over her refusal to confess to witchcraft. Ita was said to have paraded the little girl along the village streets naked, declaring that Goodness was […]