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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
The Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) has declared that it would resist attempt by anyone to open up a parallel secretariat in the state in the name of the new PDP other than the existing legitimate ruling People’s Democratic Party. The party in a statement signed by the Special Adviser on […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
The Iyase (Prime Minister) of Udo, near Benin, Mr. Patrick Igbinedu, was on Wednesday abducted by unknown gunmen. Sources at the Iyase’s Palace told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday that the monarch was abducted by some armed fierce looking young men. They said the Iyase was playing the game of draught in […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
раскрутка сайтов The Benin stowaway teenager, Daniel Oikhena, has asked that he be allowed to go home to be with his mother and resume school. The teenager, who hid in the wheel compartment of an Arik Airline Lagos-bound plane from Benin last month, has been in the custody of the Edo State government since he […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
THE Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta has asked former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi; and others in the new Peoples Democratic Party to ignore the threats by those parading themselves as ex-militants in the Niger Delta. A group of former militant leaders had issued a warning to Atiku […]
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Headlines, State News, Taraba
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, on Monday obtained the leave of an Abuja court to apply for an Order of Mandamus to compel the Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, to make available information on the health of Taraba State Governor Danbaba Suntai. Falana sought the leave of the Abuja Federal High Court to […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
No fewer than 5,000 women are expected to storm the palace of the Olu of warri, Ogiame Atuwase II, on Tuesday (today) to protest the monarch’s decision to abolish some of the ancient Itshekiri cultural practices. Our correspondent learnt that the women would be dressed in symbolic red attire as a sign of danger for […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Tuesday, September 10th, 2013
The Peoples Democratic Party has said that the Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN), is not the best governor in Nigeria. The PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh, who said this in an interview with journalists in Abuja, said there were PDP governors who had done better than Fashola. “I disagree with the view that […]
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Headlines, Katsina, State News
Sunday, September 8th, 2013
By Ngozi Uwujare A newly wedded wife, Jamila Saidu Umar is now cooling her heels in police cell in Katsina State after being arrested for pouring hot water on her husband, Aminu Umar, during an argument over sex. It was gathered that Umar incurred his wife’s wrath when he accused her of not performing to his […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Saturday, September 7th, 2013
A mid-night inferno has rendered homeless more than 400 residents of Hausa/Fulani Community, a suburb around the Aretallin area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Scores of residential apartments, including permanent structures, batchers and make-shift houses were completely destroyed, while property estimated to cost millions of Naira were also consumed in the inferno. Some elders […]
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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police, Rivers, State News
Saturday, September 7th, 2013
Escort commander’s removal, an order from above -Police It’s an afterthought, lame excuse-Govt Barely 24 hours after the Rivers State government raised the alarm that the state police commissioner, Mbu Joseph Mbu was plotting harm against Governor Rotimi Aamechi following the sudden withdrawal of the latter’s security commanders, the police command has offered explanations for the […]