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Bayelsa, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
The Chairman of the PeoplesDemocratic Party National Reconciliation Committee, Mr. Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday said it would be wrong to accuse the party of being a religious or a regional party. He said it was only the PDP that had the capacity to produce a president, which he said it did in 1999, even when […]
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Governors, Headlines, Plateau, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
THERE are indications that the two factional chairmen of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rivers State’s Rotimi Amaechi and Plateau’s Jonah Jang, may be asked to step down for a neutral governor as part of moves to resolve the lingering NGF crisis. The PUNCH learnt on Tuesday that this was one of the decisions reached at […]
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Headlines, State News
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
By Festus Ahon Ughelli — The people of Tuomo community, Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, under the aegis of Godsday Orubebe Project 2015, have called on the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, to contest the 2015 governorship election in the state. A statement by its interim Chairman, Chief Akpola Ekperi and […]
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Headlines, State News
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
OSOGBO — Osun State Government has set aside N35 million as its contribution to the burial of a renowned Evangelist and Prophet, Apostle Timothy Obadare, in his home town, Ilesa, this weekend. Late Obadare, the founder and leader of World Soul Winning Evangelical Ministry, WOSEM, died March 21, this year and will be buried on […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Monday, August 12th, 2013
Suspected Islamist extremists have shot dead 44 worshippers in an attack on a mosque in Nigeria’s restive northeast, a senior government official said on Monday. “Gunmen believed to be Boko Haram members entered the mosque and opened fire on Muslim worshippers, killing 44,” the official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised […]
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General Politics, Jigawa, State News, Top Stories
Monday, August 12th, 2013

Forget NGF crisis, when it comes to money govs ‘re united Governor Sule Lamido is arguably the most socialist inclined of the country’s 36 governors. In his six years in office as governor of Jigawa State, he has in several ways sought to give the imprint of the Talakawa ideology he inherited from his one […]
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Governors, Plateau, State News
Monday, August 12th, 2013
THERE are indications that the faction of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum led by Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang is already in search of peace in the Forum. “We need to settle down and settle our differences. It is not portraying us in good light before Nigerians and the international community. We need to put a […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Monday, August 12th, 2013
The United Kingdom-based Financial Conduct Authority has fined the UK subsidiary of the Guaranty Trust Bank over £500,000 for failing to do thorough anti-money laundering checks on its potential clients from high-risk countries. The FCA said on Friday that between May 2008 and July 2010, the bank had failed to assess potential money-laundering risks, screen […]
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Governors, Plateau, Rivers, State News
Sunday, August 11th, 2013
By SONI DANIEL Factional Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors Forum (NGF), Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State, and Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, leading a group of 19 governors, appeared back in the trenches, yesterday. Jang and Amaechi renewed the NGF crisis after the former scheduled a meeting of governors for Abuja today. The Rivers […]
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EFCC Politics, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Friday, August 9th, 2013
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to quiz the Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker, Otelemaba Amachree, and other principal officers loyal to Governor Rotimi Amaechi. The commission has already interrogated the embattled Majority Leader, Mr. Chidi Lloyd, who has just been granted bail over an attempted murder charge, assault, intent to maim […]