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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
Eighteen-year-old Anna Banner beats 31 other beautiful dreamers at the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria pageant held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, writes AKEEM LASISI Biblically speaking, many roundly beautiful girls were called. But only one was chosen. That lucky bird is 18-year-old Anna Banner, who was, on Saturday night, crowned the Most Beautiful Girl in […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Ogun, State News
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
The police in Ogun State on Tuesday said they had arrested a 22-year-old man, Giraima Suri, suspected to be a member of Boko Haram in Isheri-Kara area of Ifo Local Government. The police said the suspect from Bulunkutu Kasuwa, Maiduguri, Borno State, was arrested by detectives acting on a tip-off. The command added that the […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
ANAMBRA State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Chief Joe-Martin Uzodike yesterday announced that pensioners who retired from the Anambra State Broadcasting Service (ABS) and National Light Newspapers would be tackled promptly by Governor Peter Obi. Uzodike spoke to newsmen while inspecting the new corporate office of the ABS in Onitsha at Awada Obosi. He […]
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Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
Obuah faction wants him out •No, he remains our leader-says factional leader •Amaechi remains PDP leader in Rivers – Ake faction The Obuah –led faction of the PDP in Rivers State wants Governor Rotimi Amaechi out of the party as soon as possible. The faction, which has already suspended the governor for alleged anti-party activities, […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Headlines, Party Politics, Rivers, State News
Friday, July 19th, 2013
Thousands of youths stormed the Port Harcourt International Airport in Omagwa Rivers State to receive five Action Congress of Nigeria governors who were on a solidarity visit to Governor Rotimi Amaechi. The governors – Babatunde Fashola (Lagos); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti); Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo); Rauf Aregbesola (Osun); and Ibikunle Amosu (Ogun) – had in their company, […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News
Friday, July 19th, 2013
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, met behind closed doors in Abuja on Thursday to deliberate on the polarisation of the Peoples Democratic Party governors. It was gathered that at the meeting, Akpabio also solicited Obasanjo’s support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid in 2015. Akpabio, who chairs the […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, July 18th, 2013
Check this triangle: Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood. The oldest of the triumvirate, Hollywood, is in the United States of America and from it India and Nigeria adapted the Bollywood and Nollywood respectively. The three are doing well and well known all over the world, especially in movie circles and are making money for different stakeholders. […]
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First Ladies, General Politics, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, July 18th, 2013
Contrary to her earlier denials of involvement in the political crisis rocking Rivers State, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, on Wednesday opened up on the matter. She told 16 bishops from the South-South, who visited her at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, that her misunderstanding with Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, started about four years […]
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Adamawa, Headlines, Kano, Niger, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
As Lamido, Kwakwanso, Aliyu, Nyako call for redeployment of CP From CHRIS ANUCHA and TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Protesters yesterday held Rivers State Governor, Hon Chibuike Amaechi and four visiting governors hostage at the Port Harcourt International Airport. The governors holed in at the airport, with Amaechi, are Alhaji Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Alhaji Rabiu Musa […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja As the political crisis in Rivers State lingers, Evans Bipi, who was chosen by lawmakers opposed to Governor Chibuike Amaechi as speaker of the state House of Assembly, has insisted he is the authentic leader of the House. Claiming to have been elected by over 23 members of the House and […]
