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Man, 60, dies after torture at Oba’s palace

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Wednesday, July 17th, 2013

From BAMIGBOLA GBOLAGUNTE, Osogbo A 60-year-old man, Timothy Adegboye who was beaten at the palace of the Ogiyan of Ejigbo in Osun State on the order of a prominent traditional chief over issues relating to land matter in the town is dead.It was gathered that Pa Adegboye died following complications he suffered as a result […]

Ekiti 2014: ACN’s festering crisis over Bamidele’s gov bid

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Monday, July 15th, 2013

Femi Makinde writes on the dispute between Governor Kayode Fayemi and the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Budget and Research, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele The Action Congress of Nigeria in Ekiti State has been polarised by the insistence of the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Legislative Budget and Research, […]

Patience Jonathan blames elders for fuelling Rivers crisis

Posted by admin First Ladies, Latest Politics, Rivers, Top Stories Monday, July 15th, 2013

Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Monday faulted the contributions of some unnamed persons she referred to as “otherwise respected elders” who, by their views, had been contributing to the crisis in Rivers State. While describing their utterances as unfortunate, she called on all feuding parties in the state to sheathe their swords […]

Orji Urges Abians in China to be Good Ambassadors

Posted by admin Abia, Headlines, State News Saturday, July 13th, 2013

Abia governor, chief Theodore Orji has urged people of the state residing in China to be good ambassadors while in the Asian country. In a statement by the chief press secretary, Ugochukwu Emezue,the governor in a town hall meeting told them to be law abiding and shun the urge to push hard drugs. According to […]

Boko Haram Denies Cease-Fire Pact with Govt, Endorses Yobe Massacre

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News, Yobe Saturday, July 13th, 2013

The leader of Islamist militants group, Boko Haram, has denied reaching a cease fire deal with the federal government saying “we will not enter into any truce with the Nigerian government.” Also, the group claimed responsibility for the last weekend attack on Yobe School where 29 students were massacred. The Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru […]

Jigawa governor’s son convicted of money laundering

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines, Jigawa, State News, Top Stories Friday, July 12th, 2013

Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34-year-old son of the Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for offences bordering on money laundering, was on Friday convicted by Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court, Kano and ordered to forfeit 25 per cent of the undeclared […]

Okorocha launches mid-day prayers in Imo

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Friday, July 12th, 2013

By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 11/07/2013 Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has launched the Imo Mid-day Prayers patterned after the Catholic mid-day prayer known as Angelus. At the launch yesterday in Owerrri, Gov. Okorocha said that the prayer would begin from noon and last for 10 minutes. The governor noted that the essence of […]

Undeniably, Gov. T.A Orji Has No Hidden Agenda – By Odimegwu Onwumere

Posted by admin Abia, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, State News Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

By Odimegwu Onwumere | Rivers, Nigeria | July 10, 2013 – In any locality, state or country where the leader is weak, not as a result of old age, but out of incompetence, such an environment is bound to grow weaker and, the people that such a leader is heading, susceptible to suffering. There would […]

Amaechi does not have a party structure —Wike

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

The Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, in an interview with journalists in Abuja, explains the crisis in the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, NIYI ODEBODE was there. Excerpts: What happened at the Port Harcourt Airport on Saturday, June 29, when President Goodluck Jonathan was returning to Abuja after his […]

Mayhem in Rivers State House of Assembly, speaker, dep. gov., attacked: Gov. Amaechi’s order of arrest disobeyed by police

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News, Top Stories Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

The political crisis in Rivers State degenerated on Tuesday as an attempt to impeach the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mr. Otelemaba Amachree, sparked a free-for-all. Five members of the House opposed to Governor Rotimi Amaechi had engaged about 13 of their colleagues in a fight shortly after the pro-governor lawmakers resisted the move […]