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I wonder why one person should own houses in Ikoyi, Asokoro, Dubai – Gov Peter Obi

Posted by admin Anambra, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, State News Monday, July 1st, 2013

By Tony Edike ENUGU – Chairman of South-East Governors’ Forum and Anambra State Governor, Mr. , said Sunday that he would retire from active politics at the expiration of his second term in February next year. The governor spoke in Enugu during the thanksgiving service and award ceremony to mark the end of the 2nd […]

Fleeing robbers kill 10 travellers

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Monday, July 1st, 2013

After storming prison, freeing 179 criminals From TUNDE RAHEEM Akure Hell was let loose in the early hours of yesterday in Akure as some armed robbers invaded Olokuta Medium Prison on Ondo Road Akure in the state capital, freeing about 179 inmates and killing 10 travellers. Eyewitnesses disclosed that the robbers, about 30, and fully […]

Shock in Delta, Abuja as Senator Ewherido dies

Posted by admin Delta, State News, Top Stories Monday, July 1st, 2013

From PAUL OSUYI, Asaba Delta State Chairman of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), Tony Ezeagwu yesterday described the death of Senator Pius Ewherido representing Delta Central at the National Assembly as a great loss. Ezeagwu while battling hard to speak on phone with Daily Sun in Asaba said the late senator was an energetic young […]

Ondo prison break pathetic – Mimiko

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, Raw Politics, State News Monday, July 1st, 2013

BY DAYO JOHNSON AKURE —AT least 30 gunmen in the early hours of Sunday stormed the Olokuta Medium Security Prison in Akure, Ondo State capital, and set free about 175 inmates mainly those standing trial for robbery. A prison officer was shot in the right leg by the gunmen and he is receiving treatment at […]

JTF kills 50 terror suspects in Borno

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News Monday, July 1st, 2013

By Innocent Anaba, Ikechukwu Nnochiri & Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI— Joint Task Force, JTF, weekend, killed no fewer than 50 suspected terrorists in Zabarmari Ward of Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, Maiduguri metropolis. Meanwhile, the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has issued a report, accusing the JTF and the Jama’atu ahlus sunnah lid da’awati […]

Jonathan, Amaechi not at war — Presidency (Do we really care?)

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Rivers, State News Monday, July 1st, 2013

BY Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North ABUJA—In a dramatic twist, the Presidency declared, yesterday, that there was no rift between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. Special Adviser on Political Matters to the President, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, told Vanguard in an interview that the seeming face-off between Jonathan and Amaechi […]

NDLEA arrests 84 drug suspects in 6 months in Ogun

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency), Ogun, State News Monday, July 1st, 2013

Abeokuta – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ogun arrested 84 suspected drug peddlers between January and June, the Commander, Mr Musa Fagge, has said. Fagge told journalists in an interview on Monday in Abeokuta that the command also destroyed 73 hectares of Indian hemp farms in some forest reserves in the state. […]

Should Tinubu’s daughter be the Iyaloja of Lagos?

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, June 30th, 2013

The Lagos state PDP in a statement has kicked against the rumoured move to install Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu’s daughter as the new Iyaloja of Lagos. The statement. “This new development portends great danger for our democracy and indeed Lagos integrity. We are thus calling on the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, not to sit on […]

The Best of Gov. T.A. Orji – By Odimegwu Onwumere,

Posted by admin Abia, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, State News Saturday, June 29th, 2013

By Odimegwu Onwumere, |Rivers, Nigeria | June 28, 2013 – A government without good performance is like a pregnancy without fetus. A lie can take off with the speed of lightening but a lameduck truth will always surmount that speed. These are unconnected to the scorn called governance of Gov. T.A Orji of Abia State, […]

Okorocha, Imo State Pensioneers and 10,00 Sacked Workers – By Kenneth Uwadi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Imo, NNP Columnists, State News Saturday, June 29th, 2013

By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo State, NIgeria | June 28, 2013 – When I write against any of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s policies , a selected group of paranoid supporters of the government will accuse me of being biased and sponsored by political opponents. They will resort to name-calling. When I stand in favour of any […]