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Ondo female legislator suspended over fetish objects possession

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE — A female member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Fola Olasehinde was, yesterday, suspended indefinitely for being in possession of fetish objects including miniature coffins. The suspended member is representing Ose council area of the state constituency. Her indefinite suspension was announced on the floor of the House by […]

Armed gang kills 48 in Zamfara raid : JTF

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News, Zamfara Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

KANO (AFP) – An armed gang has raided a northern Nigerian village and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal attack targeting a local vigilante group, a state official said Wednesday. The attack saw gunmen move house to house as well as take positions atop a hill and open fire, the official said. Houses were […]

Ex-Deputy Governor in alleged land deal mess

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Police operatives at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday declared a former Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, and her son, Samson Adebisi Ojikutu Jnr, wanted for allegedly obtaining N130 million by false presentation. A statement signed by SFU’s spokesperson, Ngozi Isintume-Agu, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), which was made available to […]

Dickson hails communities for rescuing hostages

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, State News Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson has hailed the efforts of the people of Amatu and Ogbolomabiri in Ekeremor and Nembe local government areas for securing the release of two hostages, including a French national, abducted by suspected kidnappers. The governor praised the leaders of Bassambiri in Nembe as well as Azuzuama, Lobia 1 and 2, […]

Boko Haram kills four teachers, two pupils in Borno

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Six people were killed yesterday in Maiduguri, the beleaguered capital of Borno State, which is the epicentre of Boko Haram’s activities. The killings occured, despite the state of emergency, imposed on the state. Yobe and Adamawa states are also under state of emergency. Some gunmen, who are believed to be members of the sect, stormed […]

Amaechi shuns Patience Jonathan’s Port Harcourt event

Posted by admin First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and his wife, Judith, on Wednesday shunned the inauguration of the South-South Zonal Secretariat of the Women for Change and Development Initiative by the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience. Apart from the governor and his wife, other top officials of the Rivers State government also boycotted the occasion which […]

NGF SHOWDOWN: Amaechi takes on Jang (When do they govern?)

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Plateau, Rivers, State News Sunday, June 16th, 2013

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor & Taye Obateru LAGOS — Governors Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Jonah Jang of Plateau State were, yesterday, locked in a war of words over their claims to the chairmanship of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF. Amaechi, told his Plateau State colleague to stop impersonating him as chairman of […]

PDP crisis: Amaechi, Wamakko may shun Jonathan’s moves

Posted by admin Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, Sokoto, State News Friday, June 14th, 2013

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aliyu Wamakko, may refuse to appear before the peace panel set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to mediate in the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party. The committee, which was set up by the President following the protracted crisis rocking the party, has six governors […]

Edo tightens security at Govt House .

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Wednesday, June 12th, 2013

To demolish kidnappers’ dens EDO State has put in place new security measures around principal government functionaries, covering particularly the governor, his deputy, Secretary to State Government (SSG) and Head of Service (HOS), as no one is now allowed into their premises without due appointment. Even journalists have to put calls through to the Governor’s […]

Lagos: Mixed reaction trails cremation Bill

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Tuesday, June 11th, 2013

Lagos – Mixed reactions have greeted the signing into law of the cremation bill by Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State. The law had given legal teeth to state authority to burn unclaimed corpses in its mortuaries– after a period of time. Reacting to the development, Mr Charles Audu, a lawyer, told NAN that the […]