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Borno, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

BY NDAHI MARAMA MAIDUGURI—No fewer than 185 persons, including women and children, have been killed and more than 2000 houses destroyed in an intense fighting between the military and suspected members of Boko Haram sect in Baga, a fishing community in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. Soldiers were said to have bombarded the […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
BY CHIDI NKWOPARA OWERRI — The identity and whereabouts of the Mercedes Benz 200 saloon car driver that allegedly rammed into the staff car of Imo State governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has remained a mystery. Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Katsina, did not help matter, yesterday, when he was asked to give details […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
BY OLA AJAYI IBADAN — Residents of Omitowoju area of Ibadan where there was a fire outbreak, Monday night, have been counting their losses. Many houses and shops were burnt in the incident but there was no casualty. When Vanguard visited the scene ,Tuesday, thousands of sympathisers thronged the area complaining about the carelessness of […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
The police in Lagos on Monday arraigned a 25-year-old pastor, Tommy Issachar, over an alleged stealing of a female church member’s underwear and N10,000 cash. Issachar, who resides at No 35, Mafoluku St., Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, appeared before an Oshodi Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on a two-count charge of breach of public peace and stealing. […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
AS the crisis in the Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party deepens, the former chairman of the party, Mr. Godspower Ake, has accused the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyeso Wike, of plotting to destroy Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s political structure. Ake, who spoke on Friday when some members of the All Local Government of Nigeria […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
The Commissioner of Finance, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Bassey Akpan, has said the state government is seeking an N80bn loan from the Standard Charter Bank of London to offset the previously acquired credit facility of N50bn from the United Bank for Africa Plc. Akpan, who stated this in Uyo on Saturday during a press conference, […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Saturday, April 20th, 2013
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly member representing Ikono State Constituency, Mr. Victor Udofia, over the alleged murder of one Mr. Nsikak Etefia. The incident took place on August 15, 2012 at Ibiaku Atta, Ikono Local Government Area of the state. The state […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Saturday, April 20th, 2013
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, was on Friday involved in a car crash on Orlu-Owerri Road in the state. Okorocha’s aide, Mr. Ebere Uzoukwa, told Saturday PUNCH that the accident occurred when a Mercedes Benz 200 ran into the governor’s convoy and had a collision with his own car. Okorocha was on an inspection tour […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Friday, April 19th, 2013
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan has cautioned loyalists of the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, on their tendency to insult the President. The PDP Rivers State Legislators Forum and the ‘Concerned Elders of the PDP in Rivers State, who spoke to journalists at two different press conferences in […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
A suspected bomber met his waterloo in Kano on Wednesday as he was apprehended and killed by an angry mob near the Emir of Kano’s palace The suspected bomber was said to have been apprehended immediately after setting off an Improvised Explosive Device near a Mosque very close to the palace of the Emir of […]