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Dilemma Over Boko Haram Amnesty: What northern governors can do – Aliyu

Posted by admin Governors, Latest Politics, Niger, State News Sunday, April 14th, 2013

By Wole Mosadomi, Minna *Says blame game must stop Amid the dilemma created by the rejection of amnesty for members of Boko Haram by the leadership of the Islamist group, Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State wants other avenues explored to curb the group’s insurgency. Specifically, Aliyu, who is also the chairman of the […]

Bayelsa: 10 bodies of slain policemen recovered

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics, State News Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

THE police in Bayelsa State on Tuesday recovered 10 decomposing bodies said to be those of the policemen killed in an ambush on Saturday night. Twelve policemen on escort duty were murdered in the attack along the Azuzama waterways of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state which the Movement for the Emancipation of […]

Press Release: Re: The death of Ekiti deputy governor

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

PRESS STATEMENT THE TASK OF THE LABOURER IS OVER: MRS. FUNMILAYO OLAYINKA Today I am painfully sored. As I write this with grieving heart and from a broken heart on the passage to eternity of my dear sis, our own elegant stallion,heroine of repute, all of these epaulets and more well earned and deserved all […]

Lady found dead without eyes, tongue in Jos

Posted by admin Headlines, Plateau, State News Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

Jos – Ritual killers on Monday struck in Jos, killing and removing the eyes and tongue of a young lady in Twanchit Village at Tudun Wada in the Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau. The police in Jos confirmed the incident but said they had no details yet. Residents who woke up to the […]

Jonathan Should Institute Community Policing in Affected Areas in Jos – By Dr. John E. Oshodi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, John Egbeazien Oshodi, NNP Columnists, Plateau, State News Monday, April 8th, 2013

By Dr. John E. Oshodi / NNP / April 8, 2013 – Mr. President, order for real community policing within the killing areas of Central Nigeria Mr. President, not again, as several citizens with many of them sleeping when they were reportedly killed during the dawn of the night, as in what occurred a few […]

Ekiti declares 7 days of mourning on the death of deputy gov., Mrs Olayinka

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Monday, April 8th, 2013

EKITI State Governor Kayode Fayemi yesterday declared a seven-day mourning in honour of his deputy governor, Mrs Funmilayo Olayinka, who died in Lagos on Saturday after a long but spirited battle with cancer. In a broadcast, Fayemi described as painful the exit of a loyal deputy. He directed that condolence registers be opened in his […]

Ogun probes orphanage rape

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, State News Monday, April 8th, 2013

The Ogun State Ministry of Women Affairs has begun investigation into the alleged rape incident at the Light of Hope Orphanage, Akute. The Director of the orphanage, identified simply as Mr. Atunde was arrested last Wednesday by Zone 2 Police Command for allegedly having sex with two minors. Atunde was accused of having sex with […]

Nigerians too timid for a revolution – Amaechi’s

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Rivers, State News Sunday, April 7th, 2013

Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has ruled out the possibility of having a violent revolution in the country. Amaechi spoke in Ekiti State on Saturday at the second Nigeria Symposium for Young and Emerging Leaders. Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, Prof. Pat Utomi, Chief Executive Officer of Sahara Group, Mr. Tonye Cole, and representative of […]

13 policemen feared dead in Bayelsa boat attack

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Saturday, April 6th, 2013

By TAYE OBATERU, SAMUEL OYADONGHA & UMAR YUSUF It was a black weekend in Bayelsa State as 13 policemen were feared dead in a boat attack along the creek of Azuazuama in the Southern Ijaw local government area of the state. 26 others were killed in separate attacks in Adamawa, Plateau and Borno States. The […]

PDP crisis not strange – Lamido

Posted by admin Jigawa, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said the Peoples Democratic Party will not embarrass its National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur. He said the problems in the party were not strange. Lamido said this in Abuja on Thursday while addressing journalists after the meeting of the committee set up by the governors to handle […]