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Borno, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Presidency, State News
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
By Rasheed Olokode – Barring any unforeseen contingencies, President Goodluck Jonathan would have, by today, paid his first ever post-inauguration visit to Maiduguri, Borno State or Damaturu, Yobe State, the hotbed of terrorism that has turned Northern Nigeria into a human-slaughtering abattoir and real-life theatre of horror and war since the 2009 emergence of Boko […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke has officially resumed work after a three-month vacation. Imoke, who returned to the country last Friday, has in compliance with the provisions of the Constitution written to the House of Assembly, notifying the state lawmakers of his return. Meanwhile, the governor has congratulated former president Olusegun Obasanjo on […]
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Akwa Ibom, Benue, Katsina, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
…2015: We need prayers – Anenih From TAIWO AMODU, Abuja Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Board of Trustees, (BoT), Chief Tony Anenih, said yesterday that with prayers, the ruling party will survive its present challenges and retain its position in the polity. Anenih disclosed this to journalists shortly after a closed-door meeting with […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Via Sun… Says Gov Orji’s act worse than Judas’s From IKENNA EMEWU, Abuja Abuja activist lawyer, Chief Amobi Nzelu who earned prominence in championing the cause of the Apo Six victims has blasted the Abia State University (ABSU) over the withdrawal of the certificate of former state governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu. Nzelu in reaction […]
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Borno, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News, Yobe
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
From TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri President Goodluck Jonathan will today commence two-day official visit to Borno and Yobe states, the first since he became president. His initial plan to be in Borno for the flag-off of his presidential campaigns for the northeast in the build-up to the 2011 electioneering was cancelled midway and shifted to the […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime on Monday said the state government would give N10m to anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of the killers of Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Chinwike Asadu. The police chief was gunned down on Saturday in Enugu. Chime said the offer was born out of the need […]
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Headlines, Katsina, State News
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
A baby girl with what appears to be two heads has been delivered of a woman at the General Hospital, Malumfashi, Katsina State. The baby also has a cleft palate and stunted fingers. The News Agency of Nigeria reported one 19-year-old Zainabu Dahiru gave birth to the baby, which also had no eyes, on Sunday. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Lagos, State News
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has said the economy of the state is rated above Ghana and the United Kingdom. He also said his administration is currently executing about 1,966 projects across the state. He said the projects would boost government’s plan to transform the state and turn it into “Africa’s modern” mega city. The […]
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Headlines, Kwara, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
The Enugu State Police Command on Tuesday said it had raided criminals’ hideouts and made random arrests in its investigations of the murder of Kwara State police commissioner, Mr. Chinweike Asadu, last Saturday. The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tonye Ebitibituwa, who announced the arrests declined giving the number and identity of those arrested. […]
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Abia, Headlines, Letters, State News
Sunday, March 3rd, 2013
The editor, I would like to thank the senate of Abia State University for withdrawing the certificate formerly granted our admirable one-time governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu. If I have the power to grant national honors, the members of the Senate of the university who who voted for the withdrawal of the […]
