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Ex militants on the rampage in Bayelsa

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

NO fewer than 10 vehicles had their windscreens smashed and one car razed in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, as over 400 ex-militants of the “Third Phase Amnesty” protested over a controversy on the proposed slots to be allocated to them. The former militants also looted shops on Otiotio road and Mbiama-Yenagoa road at Yenezuegene […]

N5 million governor’s gift tears church apart

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Crisis is brewing at St. Paul’s Millennium Anglican Church, Odo Owa Ekiti, Ekiti State as some members allegedly picketed it last Sunday. It was learnt that the members sealed all entrances to the church and prevented worshippers from going in for service. The tension was said to have been caused by the alleged demotion of […]

FG urged to prosecute those that destroyed and murdered Odi residents

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Latest Politics, State News Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

BY Dotun Ibiwoye Access to Justice, a civil society group, has said that the perpetrators of the genocide committed against the people of Odi in Bayelsa State in 1999 should be brought to justice, in spite of the recent court judgment. It will be recalled that Justice Lambo Akanbi of a Federal High Court, Port […]

Female hostel at Rivers State University of Science & Tech destroyed by fire

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

advertisement By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI PORT HARCOURT— Some female students of Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST, Port Harcourt, have been displaced, following a dawn fire, which razed one of the female hostels on campus. The fire consumed the entire Hostel A2 bungalow, displacing official residents and several squatters in over 30 rooms with […]

Enugu State: Collective Amnesia or Gross Myopia? – By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Enugu, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi, State News Monday, February 25th, 2013

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | Feb. 25, 2013 – It is not uncommon to hear that the Nigerian race is quite different, unique and specially moulded to fit into any situation and circumstances. We are a people who, if properly put, belong to a somewhat genetically re-engineered race, openly defying even the Aryan […]

Amaechi: Jonathan in peace move, meets govs

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Rivers, State News Monday, February 25th, 2013

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor LAGOS — The Presidency was, last night, jittery, following the collapse of plans to remove Governor Chibuike Amaechi as chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF. The failure of the plans which got to fever pitch, yesterday, forced presidency officials into a change of plans ahead of today’s scheduled election […]

Lagos govt shuts down Ladipo market over sanitation offence

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, February 25th, 2013

By OLASUNKANMI AKONI, BOSE ADELAJA, MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO & DONALD ARJI …Arrests 10 armed bandits, recovers dangerous weapons LAGOS—LAGOS State Government Monday made good its threat to shut down the popular auto spare parts market, Ladipo in Mushin area of the state for allegedly contravening the State Sanitation law, paralysing business activities of traders among other […]

We are not scared of Boko Haram -Lagos State

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, February 24th, 2013

The Lagos State Government on Saturday urged residents of the state to ignore reported threats by some groups to attack the state. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Ibirogba, and the Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello, said the government had put measures in place to ensure the protection of lives and […]

Niger Delta youth hail Odi court decision

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News Sunday, February 24th, 2013

YOUTHS in the Niger Delta region have lauded the court ruling that ordered that compensation be paid to the people of Odi community in Bayelsa State for the invasion of the area. Soldiers had in November 1999 invaded Odi and killed many innocent indigenes of the community. The youths, who spoke under the auspices of […]

Football dispute sets off sectarian riot in Taraba

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News, Taraba Sunday, February 24th, 2013

KANO (AFP) – A disagreement over a football pitch set off sectarian riots in a central Nigerian town that killed at least one person and left homes, mosques and churches burnt, officials said Sunday. Authorities have slapped a round-the-clock curfew on the town of Wukari, located in Taraba state, following Saturday’s rioting, which was said […]