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Man, 73, stabs 27-yr-old to death in Edo in the presence of policemen

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

IT was like a drama when a 73-year-old grandfather, Williams Omobude Uwadia, stabbed a 27-year-old man, Gabriel Amayahu Aigbosuria, to death in Benin, the Edo State capital, in the full glare of policemen. Papa Uwadia was said to have had a quarrel with the deceased and had invited some policemen to arrest him. On their […]

Man dies in Abeokuta watching Super Eagles/Cote d’Ivoire

Posted by admin Headlines, Ogun, Soccer, Sports, State News Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

Written by Olayinka OLukoya -Abeokuta A middle aged man, Mr Owolabi Ismail, died on Sunday evening at Oke-Sokori area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, during the quarter final match between Nigeria and Ivory Coast, in the ongoing Nations Cup in South Africa. Nigerian Tribune gathered that Ismail slumped in the early minutes of the match, as […]

Dickson prescribes death sentence for kidnappers

Posted by admin Headlines, State News Sunday, February 3rd, 2013

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has prescribed death penalty for kidnappers. A bill to this effect will be forwarded to the State House of Assembly for passage into law. The State House of Assembly in 2012 passed into law, an Executive bill prohibiting Secret Cult, Kidnapping and related vices. Making this […]

Bayelsa declares zero tolerance for crimes

Posted by admin Headlines, State News Sunday, February 3rd, 2013

Bayelsa State security outfit, code named, Operation Doo-Akpor, in the last one year, has arrested over 600 suspects for criminal related offences and handed them over to the appropriate security agency for further interrogation and prosecution in accordance with the state criminal law. Also, in order to enhance the safety of lives and property on […]

Quote me, Chime ‘ll return in 10 days —Akpabio

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Headlines, State News Friday, February 1st, 2013

THE intrigues that followed the absence of Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State from office over ill-health may soon be laid to rest, as his Akwa Ibom State counterpart, Governor Godswill Akpabio, on Friday, hinted that Governor Chime, who has been hospitalised in a London hospital since September 2012, would return to the country in […]

Dokubo-Asari attacks Amaechi, Orubebe •Says they are Siamese twins

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Raw Politics, Rivers, State News Friday, February 1st, 2013

The former leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has attacked the Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi; and the Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Orubebe, saying there is no difference between the two. “Amaechi and Orubebe are Siamese twins; there is no difference between them,” he said. Apparently peeved […]

… Jonathan okays sharing of $1bn by states (It will all be embezzled by the “Thief” Executives

Posted by admin Latest Politics, State News Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

• NEC to check multiple taxation, others From JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the distribution of $1billion from the Excess Crude Account among the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to enable them execute more people-oriented projects in line with the government’s Transformation Agenda and the need to deliver more […]

Opinion: Gov Okorocha: Is it good?

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

By Protus Nathan Uzorma The beauty of life is that none gets out of it alive. I know I am very much indebted to nature on its call and it shall come one day where destinies meet and part; but permit me to say the truth and do not annihilate me because I am exhuming […]

Kano to close 2,000 illegal private schools

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

By AbdulSalam Muhammad KANO—Kano State Task Force on Private Schools, Wednesday, said it has concluded plans to close down over 2,000 illegal private schools and colleges operating across the state. Chairman of the Task Force, Alhaji Baba Umar, told reporters that the step became imperative following the failure of proprietors of such schools to conform […]

Outrage over govs’ visit to Chime

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Enugu, Governors, Latest Politics, State News Monday, January 28th, 2013

The Action Congress of Nigeria, human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), and civil society groups have slammed the Nigeria Governors’ Forum for sending a delegation to visit Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, who is reportedly receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, in London. According to them, the governors are helping Chime to perpetuate has […]