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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, December 30th, 2012
There was a fire scare on Sunday at the official residence of the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire. It was gathered that the fire started at the boys’ quarter of the resident after an electrical spark. Officials of the government said it was a minor fire incident. Some sources had told our correspondents […]
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Armed Forces, Bayelsa, General Politics, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, December 30th, 2012

DECEMBER 31, 2012 BY MIKE ODIEGWU Bishop of Bomadi Catholic Diocese, Vicarage Hyacinth Egbebor, in his homily on Saturday, blamed the helicopter crash that killed the former National Security Adviser, Andrew Azazi; former Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa, and four others, on corruption. At the state funeral of Azazi in Peace Park, Yenagoa, attended by […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Sunday, December 30th, 2012
Ailing Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State may be “smuggled” into the country on December 31, the SUNDAY PUNCH learnt on Friday. Chime left the country on September 19 for medical treatment but the state government had continued to insist that he was only on vacation. The six weeks leave of absence Chime applied for […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, December 28th, 2012
Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi says the sum of N21Billion (Twenty one billion Naira) will be needed for the construction of the Trans-Kalabari road, the major road project of his administration in the Kalabari-speaking area of the State. He said contract for the Trans-Kalabari Road project has been re-awarded to Lubrik Construction […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Friday, December 28th, 2012
Some members of the Peretorugbene community in Bayelsa State, the hometown of the late former National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi, have warned against burying him in Yenagoa, capital of the state. Azazi died in a helicopter crash on Dec. 15 alongside Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and four others, on his way from […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Friday, December 28th, 2012
Posted: December 28, 2012 – 15:27 By PREMIUM TIMES Report reaching PREMIUM TIMES indicates that the Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada, was badly hurt in a fatal road accident on Friday and is in the intensive care unit at the Kogi State Hospital in Lokoja, the state capital. The ADC to the Kogi State Governor […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Friday, December 28th, 2012
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson says, the Heroes Park, the proposed burial site for the late former National Security Adviser, General Andrew Owoye Azazi in Yenagoa will henceforth be the final resting place for all true legends and heroes of the State. A statement issued by Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the Chief Press Secretary to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Cross River, Headlines, State News
Friday, December 28th, 2012
A 26-man Brazilian Carnival Band has arrived Calabar to participate in Carnival Calabar. Known as the Vai Vai Samba Band, the Brazilians thrilled a crowd that gathered at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport to welcome them. Speaking through an interpreter, the leader of the band, Thobias Da Vai-vai described the reception as marvelous, noting that […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Friday, December 28th, 2012
The Nigerian Army says Soldiers on Thursday killed five suspected Boko Haram fighters in a raid at a bomb making factory in Kaduna, north-central Nigeria. Army spokesman in Kaduna Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman said Boko Haram fighters opened fire at the soldiers while they were approaching the illicit bomb factory. “On approaching the factory, some […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Friday, December 28th, 2012
By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has presented a budget proposal of N197,743,684,031 to the state House of Assembly for the 2013 fiscal year. The amount represents 34.4% recurrent expenditure or N63,550,209,564 and 67.53% capital expenditure which represents N132,183,474,467. An estimated revenue projection from recurrent sources for the year and capital […]