DECEMBER 19, 2012 BY MIKE ODIEGWU AND DAVID ATTAH The remains of the Late Governor of Kaduna State, Patrick Yakowa, and that of his aide and friend, Dauda Tsoho, arrived in Kaduna airport aboard a Nigerian Air Force cargo plane at 2.45pm on Tuesday. The bodies were received by hundreds of wailing sympathisers who thronged […]
Soldiers were out on Kaduna streets yesterday to prevent any outbreak of violence, following the death of Governor Yakowa. Army spokesperson in Kaduna, Colonel Sani Usman, confirmed the deployment of troops on the streets of the city, which has witnessed a spate of clashes between Christian and Muslim residents that have left scores of people […]
Kaduna State Governor Mukhtar Yero yesterday declared a one week mourning. The late Governor Patrick Yakowa’s remains will be buried on Thursday, he said. In a state broadcast last night, he announced today as public holiday – to enable the people receive the body of the late Yakowa and his friend, Dauda Tshoho, who also […]
Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson wept yesterday at the Federal Medical Centre Mortuary in Yenagoa where he went to inspect the bodies of Governor Patrick Yakowa, ex-National Security Adviser (NSA) Gen. Patrick Azazi and four others who died in Saturday’s helicopter crash. Dickson, with whom were Service Chiefs and other notable personalities, described the incident […]
BY KINGSLEY OMONOBI & Luka Binniyat ABUJA — The Nigerian Navy disclosed, yesterday, that it had commenced investigation into the cause of the crash even as bodies of the victims have been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. A statement signed by the Director of Naval Information, Commodore Kabiru Aliyu reads: “The […]
By Nnamdi Ojiego The Enugu State government Sunday, debunked the rumours making the round that governor Sullivan Chime has passed away. Chime was reported by some publications (not Vanguard) to have passed on at an Indian hospital on Saturday, after battling an undisclosed ailment for some months. Governor Chime The State Commissioner for Information, Mr […]
There has been an upsurge in the number of men of the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army who break the Lagos Traffic Law, PUNCH Metro investigation has revealed. Our correspondent who monitored the situation last week observed that the uniformed personnel rode both registered and unregistered motorcycles on restricted roads. Some of the roads […]
KADUNA State government, Saturday, officially announced the death of Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, just as the state was thrown into mourning. In a statement by the secretary to the state government, Alhaji Samaila Lawal Abdullahi, “HE DIED IN A NAVY HELICOPTER ON HIS WAY TO PORT HACOURT FROM BAYELSA STATE.” Abdullahi said: “OTHER DETAILS and […]
DECEMBER 16, 2012 BY AGENCY REPORTER 121 COMMENTS Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, was feared dead on Saturday. Unconfirmed reports had it that Chime passed on at an Indian hospital after battling an undisclosed ailment for some months. Meanwhile, The PUNCH’s Enugu State correspondent, Ozioma Ubabukoh, was harassed by seven […]
From ISMAIL OMIPIDAN, Kaduna Last Wednesday, he was at a function organized by the Kaduna Council of the Nigeria Union Journalists, NUJ. He represented the governor on the occasion. But two speakers on the occasion said publicly that they were eagerly looking forward to the day he would become the number one citizen of the […]
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