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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
Imoke not dead, says commissioner Our Reporter December 16, 2012 1 Comment » Cross River State Commissioner for Information, Chief Akin Ricketts, has said Governor Liyel Imoke is alive. “There is no iota of truth in the rumour that Gov. Liyel Imoke is dead,” the commissioner said at a news briefing on Friday in Calabar. […]
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Headlines, Kano, Nigerian Police, State News
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
Police in Kano has arrested a principal suspect and one other over the killing of Alhaji Danladi Isa Kademi, a lawmaker in Kano House of Assembly and a top-notch of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP). The Kano state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ibrahim K. Idris told Pointblanknews.com that among two suspects at Bompai, Kano […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
Security: Rivers Government Acquires $30million Helicopter Rivers state government says it has acquired two sophisticated helicopters to combat crime in the state. The helicopters fitted with state of the art facilities were acquired at the cost of $30million. The state governor,Chibuike Amaechi made this known while declaring open the Rivers state security and Technology Innovation […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
By VINCENT UJUMADU GOVERNOR Peter Obi has condemned government take-over of schools in the old East Central State after the Nigerian civil war, saying the present administration in the state felt scandalized at the condition of the schools which were left in dilapidation for many years. Obi, who virtually wept at Oraukwu Grammar School, in […]
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Bayelsa, Kaduna, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
….mourns victims President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed utter shock and sadness over the crash Saturday in Bayelsa State of a military helicopter resulting in the death of Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and former National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Owoye Azazi (rtd), their aides, Dauda Tsoho and Warrant Officer Mohammed Kamal and the […]
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Bayelsa, Kaduna, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, December 15th, 2012

A military helicopter has reportedly crashed near Yenegoa in Bayelsa State, Saturday evening. Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State, former national security adviser, NSA, General Owoeye Azazi were said to be in the naval aircraft at the time of the crash. Others in the ill-fated crash include a top politician from Kaduna state Dudas Tsoho, […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Friday, December 14th, 2012
Police in Kano on Friday confirmed that two gunmen on a motor bike gunned down Hon. Danladi Isa Kademi, minority leader of the Kano state House of Assembly in Northern Nigeria. “I can confirm that Danladi Isa Kademi, a lawmaker at the Kano state house of assembly was shot dead by two gunmen around 6:00 […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Friday, December 14th, 2012
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio has urged the military to continue to defend the nascent democracy that the nation is enjoying positing that democracy held better prospects for development than military dictatorship. Chief Akpabio made the call in a lecture on “Democracy and the rule of law: challenges and prospects” he delivered […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Friday, December 14th, 2012
On Monday, November 19, 2012, the Honourable Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chinedu Offor, in an interactive program on one of the Radio Stations in Owerri stated that contractors who had been paid without doing their work will be arrested and prosecuted. The Rescue Mission Government of the State claims it had already expended 13.9 […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Friday, December 14th, 2012
Vanguard can authoritatively report that Prof Kaneme Okonjo, the mother of Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala who was released Friday morning, has arrived home at the Obi’s Palace in Ogwashi-Ukwu. Our correspondent reports that there was tight security around the palace as visitors were denied entry into the house […]