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Why I sacked 4,000 teachers –Yakowa

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Sunday, November 11th, 2012

From NOAH EBIJE, Kaduna Kaduna State governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa yesterday said that he sacked over 4,000 primary and secondary schools teachers in a move to ensure quality and vibrant education sector in the State. In a speech delivered at the joint national graduation and award ceremony of the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna, Yakowa […]

Policeman loses 4 children to inferno in Gusau

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News, Zamfara Thursday, November 8th, 2012

Gusau – A police corporal, Jeremiah Yusuf, lost four children in a fire incident at Tudun-wada Quarters of Gusau, Zamfara, on Wednesday. Yusuf said a neighbour’s house where he was receiving sympathisers, that “I watched all my children burn helplessly before me and I could not do anything to save them.” Yusuf explained that he […]

Policeman kills bus conductor for stepping on him

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News Thursday, November 8th, 2012

A yet-to-be identified policeman attached to the Alapere Police Division, Ketu, Lagos, on Wednesday allegedly shot and killed a bus conductor for stepping on him. Eyewitnesses said the policeman was standing at Tipper Bus Stop when the conductor stepped on him. The eyewitness said, “The policeman was in mufti. He challenged the man on why […]

Lagos offers okada riders job opportunities

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Thursday, November 8th, 2012

The Lagos State Government is working on a number of options to engage genuine commercial motorcycle operators, recently thrown out of jobs as a result of the implementation of the new traffic law, in meaningful ventures. The Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, dropped the hint in Lagos on Wednesday, stressing that the move was […]

Amaechi and Akpabio’s controversial new jets

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Rivers, State News Wednesday, November 7th, 2012

THE recent acquisition of private jets by the governments of Rivers and Akwa Ibom states is as reckless as it is highly insensitive. The massive waste of money is coming at a time when the rate of poverty and deprivation is worsening in the country. It is indefensible for state governors to add acquisition of […]

Picture: How ‘PhD holder’ lived, died in refuse dump

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Wednesday, November 7th, 2012

What exactly happened to Dr. Olawunmi Thorpe, an Ogun State indigene, who died a homeless man, may never be known. To passersby and residents, who saw Thorpe everyday in the rubbish dump beside the rail line at Fagba Bus Stop in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, he was a deranged man. But what […]

Mimiko’s Victory & Lessons for Specious Progressives – By Emmanuel Ajibulu

Posted by admin Articles, Emmanuel Ajibulu, NNP Columnists, Ondo, State News Sunday, November 4th, 2012

By Emmanuel Ajibulu | Abuja, Nigeria | Nov. 4, 2012 | As expected with every victory, the landslide success of Governor Olusegun Mimiko at the October 20, gubernatorial poll, triggered uncontrollable jubilation amongst the great people of Ondo State and even beyond. In the euphoria of jubilation, the number one citizen was swarmed with congratulatory […]

Kudos to Gov. Okorocha – By Kenneth Uwadi

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News Sunday, November 4th, 2012

By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | Nov. 4, 2012 | This is certainly not the best of times for over 15 communities of Egbema and Oguta in Imo State of Nigeria ,many of whom have been forced to flee their homes in the last four weeks due to flood and are now taking temporary […]

Okorocha knocks out nude clubs in Imo

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Sunday, November 4th, 2012

DISTURBED by the high level of immorality it has caused among Imo people, the State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has ordered the immediate closure of all clubs where women dance in the nude. Briefing journalists on Tuesday in Owerri, the state capital, Okorocha regretted that the state had been turned into ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’ of […]

After Gov. Amaechi purchase of $50m jet, Gov, Akpabio follows suit with a $45m purchase of a Gulf Stream jet

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News Friday, November 2nd, 2012

By SaharaReporters, New York The government of Akwa Ibom State has confirmed that Godswill Akpabio like his Rivers State counterpart, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, also owns a brand new jet. Akpabio took possession of the $45 million jet in June 2012. Responding to SaharaReporters inquiries, Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Information, Aniekan Ummanah, confirmed that Mr. Akpabio […]