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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Friday, August 24th, 2012
THE Federal Government has vowed to defend the sovereignty of the country as calls for a review of the judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICT) on Bakassi Peninsula continued yesterday. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, who stated the government’s position, however, re-affirmed Nigeria’s respect for the […]
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Headlines, State News, Yobe
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
ALTHOUGH the military Joint Task Force (JTF) is up and doing in the seven troubled wards of Damaturu metropolis in Yobe State, gunmen have struck again. They attacked the Satellite Prison in the area with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and petrol-bombs and wounded four policemen guarding the building, as well as two residents. Eyewitnesses said […]
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Abuja (FCT), State News
Monday, August 20th, 2012
BY Favour Nnabugwu ABUJA—A nine- year-old son of Alhaji Sani Abubakar, Abuja Bureau Chief of Newsday Newspaper, was, yesterday morning, electrocuted. Vanguard learnt that the boy left his family house in Jukwei area of Abuja to State Security Service, SSS, quarters, also in Jukwei, in the early hours of Monday to feed his Pigeon, when […]
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Africa & World Politics, Delta, Headlines, National Politics, Raw Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, August 19th, 2012
The former governor of Delta state, southern Nigeria, James Ibori, convicted for fraud by a court in Britain, has been transferred to the Worcestershire Long Lartin Prison outside London. The maximum-security prison houses terrorists, rapists, drug barons and other violent criminals. A recent report in The Guardian, a United Kingdom newspaper, portrayed the prison as […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
*Dead body recovered – Police *Govt orders immediate waterfront evacuation By Evelyn Usman It was tragic Eid-el-Fitr, yesterday, as high waves accompanied by ocean surge swept away 16 persons in Lagos. One victim was reported dead. The police confirmed the body was recovered. The victims, Sunday Vanguard learnt, last night, include 11 traders in a […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
By SUZAN EDEH Security agents, yesterday, stepped up checks on motorists and pedestrians in Bauchi State ahead of the end of Ramadan prayers. Security patrols were intensified especially in densely populated areas of the Bauchi metropolis and the suburbs of Yelwa (crisis prone area), Bayara, Guru, WuntinDada, and Tsohon Kanfani, along Bauchi -Jos Road. Other […]
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Headlines, Kano, Nigerian Police, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano There was protest in Gwale area of Kano central by residents following the killing of a 12-year-old boy identified as Hassan Muhammad by a police sergeant attached to Gwale divisional station. The trigger happy cop, identified as Laminu Adamu, was said to have fired a shot that hit the teenager on […]
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Headlines, Kogi, Plateau, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
Four persons lost their lives in renewed violence in Plateau and Kogi states at the weekend despite efforts to restore peace to the trouble spots. As both government and security agencies are trying to restore normalcy to the Northern part of Plateau State, three Fulani were killed on Friday while two others sustained injuries in […]
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Bauchi, CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Headlines, Party Politics, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
THE Congress for Pro-gressive Change (CPC) in Bauchi State has informed that Governor Isa Yuguda’s constant travelling outside the state is disturbing, saying that the governor’s absence in the state is causing setbacks to the state. In a swift reaction though, the state government defended the governor’s constant absence in the state, saying it was […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
Residents of Benin City, the Edo State capital, were panic-stricken on Saturday when an Arik Airline aircraft carrying over 50 passengers and which hovered for about 15 minutes in the airspace failed to land at its Benin Airport destination. The incident, which occurred at about 7.30 a.m., sent shivers down the spines of residents as […]
