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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
A gang of armed robbers yesterday stormed Ifaki-Ekiti, a town in Ido-Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State and robbed a first generation bank. The State Police Commissioner, Mr. Sotonye Wakama, who confirmed the incident disclosed that after a gun duel, the police recovered three vehicles from the armed bandits who came in large number. […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
August 17, 2012 by Agency Reporter As part of security measures ahead of the Eid-el-Fitr celebration, the Plateau State Police Command has closed the Rukuba and Polo grounds, usually used as Muslim praying ground during the festivity. Police Commissioner, Emmanuel Ayeni, said in a statement in Jos on Thursday, that the step was one of […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Saturday, August 18th, 2012
From EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha A 25-year-old prayer warrior with a pentecostal church went berserk yesterday and bathed a 15-year-old girl with Holy Ghost hot water in the commercial city of Onitsha. The suspect, who is currently cooling her heels in the police cell at the Central Police Station, Onitsha, went on the rampage in the […]
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Articles, Columnists, Imo, Kenneth Uwadi, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, August 17th, 2012

Read Part 1 – http://newnigerianpolitics.com/2012/08/04/gov-okorocha-and-the-lga-cash-pot-by-kenneth-uwadi/ By Kenneth Uwadi | Imo, Nigeria | Augtust 17, 2012 – According to Albert Einstein ‘The world is a dangerous place, not only because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing’ Another philosopher, William Blake said “When I tell the truth, […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Friday, August 17th, 2012
By Tony Edike ENUGU – CULT related killings resumed in Enugu Thursday with the shooting to death of four persons including a councilor. This is coming on the heels of unconfirmed reports that the abductors of the Vice Chancellor of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Professor Cyprian Onyeji, have demanded a ransom […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Imo, Sports, State News, Track & Field
Friday, August 17th, 2012
BY BEN EFE Fraudsters parading themselves as Imo State government officials have conned former Nigerian Olympian, Gloria Alozie and a score of European athletes into parting with their money, in the name of participating in a phantom Imo Marathon. Alozie who won a 100m hurdles silver for Nigeria at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, disclosed […]
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Lagos, Latest Politics, South-West, State News
Friday, August 17th, 2012
A group, Congress of South-West Youths (COWSY), has criticised the Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, over his recent call for resignation of the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji. Okupe had recently called for Ikuforiji’s resignation based on his pending trial by the Economic […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, August 17th, 2012
The recently installed Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, His Grace, Most Reverend Dr Alfred Martins, on Thursday, during his maiden press briefing, which was held at the Catholic Church of Assumption, condemned the brutalisation of Mr Benedict Uwalaka, a photojournalist with the Leadership Newspaper, by men alleged to be mortuary attendants. According to the cleric, “it […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Friday, August 17th, 2012
A bureau de change operator, Ibraheem, was on Wednesday killed by armed robbers, who invaded the Somolu Central Hotel in Somolu area of Lagos State. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the incident, which occurred around 4.00p.m., created serious tension, as people feared Hausas may retaliate. It was also gathered that the robbers escaped with the money […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Osun, State News
Friday, August 17th, 2012
AS a radical activist concerned with the dialectical struggle for the creation of a new society, Governor Rauf Aregbesola was convinced that physical well-being was central to social reformation and the building of an egalitarian society. Therefore, when Governor Bola Ige introduced the Young Pioneers programme in the Second Republic (1979-1983) which involved the training […]