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Armed Forces, Headlines, Kogi, State News
Sunday, August 12th, 2012
Residents of Okene in Kogi State on Sunday alleged that soldiers deployed to maintain peace, law and order in the area were brutalising them. They also alleged that some of them had been maimed and some of their belongings destroyed by the soldiers. Some of the complainants said they came out for their legitimate businesses […]
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Armed Forces, Borno, Headlines, State News
Sunday, August 12th, 2012
Joint Task Force said on Sunday it killed 20 suspected Boko Haram members in a shootout as they raided an Islamist hideout in Maiduguri. One soldier was also killed in the attack. Security forces had intelligence that some members of the group were holding a gathering at a location in Maiduguri, said Colonel Victor Ebhaleme, […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Sunday, August 12th, 2012
Police in Anambra State have denied some Muslims residing at the Headbridge Mosque, Onitsha were attacked on Sunday by persons allegedly acting on the orders of the Anambra State Government. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Raphael Uzoigwe, told our correspondent that the mosque was among the structures earmarked for demolition, following the […]
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Delta, Headlines, Niger Delta, State News
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
BY Emma Amaize WARRI—A militant group, Niger Delta Liberation Force, NDLF, has criticised the attack on journalists in Warri, Delta State, by a group of ex-militants on Tuesday. NDLF, in a statement by its spokesperson, ‘Captain’ Mack Anthony, described the invasion of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Correspondents’ Chapel, Warri Office, by supposed ex-militants as […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Plateau, Presidency, State News
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja met with the leadership of the Hausa/Fulani community in Plateau as part of ongoing efforts at finding lasting solution to the Jos crises. Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, spokesman of the Hausa/Fulani community and a former Minister of State for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande, […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
ONDO State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has declared that he has the divine confidence that he is already marching to victory ahead of the October 20 gubernatorial election in the state. Dr Mimiko is the Labour Party standard- bearer in the election where he will be seeking a second term in office. Making an official […]
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Benue, State News
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
ABOUT 10 persons were feared dead,with property worth millions of naira destroyed in a renewed hostility between inhabitants of Ojantele and Ijegwu communities in Otukpo and Obi local government areas of Benue State. Nigerian Tribune learnt that fighting erup-ted between the border communities on Tuesday night, following a land dispute adjoining the warring neighbours. The […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
retired deputy commissioner of police with the Air wing of the Nigeria Police, Pullen Agbonifor, was, on Tuesday, killed by gunmen suspected to be hired assassins in Lagos. Agbonifor was shot on Tuesday around 9.00 a.m. by a four–man gang, who invaded his Idimu Egbeda, Unity Estate home. The killers reportedly took advantage of the […]
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Abuja (FCT), State News
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
A two-storey building under construction collapsed in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, claiming three lives. About 10 persons were, however, rescued alive. Nigerian Tribune, which was at the scene of the incident, located on Ademola Awosika road, Kubwa Extension III, observed that a stop-work notice was served on the contractor handling the project on […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
Adepegba and Friday Olokor THE police claimed on Wednesday to have arrested three suspects in connection with the Monday and Tuesday gun attacks in Okene, Kogi State, in which a total of 24 persons, including two soldiers, were killed. The Kogi State Police Command said the suspects were arrested at a hide-out on Idare Hills […]