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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
THE 788 doctors, who were recalled by the Lagos State government on Thursday, have declared that they will not resume duties until the state government withdraws the dismissal letter handed to them and sends letters of recall or reinstatement to all doctors, who were issued separate and individual letters of dismissal, saying their purported recall […]
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Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
In spite of public claim of poor performance, the three levels of government in the country spent a staggering N10.501 trillion in the last one year. The hefty sum was the revenue that accrued from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). Investigation by Saturday Tribune showed that out of the whole money shared, N780 billion […]
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Headlines, Nasarawa, State News
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
Democracy Day in Nasarawa State turned into a day of lamentation for the state governor, Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al’Makura, who expressed frustration over payment of N17 billion Paris Club loan his government never took. The governor said since he took over power a year ago, he has been battling with triple tragedy of having to […]
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State News
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja 19 Comments The Federal Government and many states may clash over the subsidy re-investment accounts and programmes, investigations have shown. SATURDAY PUNCH learnt that many states had not opened accounts for the subsidy re-investment fund with the Central Bank of Nigeria. It was also learnt that the states faulted the move by […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Judiciary, State News
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja …dismisses Akpanudoedeghe’s petition The Supreme Court, yesterday, quashed moves by the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, to sack Governor Goodswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State through the election petition tribunal. ACN, alongside its candidate during the last governorship election, Senator James John Akpanudoedehe, challenged the decision of the Court of Appeal […]
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Ogun, State News
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
June 2, 2012 by Segun Olatunji, Abeokuta 24 Comments The police in Ogun State said in Abeokuta on Friday that their men shot and killed four suspected highway robbers. The suspects were said to have attempted to rob a car conveying plainclothes policemen on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The suspected robbers numbering about seven had in […]
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Delta, Enugu, Headlines, State News
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012
June 2, 2012 by Ozioma Ubabukoh, Enugu 26 Comments The anti-kidnap unit of the Enugu State Police Command has rescued six-year-old Kosi Akilo, who was abducted recently from her parents’ home at River Lane Crescent in GRA, Enugu. SATURDAY PUNCH learnt that the anti-kidnap unit, led by Superintendent Stephen Osaghae rescued Akilo in the early […]
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Elections 2011, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Friday, June 1st, 2012
NO fewer than 45 persons have been arraigned for post-presidential election violence that swept across some northern states. Kaduna State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Jonathan Adamu, said on Thursday the 45 persons were among the 380 arrested by the police in connection with the crisis. He added that the police were still investigating […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, June 1st, 2012
Lagos State Government reversed its dismissal of 788 doctors in its employ. The state government, through the Head of Service, Adesegun Ogunlewe, said in a statement on May 6 that the decision to sack the doctors resulted from their refusal to answer the queries issued to them to explain why they were absent from work […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, State News
Thursday, May 31st, 2012
Abakaliki -A High Court in Abakaliki on Wednesday sentenced three men to death by hanging for stealing. The condemned men Chukwuma Idenyi, Nwobodo Omebe and Monday Ekwe of Izzi and Abakaliki Local Government Areas dispossessed their victims the sum of N180, 925. Delivering the judgment, the Judge, Justice Paul Elechi, held that the prosecutor proved […]