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Clearing the Bayelsa rot

Posted by admin Bayelsa, State News Monday, May 21st, 2012

By Samuel Oyandogha When Governor Seriake Dickson was sworn into office on February 14, 2012, he vowed to wage war against corruption and other social vices especially cultism in line with his restoration agenda for Bayelsa State. Dickson, whose election was seen as a coronation by his opponents due to the alleged influence of President […]

Enugu guber poll: Court decides Chime’s fate today

Posted by admin Enugu, Headlines, State News Monday, May 21st, 2012

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — A Federal High Court in Abuja will today deliver judgement on a suit seeking to sack Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State from office on grounds that he was not validly nominated to contest in the last general election. A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, […]

Sacked Lagos doctors lobby for reinstatement

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Monday, May 21st, 2012

By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna LAGOS — Indications emerged, weekend, that some of the 788 doctors sacked by the Lagos State government are now lobbying to get reinstated. Investigations by Vanguard revealed that some of the doctors have started responding to the queries they had earlier refused to respond to. They are banking on […]

Jega, INEC boss, escapes mob attack in Jigawa

Posted by admin INEC Politics, Jigawa, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, State News Sunday, May 20th, 2012

By Aliyu Dangida Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Mohammed Jega, reportedly escaped death, yesterday, when some youths attacked him at the palace of the Emir of Kazaure, Alhaji Najib Hussaini Adamu, in Jigawa State. Jega was said to be in the town to attend the wedding of the daughter of […]

Borno Govt. releases N100m for purchase of surplus onions

Posted by admin Borno, Headlines, State News Sunday, May 20th, 2012

The Borno State Government said on Saturday that it had released N100 million for the purchase of surplus onions produced by farmers in the state. Alhaji Zanna Mustapha, the Deputy Governor of the state dropped the hint in Maiduguri, while inspecting some bags of onions, which had been purchased and kept at the government’s central […]

Nigeria Still Redeemable –Bishop Badejo •As Fayemi Buries Mum

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Saturday, May 19th, 2012

THE Catholic Bishop of Oyo Diocese, Most Reverend Emmanuel Badejo, on Friday, expressed the hope that Nigeria could still be pulled back from the brinks, if the people were willing to put the fear God in their dealings. Bishop Badejo made the remarks in his homily at the funeral mass for Mrs. Dorcas Aina Fayemi, […]

Liberian morticians held over missing corpse in Onitsha

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Anambra, Headlines, State News Saturday, May 19th, 2012

There was palpable tension on Friday in the commercial city of Onitsha over the disappearance of the corpse of a 42-year old woman, Eunice Azala, from a mortuary, one month after it was deposited. Two Liberian morticians attached to the Bex hospital Awada, where the incident took place have been arrested by policemen attached to […]

Arrest me if you can, Oni dares Fayemi

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Friday, May 18th, 2012

FORMER governor of Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, has dared the incumbent governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to make good his threat of arresting and prosecuting him for parading himself as former governor, saying “if he (Fayemi) has no enough policemen to effect the arrest in Ekiti, he can call for reinforcement from his godfather in […]

FG doctors to join striking colleagues in Lagos

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Friday, May 18th, 2012

By SOLA OGUNDIPE & CHIOMA OBINNA IKEJA – The face–off between the Lagos State Government and sacked 788 doctors, yesterday, took a dramatic turn, as doctors in federal hospitals in Lagos, said they will today embark on an indefinite solidarity strike. The federal hospital doctors called on the National Assembly to urgently wade into the […]

Jonathan now eats locally produced rice from Abakaliki – Maku

Posted by admin Ebonyi, Latest Politics, State News Friday, May 18th, 2012

Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan now eats locally produced rice and bread made from cassava as part of efforts to encourage indigenous production and stop capital flight, says Minister of Information Labaran Maku. Maku disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the Ministerial Platform where the Ministries of Science and Technology, Defense, Niger Delta Affairs […]