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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Friday, April 20th, 2012
By DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA – Hundreds of patients at Federal Medical Centre {FMC},Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital were subjected to untold hardship following the reported superiority tussle between nurses and doctors which has grounded medical services in the hospital last four days. Vanguard’s investigations revealed that, the two medical bodies locked horns since last week […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Friday, April 20th, 2012
April 20, 2012 by James Azania | credits: Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole on Thursday received a major boost in his re-election bid after the Oba of Benin gave him his support. Omo N’Oba Erediauwa, who was formally informed by Oshiomhole of his second term bid at the Palace, said the governor deserved it because […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News, Women Politics
Friday, April 20th, 2012
No fewer than 400 women on Thursday converged on Osogbo in Osun State to campaign against rape in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the campaign was organised by the Office of the wife of state governor in collaboration with the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare. Speaking on the occasion, […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
April 20, 2012 by Sunday Aborisade Last Monday was a day of glory for Miss Tolulope Falokun, an indigene of Ondo State, who emerged as the overall best candidate in the 2011 West African Senior School Certificate Examination as the state government organised a befitting reception for her, reports SUNDAY ABORISADE. Seventeen year-old Tolulope Falokun, […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012 • Ibori Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Ijaw National leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has described the conviction of ex- Governor James Ibori in a London Court yesterday as sad and unfortunate. Reacting to the sentence, Clark described as mixed feelings, that a former Governor of oil-rich Delta […]
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Governors, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Posted: April 18, 2012 – 22:59 Caption: Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa Nigerian intelligence operatives claimed they uncovered and foiled a plot to attack the Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Patrick Yakowa, and diverted his route through town, saving his life, sources told Sahara Reporters. The governor, who was abroad when the Easter Day bomb blast rocked […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
THE police have arraigned six account officials of Katagum Local Council Area of Bauchi State before the Chief Magistrate’s Court Eight over criminal conspiracy, house break and negligence that led to the stealing of N9,027,336,69 made up of March’s salaries and allowances of the council workers. Arraigning the suspects yesterday, Police Prosecutor, Inspector Baba Sarki Hussaini, […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Benue, Party Politics, State News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
THE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Benue State has denied entering into a negotiation with Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to settle their dispute over the April 26, 2011, governorship election out-of-court. The governorship candidate of ACN, Prof. Steve Ugbah, who made this clarification in Makurdi while […]
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Africa & World Politics, Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
April 18, 2012 by Ademola Babalola and Tayo Famutimi with agency report AFTER years of running, the long hands of justice caught up with the former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori, on Tuesday. The Southwark Crown Court in London United Kingdom sentenced Ibori to 13 years’ imprisonment for fraud and corruption offences. Our […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
April 18, 2012 by Emmanuel Addeh,Warri The Delta State Government on Tuesday maintained that it had no official reaction to the jail term handed down to former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, by a London Court. The government insisted that Ibori remained a private citizen till he was sentenced by the court, noting that it […]