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Suspected ritualists pluck 56-yr-old man’s eyes, teeth

Posted by admin Bauchi, Headlines, State News Monday, February 6th, 2012

From PAUL ORUDE, Bauchi Relatives of a 56-year-old man in Bauchi State whose eyes were plucked by suspected ritualists in Bonjiji village have appealed to the inspector general of police to fish out the people who carried out the dastardly act. The victim, Malam Umar Bojinji, who is currently receiving treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa […]

Bloodbath in Anambra as town union factions clash

Posted by admin Anambra, South-East, State News Sunday, February 5th, 2012

February 5, 2012 by EMMANUEL OBE About 10 people were severely injured on Saturday, when thugs from rival factions of the Nkpor town union clashed over the collection of levies from traders at the Nkpor Main Market in Idemili North Local Government Area. The thugs freely used firearms and machetes on themselves as traders scampered […]

Police arrest kidnap kingpin in Delta

Posted by admin Delta, Nigerian Police, State News Sunday, February 5th, 2012

By Emma Amaize, Warri A kidnapping suspect in the oil city of Warri, Delta State and environs, popularly known as Jackson, is now in police net, just as the police, at the weekend, shot dead one of the bandits believed to have that recently killed and snatched a rifle from policemen in the state. Commissioner […]

Nyako emerges winner in Adamawa guber election

Posted by admin Adamawa, Headlines, INEC Politics, State News Sunday, February 5th, 2012

BY UMAR YUSUF YOLA – Admiral Murtala Nyako of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been re-elected Governor of Adamawa State in the governorship elections conducted yesterday. Declaring the results in Yola Sunday, the Returning Officer for the election, Professor Mohammed Hamisu Mohammed announced that a total of 685,103 votes out of the 1,843,619 voters […]

I will expose you, Ngige replies Mbadinuju

Posted by admin Anambra, State News Sunday, February 5th, 2012

February 5, 2012 by Friday Olokor- A former Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chris Ngige, representing Anambra Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly on Saturday in Abuja defended his reversal of the policies put in place by his predecessor, Dr. Chinweoke Mbadinuju, saying the reversal was for the good of the people. […]

Gunmen kill former local council chairman in Borno

Posted by admin Borno, Local Govt, State News Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Unidentified gunmen, disguised as mourners, on Friday night shot dead the former chairman of Damboa Local Government, Lawan Kabu. Eyewitnesses told newsmen in Maiduguri on Saturday that Kabu was killed at his family house in Damboa, some 100 kilometers from Maiduguri, while mourning the death of his father who passed away on Wednesday. “We were […]

Disturbing Picture: Dead conductor: LASTMA hands over officers to police

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, February 5th, 2012

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Saturday said it had handed over three officers of the agency to the police over the death of a 24-year-old commercial bus conductor, Rasheed Alabi. Alabi was killed in Lagos last Thursday after two officials of LASTMA allegedly pulled him down from his bus to his death. […]

Press Release: Gov. Akpabio Donates N50 million to Madalla Victims

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Niger, Press Releases, State News Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Press Release Akpabio Donates N50 million to Madalla Victims The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio has donated N50 million to the victims of the Madalla bomb blast at the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla in Niger State. About 43 persons were confirmed dead and more than 100 others injured in a bomb […]

A’Court stops Anambra Senate rerun

Posted by admin Anambra, Legislature, Senate, State News Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

The Court of Appeal in Enugu State on Thursday ordered that the rerun in Anambra South Senatorial District scheduled for February 16 be put on hold pending the determination of the suit between Andy Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party and Chuma Nzeribe of the All Progressive Grand Alliance. The court also adjourned to February […]

GOC relocates to Gombe to tackle Boko Haram

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Borno, Gombe, Latest Politics, State News Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

The threat posed by Boko Haram to lives and property in the North has forced the General Officer Commanding the 3 Armourd Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Adamu Marwa, to relocate to Gombe, Gombe State. The division has jurisdiction over Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Gombe, Borno, Plateau and Taraba states. Our correspondent learnt […]