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General Politics, Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Niger, Oil Politics, Presidency, State News, Top Stories
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Protesters mostly youths yesterday took the on-going nation-wide strike against fuel subsidy removal to a frightening level when they burnt buildings belonging to Niger State Government and influential indigenes. A policeman died when the dust settled. Former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida’s (IBB) campaign headquarters on Mobil Roundabout, State Development Company and INEC office, were […]
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Bayelsa, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday excluded the Peoples Democratic Party from the list of 36 candidates for the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa State. In the list published on its website, INEC left the space for PDP candidate and running mate without any names. Instead, it stated, ‘Subject to litigation’. The party is […]
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Lagos, Latest Politics, Legislature, Raw Politics, Senate, State News
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
SENATOR Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the leader of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Tinubu, and four other senators narrowly escaped death in Ibadan on Wednesday after protesters attacked their convoy. The senators, who said they were travelling by road to Abuja, were allegedly led by police escorts, following the grounding of flights in airports […]
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Kaduna, Oil Politics, State News
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
Residents of Kaduna metropolis have received the 24-hour curfew imposed by the state government with mixed reactions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the state government announced the imposition of the curfew on Tuesday, after its security council meeting which reviewed the ongoing petrol price hike protest and the attendant nationwide strike called […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Kogi, Lagos, Niger, Oyo, State News
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
AS the nationwide strike against the fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government entered the third day on Wednesday, the protest took a dangerous dimension in Minna, the Niger State capital, as an Inspector of Police attached to the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on David Mark road, within the metropolis, […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
-Sun At least four persons were killed and many others including a senior police officer were injured yesterday in Lagos during the continuous protest against the Federal Government removal of fuel subsidy. While two protesters on a commercial motorcycle, popularly known as Okada were crushed to death, two others sustained serious injury from the […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, Oil Politics, State News
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Labour and civil society groups in Kaduna on Tuesday suspended street demonstrations after a teenager was shot by the police during the ongoing protest against fuel subsidy removal. The unidentified teenager was shot around the Old Panteka in the Tundun Wada area of the state capital. An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said the teenager was […]
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Headlines, Niger, State News
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, has declared a dawn to dusk curfew in Niger State, in the wake of today’s deadly riot that gripped the state cpital, Minna. The curfew is from 6am to 6pm and has taken effect. Rioting broke out on Wednesday morning when the head of service of the state ordered workers […]
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Headlines, State News, Yobe
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Gunmen killed six people, including five police officers, on Tuesday in a pub in Potiskum, Yobe State, where Islamic sect, Boko Haram, had carried out a wave of bloody attacks. Also, gunmen killed two people in separate attacks despite an increased security presence in Borno State. Police chief Lawan Tanko, confirmed the Potiskum attack without […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Nigerian Police, Raw Politics, State News
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
The Nigerian Police Force has dismissed three officers indicted for the murder of 20-year-old Emmanuel Victor, at a checkpoint in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Investigations by THE PUNCH revealed that an Inspector, Mr. Lucky Obomerelu, was among those discharged from police service for the alleged killing which attracted criticism from the media and human rights community. […]
