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Gunmen kill five policemen in Yobe

Posted by admin 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 […]

Police dismiss Bayelsa checkpoint killer cops

Posted by admin 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. […]

Christian Youth raze a Mosque and Islamic school in Benin City; Seven killed in Edo, Osun

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, Osun, State News Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

A mosque and Islamic school were burnt in Benin City on Tuesday as five persons lost their lives in the nationwide protests against fuel subsidy removal in the Edo State capital. “We have recorded five deaths so far on both sides, those that have been attacked and the attackers,” Secretary General of the Nigerian Red […]

Curfew in Kano over deaths

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

NIGERIAN officials announced a nighttime curfew for the northern city of Kano on Monday after clashes between police and protesters seeking to storm the governor’s office left two people dead. “Following the sad incidents in the city today where some hoodlums hijacked a peaceful protest by labour unions, the state government hereby imposes a 14-hour […]

Protests peaceful in C’River, Imo, Oyo, Osun, flops in Enugu, aborted in Bayelsa

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Cross River, Enugu, Headlines, Imo, Osun, Oyo, State News Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

THE strike embarked upon yesterday by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) over fuel subsidy removal was peaceful in Cross River, Imo State while it was aborted in Bayelsa State. Early in the morning, business activities went on as usual in Calabar as the markets opened while commercial drivers […]

Why Northerners’re fleeing Warri, by Chairman, Hausa community

Posted by admin Delta, Headlines, State News Sunday, January 8th, 2012

By Emma Arubi WARRI- AS Hausas move out in droves from Warri, Delta State, following perceived fear of attacks, Chairman of the Hausa community in Warri, Alhaji Isah Alkali, has said that allegations that they were running due to rumour mongers was not true. He said in a chat with Vanguard in Warri, that the […]

Fashola assures Lagos residents of employment opportunities

Posted by admin Lagos, State News Sunday, January 8th, 2012

BY ETOP EKANEM LAGOS— Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has assured that his government was determined to ensure the creation of more employment opportunities for indigenes and non-indigenes resident in the state. Fashola, who made the remark during the pre-50th anniversary/investiture of grand patrons/patronesses and N20m ultra modern water factory luncheon by the Holy […]

Amaechi assures Muslims, Hausa community of protection (Where is the assurance in the north for your people?)

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Sunday, January 8th, 2012

By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT— RIVERS State Governor, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, has called on Muslims and Hausa residents in the state to go about their businesses, assuring that the government would ensure that no harm befell them. The governor, who spoke, yesterday, through his Media Aide, Mr. Dave Iyofor, said the government was committed to […]

Elechi, others fail to save impeached Ebonyi Speaker

Posted by admin Ebonyi, Headlines, State News Sunday, January 8th, 2012

ATTEMPTS by political stakeholders on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reverse the impeachment of Mr. Ikechukwu Nwankwo, Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, have failed. His colleagues in the state Assembly maintain that bringing back the impeached Speaker would amount to “rewarding impropriety and malfeasance”. The state Governor Martin Elechi […]

Aregbesola urges confab, Oyo alerts on planned mayhem

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, Oyo, State News Sunday, January 8th, 2012

Group faults alarm AHEAD of today’s protests and strike over the fuel subsidy removal, Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has urged the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) to check the multifarious crises facing the country. Aregbesola also cautioned ambitious power seekers who might attempt to hide under the fuel subsidy protest to subvert […]