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Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
The clueless Emir of Saluja,Awal Ibrahim on Friday, paid a condolence visit to St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla in Niger State, venue of the last Christmas day bomb blast to offer prayers to God for forgiveness, if the series of bomb explosions in his domain were as a result of his sins. ”If it […]
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Anambra, Articles, Columnists, Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP Columnists, State News
Friday, January 6th, 2012
By Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP- Jan. 6, 2012 – Governor Obi of Anambra State and his administration deserves unequivocal applaud on transferring 1,040 schools back to the original owners. It is important to highlight such an important and affirmative move by Obi’s administration to show that we are all committed to the truth and a better […]
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Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Latest Politics
Friday, January 6th, 2012
January 7, 2012 by Mustapha Salihu, Kano The spate of unrest that has enveloped the country since the removal of petroleum subsidy by President Goodluck Jonathan has added to the challenges facing security operatives nationwide. In Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states, not only has the fear of bomb blasts and other nocturnal activities of the […]
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Bayelsa, State News
Friday, January 6th, 2012
With less than two months to the conduct of the governorship election in Bayelsa State, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Honourable Seriake Dickson, on Thursday, said the case of the alleged diversion of N150 million levelled against him by the state House of Assembly and the Governor Timipre Sylva’s administration […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Friday, January 6th, 2012
GOVERNOR LIYEL IMOKE CALABAR, January 04, (THEWILL) – Tinkoriko Mission Hill, a socio cultural group comprising of youths of voting age from the Southern Senatorial Distinct of Cross River State, has identified with the people oriented policy thrust programme of Governor Liyel Imoke and assured him of support in the April 2012 gubernatorial election. While […]
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Kano, State News
Friday, January 6th, 2012
KANO, January 04, (THEWILL) – Hundreds of youths Wednesday in Kano converged at the ever busy Zaria Road by the famous Silver Jubilee roundabout and totally barricaded the area, thereby causing serious traffic gridlock as mass protests continued over the federal government’s transfer of subsidy on petroleum products. Although the protest was conducted in a […]
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Oyo, State News
Friday, January 6th, 2012
THE Court of Appeal in Ibadan has dismissed an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State to challenge the election of the state governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on the grounds that the governor allegedly held Nigerian and United States of America citizenship. The court, in […]
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Local Govt, Oyo, State News
Friday, January 6th, 2012
The Caretaker Committee Chairman of Saki West Local Government of Oyo State, Mr. Dapo Popoola, has emphasised the need for government at all levels to commit more resources to the grass roots in a bid to address the problem of poverty in the land. Popoola made this remark on Wednesday, while disbursing N2.2m and another […]
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Bayelsa, State News
Friday, January 6th, 2012
A debate on removal of subsidy on fuel almost turned violent in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Thursday when a group of newspaper readers confronted a man who tried to support the initiative. The man identified simply as Samson was nearly beaten for his contributions on the fuel subsidy removal dispute at the popular newsstand in […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Niger, State News
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Indications have emerged that security reports indicted the Emir of Suleja, Alhaji Awal Ibrahim in whose domain the Boko Haram sect had detonated bomb five times last year alone. As a prelude, the Niger State Government has issued the Emir a query, asking him to defend his non-challant attitude to the issues of bomb blast […]