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Abuja (FCT), Anambra, Borno, Headlines, Katsina, State News
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
PANIC-stricken residents of Abuja scampered for safety on Wednesday, as two fuel tankers exploded in different petrol stations, resulting in an emergency situation. The two incidents happened in the space of two hours, with security operatives and officials of the National Emergency Agency (NEMA) rushing to the scenes to save life and property. They were […]
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Anambra, Latest Politics, Legislature, Senate, State News
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has ordered the retrial of the election petition filled by the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Anambra Central senatorial district in the last general election, Professor Dora Akunyili, against the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Chris Ngige. It also allowed […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
THE struggle over the usage of hijab (veil for Muslim ladies) in public schools has led to the closure of public schools in Iwo Local Government Area of Osun State. The quest to implement the usage of hijab created crisis in the town, as some Muslim groups insisted that all Muslim ladies should be allowed […]
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Nigerian Police, Ogun, State News
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
By DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA — A member of Ogun State House of Assembly, representing Ado-Odo Ota constituency II, Olusola Bankole, has accused some policemen attached to Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State of taking bribes during the recent environmental sanitation exercise. Speaking on the floor of the House, during a plenary session, held yesterday, […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Ondo, State News
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE—AN ex-convict Segun Ojo and a suspected kidnapper Tolulope Adedayo have been arrested and paraded by the Ondo State Police Command. Speaking yesterday in Akure, the state Police image maker, Adeniran Aremu, said that the ex- convict who had served a 14-year jail term was arrested for stealing. Aremu added that Adedayo […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday stopped the Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Demoeratic Party (PDP) from conduting its governorship primary slated for November 19. The court made the pronouncement following a motion brought by Governor Timpreye Sylva, who was denied a return ticket. There had been a face-off between the PDP […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
The Rivers State House of Assembly has invited the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) over the recent oil spill in Isioma community in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the State. In a motion sponsored by the lawmaker representing the council, Okechukwu Nwaogu, Shell was accused of ‘threatening the lives of the people by causing economic […]
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Articles, Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, State News
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
By Dr. Jideofor Adibe, London, UK – Nov. 15, 2011 – That most of the States in the country depend on the monthly allocations from the Federation Account for even their recurrent expenditures is an old story. This dependence sharpened as the number of states ballooned from 19 in 1976 to 21 states in 1987; […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Umuahia—Abia State Police Command has launched an investigation into how a day-old baby boy got missing from a private hospital, Analechi Hospital, located at 5 Ngbaronye/Udi Street, Amuzuku, Umuahia, Abia State. The police said yesterday that all the staff of the hospital were being interrogated on the matter, even as it ponders on the where- […]
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Bayelsa, Governors, Headlines, NNP Spotlight, State News
Monday, November 14th, 2011
Embattled Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva, has decided to legally challenge his disqualification by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from contesting the November 19 state governorship primary election. Daily Sun learnt from an impeccable source close to the governor that Sylva’s lawyers filed an application at a Yenagoa High Court yesterday, praying the court to […]
