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Edo, Headlines, State News
Saturday, November 12th, 2011
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomhole Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomhole, has revealed that 50 per cent of tickets for the Nigeria versus Botswana game on Saturday will not be on sale as they have been purchased by the government for fans across the state. Oshiomhole, who spoke through a special aide, […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Saturday, November 12th, 2011
Ahead of today’s ruling by the Imo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, in a case challenging Governor Rochas Okorocha’s victory in the governorship election, tension has gripped residents and people of the state. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had, shortly after the declaration of the election’s results, filed a petition against Okorocha of All Progressives […]
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Headlines, Sokoto, State News
Saturday, November 12th, 2011
Since the emergence of the administration of Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko (Sarkin Yamman Wamakko) as governor of Sokoto State, it has been dogged by irritant opposition from some people who would prefer sustenance of rubbishing the cherished values of the Seat of Caliphate. Series of court cases trailed the administration in avowed stance of making […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Friday, November 11th, 2011
As Bayelsa State governor, Mr. Timipre Sylva, flags off his re-election campaign today, despite his non-clearance by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), elders of the state have said that he’s not a candidate in next year’s governorship election. At a press briefing under the auspices of the Bayelsa Elders and Opinion Leaders, in Abuja, the […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Friday, November 11th, 2011
The Bauchi Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Bauchi yesterday upheld the election of Governor Isa Yuguda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of the state as the duly elected candidate during the April 28 gubernatorial election. Dissatisfied with the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yusuf Maitama Tuggar of the Congress […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
GUNMEN suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, who attacked and killed hundreds in Damaturu, Yobe State, last week have, again, attacked a police outpost at Mainok town, 35 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, killing two police officers. According to sources the gunmen came at about 7.00 p.m on Wednesday and started shooting […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
By Gabriel Enogholase BENIN—NO fewer than 30 persons were reportedly killed in a fatal road accident, involving two passenger buses on Okene-Abuja Express-way, Monday. Vanguard gathered that one of the passenger buses was heading to Kano from Benin. It had a head-on collision with another bus which was heading towards Edo State from Abuja. Victims […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
THE governorship election petitions tribunal in Oyo State will deliver its judgment in a petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the state governor, Senator Abiola Aji-mobi, tomorrow. The party had, in the suit, alleged that the governor was not qualified to contest the governorship election, because he holds dual citizenship. The PDP alleged that […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
A two-week-old baby was found dumped at Eke Olere Close in Moferere Area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti Ekiti State capital, on Tuesday. The baby girl was found wrapped in a white shawl and placed in a carton left in front of the home of a former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in […]
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Headlines, Kogi, State News
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Ahead of the governorship election in Kogi State, on December 3, a group in the state, Kogi Conscience Forum, has raised the alarm over the bloodbath being planned for the state by politicians bent on winning the race by all means with the acquisition of AK-47 rifles and other dangerous weapons. In a petition submitted to […]