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Armed Forces, Borno, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011
Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Mohammed of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State has said that two improvised devices and dangerous weapons were discovered in Maiduguri during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Briefing newsmen at the 21 armoured brigade barrack in Maiduguri on Monday, Mohammed said the devices were hidden in a container in an uncompleted stadium opposite Kano […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, State News, Yobe
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
A DUSK-TO-DAWN curfew has been imposed by Governor Ibrahim Gaidam in Yobe State, following last Friday’s multiple attacks by suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers that claimed more than 150 lives, including 19 soldiers. Announcing the 7.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. curfew on Saturday evening, the governor, who was represented by his deputy, Abubakar D. Aliyu, […]
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Bayelsa, Latest Politics, Niger Delta, State News
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
ALTHOUGH they were stopped by a combined team of armed mobile policemen and men of the Joint Military Task Force, some aggrieved former militants in Bayelsa State used the wedding reception of President Goodluck Jonathan’s brother to make their plight public. The demonstrators, who claimed to be the third batch that protested earlier in the […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
JIGAWA State is building the database of all taxable adults in the state to make it easy to track all revenue due to government and close all leakages, chairman of the state revenue board, Alhaji Muktar A. Wada has disclosed. The chairman who made the disclosure recently while fielding questions from newsmen in his office […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
House of Representatives member and governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Henry Seriake Dickson has formally flagged off his campaign to fly the party’s flag under tight security. He promised to rid the state of what he called bad leadership and reckless abuse of power and resources. The tight […]
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Ekiti, State News
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has warned that any intending Christian pilgrim from the state who might have other motives other than the performance of the holy pilgrimage risks being disqualified from the exercise. Governor Fayemi gave the warning in Ado -Ekiti, yesterday at the departure ceremony for 230 intending pilgrims from the state. […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
This government should realise that Nigerians are totally tired of this off and on bloodbath in the name of Boko Haram menace. He warned that if the Boko Haram menace was not decisively dealt with it was capable of bringing the government down. Also, the President of Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Nigeria (TEKAN), […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi has assured the residents of security following recent reports of armed robbery around banks in the State capital, Port Harcourt. Governor Amaechi also warned criminals to stay away from the state. Speaking through his spokesman, Mr. David Iyofor, the Governor revealed that plans have been put in place to fight […]
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Bayelsa, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, November 7th, 2011
BAYELSA State Governor Timipre Sylva may have finally decided to take the case of his second term ticket to God in the face of uncertainty surrounding his clearance by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Today in Yenagoa, the state capital, Sylva and his supporters will meet at the Peace Park to offer prayers to God. […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Ondo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Olayinka Alabi, has condemned an alleged inhuman treatment purportedly meted out to two women in the state. She warned that the state government would not tolerate any form of molestation of any resident of the state especially women. Mrs. Alabi, in a statement, said any […]
