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Abia, Headlines, Imo, State News
Monday, October 24th, 2011
BY CHIDI NKWOPARA IMO indigenes and even Abia born women married to Imo husbands have reportedly been disengaged from the Abia public service prompting disenchantment across Imo. As the administration in Owerri ponders its response, Chidi Nkwopara reports on the feelings of Imo stakeholders. THE threat issued by Abia State Government that it would sack […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Labour Party (LP), Ondo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State wants supporters of the Labour Party, LP, in the state to remain focused and avoid distractions by what he described as the lies of the opposition. He spoke in Oke Agbe, yesterday, the headquarters of Akoko North West Local Government Area of the State while welcoming over 1,000 members […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
* Thugs snatch ballot box in Ojo as residents disrupt exercise in Ajegunle * ACN set to reclaim seats By Clifford Ndujihe, Olasukanmi Akoni, Charles Kumolu, Olalekan Bilesanmi, Monsur Olowoepojo and Fredrick Okopie AMID voter apathy and minor hitches here and there, Lagosians yesterday held peaceful elections into 20 Local Councils, 37 Local Council Development […]
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Delta, EFCC Politics, Headlines, State News
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
By Austin Ogwuda, Asaba OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a banker with one of the new generation banks in Asaba, Delta State for allegedly inflating the payroll of the state government with ghost workers. The banker (names withheld) allegedly works with the bank which the Delta government contracted out […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Friday, October 21st, 2011
THE election petition tribunal sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital, has dismissed the petition filed by Professor Dora Akunyili of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), challenging the election of Dr Chris Ngige of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), over non-compliance and inability to file and serve form TF008. The tribunal, headed by Justice Onajite […]
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EFCC Politics, Ekiti, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Erstwhile Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose was on Wednesday arraigned at the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti by the officials of the Economic and Financial and Crimes Commission, EFCC, for alleged diversion of Ekiti State fund to the tune of N1.3 billion while in office. The case with number FHC/L/179c/2006, brought before Justice Emmanuel […]
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General Politics, Nasarawa, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

A Federal High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has ordered a former governor of the state, Aliyu Akwe Doma and eight other accused persons arraigned by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over money laundering charges to be remanded in the commission’s custody till tomorrow. The order by the court, presided over by Justice […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Some women groups in Enugu State have condemned the recent raping of old women by youths of Opi in Nsukka Local Government Area, describing it as ‘’barbaric and bizarre’’. Mrs. Joy Ezeilo, the Executive Director, Women Aid Collective, WACOL, said yesterday that it was a violation of women’s rights and a crime against humanity. She […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
The death toll in the flood disaster currently rocking Okwuamarihe and Amanachi communities in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State has risen to 10. Similarly, over 50,000 families have also been sacked from their ancestral homes by flood, while several houses have been submerged in the disaster. Narrating the ordeal of his people to […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
•Ranti Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section A 14-years old girl, Ranti Openiye, narrowly escaped death at the hands of ritualists in Ado-Ekiti last Thursday. Her escape was simply miraculous after spending 72 hours in their den. A six-man syndicate at Basiri area of the state capital kidnapped Ranti, a student of […]