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Borno, Gombe, Plateau, State News
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Inspector dies, vehicles burnt in police barracks blast Soldier, vigilance group leader killed Army chief claims mass arrest of Boko Haram members CARCASSES of burnt vehicles and roofing sheets littered the area. The charred remains of a victim, who was identified as a police officer welcomes visitors to the facility. The entire vicinity was in […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
DESPITE the criticisms trailing the recent sack of non-indigenes in its workforce, the Abia State Government at the weekend said it would not rescind the decision. This was disclosed at the weekend by the Information/Strategy Commissioner, Okwubunka Don Ubani while speaking to journalists in Umuahia. He said, “the decision is irreversible despite the criticisms in […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Imo, State News
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Tempers flared as the Development Control Department of the Federal Capital Territory Administration demolished an illegal drinking joint and restaurant built on a land owned by Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha at Port Harcourt Crescent, Area 11, Abuja, on Friday. The plot, which had an uncompleted shopping mall, had been converted into a drinking joint […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, State News
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
As the race for the Creek Haven Government House of Bayelsa enters the critical stage, the quest of Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson to unseat incumbent Chief Timipre Sylva has recieved a major boost, as notable Bayelsa elders are now trowing their weight behind his candidacy. A statement made available to Daily Sun said the elders […]
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EFCC Politics, Gombe, Latest Politics, National Politics, State News, Top Stories
Sunday, October 16th, 2011

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has revealed how the detained immediate past governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, spent N1.9 billion to print 98,000 copies of dictionary for students in the state. The revelation was contained in one of the 18 counts contained in the money laundering and misappropriation of funds charge […]
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Plateau, State News
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Plateau State Government yesterday approached Federal Government for a total of N75 billion to solve ecological problems created by excessive tin mining in the state. Making the demand in Abuja, when he called on the Chairman of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), the Acting Governor of the State, Ambassador Ignatius Datong Longjan stated […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Governorship election tribunal sitting in Kaduna yesterday dismissed the petition brought before it by the Kaduna State governorship candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Haruna Sa’eed Kajuru against Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and upheld the last April election of Yakowa. Delivering the judgment in a pin- drop- silence hall, […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Justice Moshood Abass of the Oyo State High Court, Ring-Road, Ibadan, yesterday, granted bail to the former governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala and two other accused persons, being prosecuted along with him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Akala, Deputy Senate Chief Whip, Senator Hosea Agboola, who was also the former […]
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Articles, Columnists, Emmanuel Ajibulu, NNP Columnists, Ondo, State News
Thursday, October 13th, 2011

By Emmanuel Ajibulu, NNP,- October 13, 2011 – Over the years o ne of the disturbing concerns of ever-increasing global challenge of the 21st century especially in Nigeria is finding and nurturing purposeful leaders for socio-political and economic advancement. Many world leaders, leadership scholars, business gurus and mentors equally express worries about the need for […]
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Gombe, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detailed how the detained immediate past governor of Gombe State, Danjuma Goje, allegedly perpetrated N52 billion fraud while in office between 2003 and 2011. The documentation was contained in an 18-count charge of money laundering and misappropriation of public funds, filed against him on Wednesday morning at […]