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Ogun, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Even before its inauguration, the Truth Commission set up by the Ogun state governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun has started to generate controversies among stakeholders with many describing it as a witch hunting exercise by the state government. But the state government insisted that the commission was aimed at ensuring peaceful co-existence of all the people […]
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Osun, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Establishment of a security trust fund and holding of a maiden edition of the Osun State Carnival are parts of the resolutions of the last state executive council meeting. It also reaffirmed the state’s commitment to the joint ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State. The state Commissioner for Information […]
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Elections 2011, Kaduna, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday urged the Election Petition tribunal sitting in Kaduna to dismiss the case brought against him by the governorship candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Haruna Sa’eed Kajuru. Kajuru on the other hand also urged the tribunal to uphold all his prayers and […]
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Anambra, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
No fewer than 20 persons escaped death by the whiskers when a five-storey building and a neighbouring building in Nkpor collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. The construction of the building, which was located at the No. 27 Olukwu Street towards the slope of Akuzo Nkpor, began more than 10 years ago with many signs that the […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Homicide detectives of the Rivers State Police Command have started investigation into the death of 12 persons dumped in Ola-Ikate Community in Ahoada area of the state. The lifeless bodies were found yesterday morning in a section of the community. The gory incident occurred, just as armed robbers used explosives to blow up five lock-up […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
PORT HARCOURT – FIVE pupils of a primary school in Nonwa community, Eleme Local Government Area, Rivers State, met their untimely death, yesterday, when a Hilux van crushed them. The pupils were on a motorbike (Okada) that was conveying them to school when they were knocked down and crushed close to Gbam Junction. A source, […]
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Kogi, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kogi State chapter has denied reports that the governorship candidate of the party for December 3 election, Captain Idris Wada is not a registered member of the party. Addressing journalists in Abuja yesterday, state chairman of the party, Hassan Salau debunked the report as unfounded. Salau disclosed that Wada was […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
It was a pay back time for a community leader in Umuihi in Ihitte/Uboma Local Government Area of Imo State as he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, for stealing a dog, belonging to one of his friends. Stephen Ugwunali, who is the President General of Umuihi Town Union, was handed down seven-year jail term […]
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Cross River, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Barely seven months to the April 2012 governorship election, crisis has sparked off in the Cross River State chapter of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), as the state leader of the party, Dr. Lawrence Henshaw and other party chieftains have called for the dissolution of the State Executive Council of the party, alleging brazen corruption […]
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Bayelsa, State News
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Bayelsa State has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Governor Timipre Sylva administration and the eight local government chairmen to implement the N18,000 minimum wage or face industrial action. Sylva, however, at various fora had expressed the readiness of his government to pay the minimum wage and followed it […]