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Boko Haram, Governors, Imo, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), State News
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
The Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has said the solution to Boko Haram upsurge and Jos crisis lies in a better communication among the religious, political and traditional leaders. Okorocha, who spoke to some international journalists on the sideline of the just concluded economic summit on Business in Nigeria at Washington DC, USA, […]
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Delta, Latest Politics, Raw Politics, State News
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
LONDON – A Southwark crown court in London has ordered former Governor James Ibori of Delta State to be remanded in prison till February 13, 2012 when his trial will commence in a 14-count charge relating to money laundering preferred against him. The trial was originally fixed for November, but Ibori’s counsel, Mr. Benjamin Aina, […]
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Anambra, State News
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Indication that the industrial action embarked upon by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Anambra State may linger emerged yesterday when the workers called the bluff of Governor Peter Obi’s “no work, no pay” rule, insisting that the rule should rather be “no pay, no work.” Sending the signal during their rally held […]
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Headlines, Osun, State News
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
A 30-year-old man, Kabiru Oseni accused of raping a 12-year-old physically challenged girl is now cooling his heels in Ilesa Prison. Kabiru, a father of a two-year- old girl, was alleged to have committed the crime at Adana compound, Gbonmi, Osogbo. He was arraigned in an Osogbo Magistrate Court and pleaded not guilty. The Police […]
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Edo, Headlines, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Undisclosed number of policemen has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command over the alleged involvement in the killing of a police constable. The deceased, Victor Eghaghe, 27, who was attached to Esigie Police Station reportedly met his untimely death on the 4th of September, around Saint Savioun area of Benin City after he […]
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Boko Haram, Delta, Lagos, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
ABUJA— New intelligence reports available to the Armed Forces, yesterday, showed that following a round-the-clock alert in all military formations across the country to prepare for possible Boko Haram bombings, the group has perfected plans to use Federal Government, states, or Services Registration (Plate) numbers as a decoy to gain access to federal and military […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
An unidentified suspected ritualist dies in the grave of man buried just two hours earlier PEOPLE in the normally calm, ancient city of Kazaure, the Jigawa State capital, were thrown into an uproar on Saturday, when what seemed like an act of God, saw to the mysterious death of a suspected grave ritualist. The […]
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Bayelsa, State News
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
The Federal Government, on Monday, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, inaugurated the 2010 Universal Basic Education (UBE) community initiated self-help projects, with the disbursement of N94 million to 125 communities in the state. Addressing the people while inaugurating the scheme at the state banquet hall, the Minister of State for Education, Chief Ezenwo Wike, affirmed that the […]
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Kaduna, State News
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Worried by the strike embarked upon by workers in Kaduna State over the N18,000 minimum wage, the state government on Monday, appealed to the workers to return to work, as negotiations over grey areas were still in progress. Speaking to newsmen at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna, on Monday, chairman of the state negotiating committee, Alhaji […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
The police in Delta State have rescued a senior member of staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Godwin Ngbeken, who was kidnapped nine days ago in Warri. Two suspects were arrested, while the sum of N1.627 million was recovered from the kidnappers in their hideout, behind the office of a company in Warri. The […]
