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Borno, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News
Monday, September 19th, 2011
The General Overseer of Christ Great Miracle Ministry International Inc, Pastor Emmanuel Pius, on Saturday in Abuja differed with Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, over the recent trip by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to Jos, Plateau State and Maiduguri, Borno State. The cleric spoke at a press briefing to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Monday, September 19th, 2011
The umbrella body of Pentecostal Christians in the South West, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has advised Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State against turning the state into a theatre of war through his plan to introduce Islamic Banking in the state. National Vice President of PFN in the zone, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, […]
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Cross River, State News
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Calabar—Against the backdrop of threat by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram to bomb some parts of the country, local government chairmen in border communities in Cross River State, have deployed security agencies in the various entry points to monitor movement of visitors. Chairman of Boki Local Government, Mr. Jonas Obi-Otu, at the grand finale 2011 […]
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Katsina, State News
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Katsina State governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema has reacted to the indefinite strike action embarked upon by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the implementation of the new national minimum wage in the state. Addressing the people of the state in a live broadcast shortly after the state executive council meeting, Governor Shema said […]
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Kogi, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
AS Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set for the conduct of governorship primary election on Thursday, no fewer than seven aspirants have picked the party’s nomination form. The aspirants are Alhaji Isah Jubrin Echocho, Alhaji AbdulRasaq Isah Kutepa, the current deputy governor of the state, Mr. Phillips Salawu and AVM Saliu Atawode. Others are […]
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Kwara, State News
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has stated that the objective behind the State Bridge Empowermment Scheme (KWABES) is to provide permanent and pensionable employment opportunities to 80 per cent of the 28,000 unemployed registered youths in the scheme in his first 365 days. Speaking at the official launching of KWABES and presentation of employment letters to […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
A 28-year-old man, simply identified as Lise, was on Saturday arrested in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, with a human head. Lise, Sunday Tribune gathered, was arrested around Nembe Waterside, Old Town axis of the city, in the morning and was promptly taken to the nearby Borokiri Police station, where he was detained to be investigated. […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, State News
Sunday, September 18th, 2011
Less than three days after former President Olusegun Obasanjo left Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Alhaji Babakura Alhaji Fugu, the eldest son of in-law to the late Boko Haram leader, Mallam Mohammed Yussuf, was shot dead on Saturday. Obasanjo had gone to condole with the family of the late leader of Boko Haram sect, Yusuf, who […]
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Edo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Friday, September 16th, 2011
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Henry Omorogie Idahagbon, has decamped to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), with over 5, 000 PDP supporters in Edo State. In a chat with Daily Sun, the former senatorial aspirant said his decision to defect to the ACN was motivated by Oshiomhole’s progressive and developmental programmes. The official ceremony […]
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Headlines, Plateau, State News
Friday, September 16th, 2011
Muslims and Christians youths in Jos yesterday matched through major streets in the state capital urging residents to forget their differences and embrace peace, this was just as Catholic faithful in the state marked the feast of the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows to pray for peace in Plateau state. The Archbishop of Jos, […]
