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Articles, Columnists, Lagos, NNP Columnists, State News, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, September 8th, 2011

By Tochuckwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – Sept 8, 2011 – As we rode from Ikoyi towards 3 rd Mainland Bridge, a friend remarked that this area looks like Washington, DC. Yes, it looks like the area outside of Washington, DC, leading into Crystal City, Virginia. But then, it is all about looks. Nigerians are obsessed […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Lagos State Government on Thursday wrote its name in the World Guinness Book of Records after the state’s Deputy Governor, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, and some other adults read a book with 4,500 students of Lagos schools. Upon confirmation from Guinness Book of World Record, the state will hold the record as the world largest […]
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Delta, State News
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Delta state has insisted that anything less than N19,000 would not be accepted as minimum wage for workers, even as the union was yet to enter into negotiations with the state government on the N18,000 national minimum wage. Daily Sun learnt that Delta State was among […]
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EFCC Politics, Lagos, State News
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned five principal officers of the Lagos State House of Assembly to appear before it today. Daily Sun reliably gathered from a dependable source that the officers, including the permanent secretaryt/clerk of the House will appear today to answer questions regarding the financial transactions of the House […]
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Kogi, State News
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Ahead of the Kogi State gubernatorial election in 2012, hope appears dim for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to hold a fresh party primary before the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) September 22 deadline. Alredy, series of meetings are being held by top political players in the state with sworn political enemies shifting ground and creating […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Religion, Sokoto, State News
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

It was not a usual celebration for fun seekers in Sokoto state during the just concluded El-el-fitr feast. The El-el-fitr is usually celebrated among Muslim faithful to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. But the relatively lowkey fanfare among families in the ‘seat of the caliphate’ was a true indication that there […]
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Borno, Headlines, Lagos, State News
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
Aliyu denies bomb-making factory in Niger IT was still reign of violence as two bombs simultaneously exploded on Tuesday night on Baga road at 8.20 p.m. and Kaleri ward at 9.25 p.m. in Maiduguri, Borno State with no casualty recorded. And in Lagos, it was panic and apprehension yesterday as an object suspected to be […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
A video clip depicting a wild sex scene is currently causing ripples at the Abia State University, Uturu. The video, Daily Sun learnt, is being circulated among the students. It could not be ascertained, however, if the incident took place within that institution, although the senders insisted the rapists and the victim were students of […]
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Ebonyi, State News
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Ebonyi State have directed all public servants in the state workforce to embark on an indefinite strike, with effect from today, following the inability of the state government to implement the payment of the N18,000 minimum wage A communiqué issued at the end of an […]
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Bauchi, State News
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
AFTER holding series of meetings with the leadership of the organised labour in the state, the Bauchi State government has agreed to pay the N18,000 national minimum wage to civil servants in the state from this month. Addressing journalists shortly after reaching agreement with labour leaders on Monday, the state Head of Sevice, Mr Abdon Gin, said […]