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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, August 29th, 2011
Frequent visitors to Alpha Beach on the Lagos Island would find it difficult to believe that their favourite fun spot is no more. What is left of this tourist site is a broken coastline that shows the potency of angry water. What used to be a tarred road running parallel to the beach had […]
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Armed Forces, Delta, State News
Monday, August 29th, 2011
The Delta State Police Command on Monday arrested three fake military personnel for allegedly taking advantage of the uniform to intimidate members of the police force in Warri, Delta State. The suspects were arrested, even as the spokesman for the police in the state, Mr. Charles Muka, told reporters that a suspected kidnapper was […]
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Edo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Monday, August 29th, 2011
BENIN CITY — TRAGEDY struck in Benin City, yesterday, when armed men, suspected to be kidnappers, abducted the Chairman/Managing Director of Tomline Industrial Company Limited and a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Elder Tes Sorae, after his driver and orderly were shot dead. His wife, who was also shot, is in critical situation […]
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Oyo, State News
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
FIVE days to the anniversary of the day rain wreaked havoc on Ibadan 31 years ago, residents of the Oyo State capital were, again, left mourning, following disaster brought upon them by a downpour that lasted about six hours on Friday. Ibadan had been ravaged on Sunday, August 31, 1980, with many lives and property […]
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Kano, State News
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
The Kano State government has approved about N900 million for payment of Ramadan bonus to civil servants. Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso disclosed this during Ramadan breakfast with lecturers of universities and other institutions of higher learning in Kano State . The governor, who was responding to a request to that effect by one of the […]
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State News, Zamfara
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
Worried by the increasing rate of ghost workers on the pay roll of the 14 local councils of Zamfara State, the state government is to embark on a verification exercise in order to fish them out. This was disclosed by the Deputy Governor of the state, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala, in Gusau on Friday. He said the action […]
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Cross River, Education, Headlines, State News
Sunday, August 28th, 2011

University of Calabar (UNICAL) was yesterday shut after students violently protested alleged death of three colleagues on campus as a result of insecurity. The authorities closed the institution for two weeks, asking the students to vacate the campus immediately. According to the students, insecurity in the university led to the killing of two of their […]
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Rivers, State News
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has tagged Rivers State safe and secure after hosting one of the best NBA conferences in recent years. NBA President, Joseph Daudu (SAN) gave the commendation during a farewell dinner organised by Rivers State government for members of the Bar, on Thursday, as part of the NBA week in Port […]
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Abuja (FCT), Lagos, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
The Embassy of the United States, which is a few metres to the bombed UN building located on Diplomatic Road and its officials were seen responding to the terrorist attack with renewed tightening of security measures. Saturday Tribune noticed a sense of fear and apprehension at the Embassy, as vehicles were disallowed from packing opposite […]
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Abuja (FCT), Boko Haram, Latest Politics, State News, United Nations
Friday, August 26th, 2011
MEMBERS of the Boko Haram Islamic sect yesterday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing at the United Nations (UN) office in Abuja. In an interview, a spokesperson sect, Sheik Azzawahiri on Hamada Radio International monitored in Kaduna, said that, “the bomb blast that involved more than 20 people was certainly our work.” “We take full […]