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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Lagos State Government is set to demolish over 500 clusters of shanties at the Ilaje lagoon front in Bariga Local Government Area of the state. The demolition, when carried out, would render over 2,000 residents homeless. The state Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Prince Adesegun Oniru, who addressed the over 2,000 affected residents on Wednesday […]
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Borno, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Friday, August 19th, 2011
A man believed to be the supplier of chemicals used in making explosives has been arrested by the Borno State Police Command, following investigations by detectives. Mr. Simeon Midenda, Commissioner of Police in-charge of Borno Command on Friday disclosed this while addressing the press on the efforts of his command to unravel the identity of the suspected […]
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Bayelsa, General Politics, Oil Politics, State News, Top Stories
Friday, August 19th, 2011

THOUSANDS have fled the Ikarama community, Bayelsa state following an inferno triggered by an oil spill from a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) pipeline. No fewer than 100 houses were also burnt by the fire, which has compounded the problems arising from the spill. Saturday Tribune gathered that the damage could have been worse, but […]
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Akwa Ibom, State News
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio has advised management of abandoned Amakpe refineries in Eket to begin work or refund the state government investment in the project. Akpabio who stated this over the weekend in Miami, Florida, United States of America (USA), disclosed that, the state government had invested $10 million in the project […]
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Imo, State News
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
All is now set for this year’s edition of the re-branded The Miss Heartland Beauty Pageant also known as Miss Imo pageant, billed for December 3, in Owerri, the State’s capital. As part of the several activities lined up for the main event, a high profile event launch/ unveiling of logo/brand of the pageant will […]
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Anambra, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
The crisis rocking the Anambra State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday assumed a new dimension as the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) at a meeting in Abuja, decried the rising factionalisation in the party. While the party’s NWC called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the allegations of […]
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Rivers, State News
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has disclosed plans by his administration to embark on aerial surveillance of the state to boost security. Amaechi, who spoke during a professionals stakeholders meeting held at the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday said, although security in the State has improved tremendously since the inception of his administration, […]
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Benue, State News
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
NO fewer than 50 heavy duty trucks were yesterday set ablaze at the Benue Cement Company, BCC, in Gboko following a sharp disagreement between two factions of the trailer drivers’ union operating within the factory site. Eyewitnesses in Gboko said the crisis erupted at the factory site of the company owned by business mogul, Alhaji […]
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Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), Niger, Presidency, State News
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
NIGER State governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has paid a glowing tribute to former military president, General Ibrahim Baban-gida (IBB) who clocked 70 years on Wednesday. Dr Aliyu said IBB’s life was a testimony to the power of good leadership and purposeful living. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS) Mallam Danladi Ndayebo, […]
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Anambra, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
Business activities were, on Wednesday, disrupted in the electronics market in Onitsha, as traders protested the killing of one of their members by the police. The incident, according to eyewitness account, happened when policemen allegedly shot at a trader who was fleeing from police, resulting to his death on the spot, as traders at the […]