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Governors, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News, Zamfara
Monday, August 8th, 2011
Zamfara State government has donated 20 operational vehicles, bought at the cost of N101million to the police in its efforts to help the security outfit to combat crime. Presenting the 20 pickup vans equipped with modern communication gadgets to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alhaji Hafiz Ringim, at the state police headquarters, Gusau, the […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, has distributed 500 Auto-Vehicle Inspection devices to the Police; Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC; Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA and Vehicle Inspection Units as part of measures to improve traffic control in the state. Mr Fola Arthur-Worrey, Executive Secretary, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (left) and Divisional Police […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
A jailbreak occurred yesterday at the Port Harcourt Prisons in which unspecified number of inmates may have escaped. However, a joint effort of prison warders and policemen foiled attempt by 23 other inmates to escape from the prisons. Two inmates, including a kidnap convict identified by the police as Egbe Gboh, who had escaped from […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Any landlord in Lagos state who collects rent in excess of one year from a new tenant is liable of punishment by the state government as such action would henceforth be seen as a criminal offence, which will either attract jail term or payment of fine. This is part of the content of the tenancy […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Residents of the commercial city of Onitsha, on Friday, defied the heavy downpour as they queued under the rain at the Onitsha South Local Government secretariat to buy Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) under the NNPC/Capital Oil Kerosene Direct Scheme. The product, which was sold to the people at the rate of N50.00 per litre, was […]
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General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Imo, Latest Politics, State News
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

A senior clerk at the District Court in Nassau County in New York has confirmed to SaharaReporters that a bench warrant issued by a district court judge with respect to current deputy governor of Imo State, Jude Ikechi Agbaso, remains valid and in force.
According to the Court Officer, Mr. Agbaso faces arrest on felony charges related to […]
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Abia, Governors, Headlines, State News
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
Governor T.A. Orji’s application of administrative dexterity has undoubtedly yielded huge benefits in terms of development and institution of democratic dividends. Besides, in drawing comparisons, a serious consideration must be given to the abysmally low federal allocation which accrues to the state and the hydra-headed security bug, which adversely affected government’s genuine and well intended […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
Aba Towers welcomes you to Umuahia, the capital of Abia, which prides itself as God’s Own State. Standing in the middle of the Port Harcourt- Aba- Enugu expressway, the landmark, which was erected during the Dr Ogbonnaya Onu administration, is presently being given a facelift. The smooth but narrow Ossah-Mission- Hill road leading into the […]
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Boko Haram, Headlines, Kano, State News
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
The Jama’atu Ahlisunnah Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad Islamic sect (commonly known as Boko Haram) has fired a warning that it would attack Kano State if the security agencies continue to hunt its members in the state. The militant group said its members have done nothing other than pursue the sect’s goal of ensuring that states in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Kwara, Latest Politics, Ondo, State News
Friday, July 29th, 2011

Another batch of 21 Ghanaians has been deported from Nigeria, bringing the number so far deported on the orders of two state governors to 45. The Nigerian High Commissioner in Accra, Mohammed Musiliu Obanikoro, has however frowned upon the action, promising to wade into it immediately. Earlier on July 14, 2011, 24 Ghanaians were arrested […]