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Action Congress of Nigeria, Governors, Headlines, Kwara, Party Politics, State News
Monday, July 18th, 2011
The Gubernatorial, National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ilorin and hearing election petition filed by the kwara State Chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) against the victory of the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s candidate, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, yesterday , at the resumed hearing turned down the two prayers sought by the petitioner. The […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Anxiety and apprehension have heightened in Enugu State following the arrest of Mr. Ifeanyi Ogbonna from Nkanu East local government area of Enugu State and his fiancée, Ifeoma Ukamaka, from Ebonyi State on their wedding day. Ogbonna and Ukamaka were arrested last week when they were about to tie the nuptial knots at Divine Help […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
GOVERNOR Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has directed Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Lawal Abdu Babura, to rise to the challenge of his administration’s resolve of making the state a model for others in Nigeria. He gave the charge at the weekend when he administered the oath of office on Babura at the […]
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Anambra, Boko Haram, Enugu, National Politics, State News
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
PALPABLE fear has gripped traders and residents of the commercial city of Onitsha and communities around Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area, in Anambra State, following unconfirmed rumours that the Islamist fundamentalists , Boko Haram, might have invaded parts of the South Eastern States. The much-feared terrorist group, which recently penetrated the nation’s security […]
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Cross River, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
THE Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke may find it difficult to return as governor of the state in next year’s election if he does not put his house in order. The talk is that the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in serious crisis due to the inability of […]
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Adamawa, Benue, Boko Haram, Borno, Gombe, Top Stories, Yobe
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
THE attacks that rocked two state capitals in the North East; Maiduguri, Bauchi, last week were typical Boko Haram terror acts. And the effect as expected further sent chills through already jarred nerves of the residents of the states; the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja inclusive. Feelers from the Presidency indicated that the country’s number one […]
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Kwara, National Politics, State News
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
Immediate past governor of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki has said for Nigeria to be great, the country has to move away from its present status of a mono-product economy. Saraki, who stated this in Abuja when playing host to a delegation of Kwara State students from the Federal Polytechnic Offa who visited him at […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
Transport operators are making a killing in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. As tens of thousands of people flee the embattled city, the operators have hiked their transport fares. The losers have been those trying to relocate to safer zones from a city now under siege. Though banking activities have been curtailed following challenges […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Twenty persons suspected to be cultists were Friday paraded by men of the 82 Division of the Nigeria Army, Enugu for allegedly forcing some female students to have sex with themselves. Briefing news men before parading the suspected cultists at 82 Division, Assistant Director, Public Relations of the division, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed that […]
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Headlines, Niger, Senate, State News
Friday, July 15th, 2011
A MAGISTRATE court sitting in Minna, the Niger State capital, yesterday granted bail to Senator Ibrahim Musa Kontagora of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), representing Niger North senatorial district in the National Assembly. The senator was on Monday arrested by men of the State Security Service (SSS) over alleged forgery of tax certificate he […]
