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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Elders Council of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has urged the Federal Government to declare state of emergency in Borno State, to avoid further loss of lives to the Boko Haram sect. It also condemned the activities of the group and called for the unmasking of those behind it. In a communiqué issued after an emergency meeting of […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Headlines, State News
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Another bomb explosion suspected to have been planted by members of the Islamic Sect yesterday morning has injured 7 policemen in their patrol vehicle at the Bulumkutu /Pompomari round- about in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. Our correspondent gathered that, the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was planted on the main road leading to Damaturu –Maiduguri […]
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Anambra, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, State News
Friday, July 15th, 2011

Elections Tribunal sitting in Awka Anambra State, Friday, upheld the election of Senator Andy Uba to represent Anambra South Senatorial district of the state. The tribunal dismissed the petition by Mr Nicholas Ukachukwu, who had challenged the declaration of Senator Uba as winner of the election for the senatorial district by the Independent National Electoral […]
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Headlines, Rivers, State News
Friday, July 15th, 2011
PORT HARCOURT: Rivers State chapter of the Trade Union Congress, TUC has said its members would be part of the planned strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC The state Chairman of the TUC, Comrade Chika Unuegbu who made this known in a message to Vanguard at the end of an emergency meeting of the […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Friday, July 15th, 2011
The Benue State House of Assembly has vented its anger on the immediate past Commissioner for Works and Housing, and Commissioner Nominee, Dr. Eugene Aliegba who was indicted by the House for allegedly earning salaries from the Benue State University and the state government as Commissioner. The House said Aliegba, as Commissioner in the first […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Delta, Ekiti, Lagos, State News, Top Stories
Friday, July 15th, 2011

Following the degenerating security situation in Borno state as a result of the activities of Boko Haram, Lagos, Ekiti , Edo and Delta state governments yesterday commenced the evacuation of their indigenes from the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). No fewer than 14 of the 200 Lagos students from Lagos state arrived the General Aviation Terminal […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Friday, July 15th, 2011
I am the chairman of this council (Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs) and meeting for the next two years. After me, it is Soun of Ogbomoso and then the Alaafin of Oyo, if it pleases him to come.” With this assertive statement, the Olubadan of Ibadanland and chairman of the council, Oba Samuel […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has inaugurated a six-man committee on the provision of 20,000 jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in the state. This is to be achieved within his 100 days in office. While inaugurating the committee, the governor said the provision of jobs for 20,000 unemployed youths in the state was […]
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Headlines, State News, Taraba
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
A Permanent Secretary in the Taraba State Ministry of Finance, Asabe Maiangwa, has told a High Court in the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja, how N450 million was paid by the state government to several persons to supply stationery and office equipment. The permanent secretary said out of the N450 million only N16 million […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Headlines, State News, Tochukwu Ezukanma, Zamfara
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Governor Abdul’aziz Yari Abubakar of Zamfara State is at loggerheads with his predecessor, Alhaji Aliyu Shinkafi. Yari lamented that he inherited a whopping N42billion debt without any handover note. Shinkafi, however, insisted few days before he left office that he left substantial amount of money that would finish all ongoing important capital projects in the […]