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Headlines, Lagos, Oyo, State News
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
ABUJA— PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, announced far-reaching measures towards accelerating the nation’s economic growth through boosting agricultural output and provision of infrastructure in which a Lagos-Ibadan speed train line contract would soon be awarded. President Jonathan who was represented by Vice President Namadi Sambo said at the opening of the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System […]
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Abuja (FCT), Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, P, State News
Monday, July 4th, 2011
By Phil Tam-Al Alalibo – NNP – July 4, 2011 – It is intriguing and indeed mind-bugling that in the envied history of Abuja, our federal capital and to the best of my recollection, that beautiful and well crested city has never had a Minister from the south and that includes the South-South, South-East and […]
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Headlines, Kogi, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, July 4th, 2011
POLITICIANS have been accused to be responsible for high rate of robbery in the country. The allegation was made by the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr John Abaka Sanga, during a stakeholders’ meeting, organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) toward 2012 gubernatorial election in the state. He chided politicians for arming the […]
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Boko Haram, Kogi, State News
Monday, July 4th, 2011
FOLLOWING a bomb threat received by security operatives in Kogi State from Boko Haram sect that the Jamata and Itobe bridges would be bom-bed, security operatives have taken over the two bridges to avoid the disaster. Nigerian Tribune gathered from top security operatives in the state that the Boko Haram members who were planning to […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 4th, 2011
THE Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has described the death of an illustrious daughter of the state, Lady of Songs, Chief Christy Essien-Igbokwe, as a big loss to the state and the nation, adding that her place would be difficult, if not impossible to fill. Describing her as an iconic musician and a […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
LESS than 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan told the Boko Haram sect that “enough is enough,” the group struck yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno State killing five people in bomb blast. Ten others were injured and taken to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH). Also, armed men suspected to be members of the group […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
IBADAN—GOVERNOR of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi has made good his promises to declare his assets towards running a prudent and transparent government. It will be recalled that Governor Ajimobi, during his campaign, prayed “God to stop him from becoming governor, if he will get there and spoil the reputation of his family.” The governor […]
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Edo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
The Palace of the Oba of Benin has given a seven-day ultimatum to a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Owere Dickson Imasogie, to tender unreserved apology to the Benin monarch over a statement credited to him that the Oba influenced the victory of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in […]
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Boko Haram, Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
No fewer than 36 nationals of Chad Republic and Cameroon were said to have been killed at the local ‘Burkuttu’ joint at Dala Kabamti ward of Maiduguri metropolitan when gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram opened fire at the ‘Burkuttu’ joint in Borno State, recently. Speaking with Sunday Tribune, leader of the Chadian/Cameroon […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011
Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Udaughan, has ordered the immediate closure of a maternity home at Cable Point, Asaba. Uduaghan, who gave the order when he paid a surprise visit to the maternity, said the place was operating beyond its mandate. He described the Maternity as a deadly centre capable of sending patients to their […]
