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Delta, Latest Politics, State News, Top Stories
Friday, June 24th, 2011
It was an unusual sight Friday afternoon when hundreds of Nigerians evoking their support for Chief James Onanefe Ibori stormed a London court where his trial started. Sporting “Free Ibori” and “Deltans want Ibori back home” T-shirts, some of such supporters claimed to have travelled all the way from Nigeria to the UK to demonstrate […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Friday, June 24th, 2011
It must now be very clear to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State that governing a state is a different ball game. One of the major things he must have realized is that hiring or sacking any staff in the public service has a legal procedure that must be followed religiously. In a private business, […]
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Abuja (FCT), Armed Forces, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
UNUSUAL presence of military and anti-bomb policemen was, on Thursday, noticed on major roads in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Motorists, as well as their vehicles, were thoroughly searched by the soldiers, in a manner that raised the apprehension of the residents of the area and workers. Nigerian Tribune observed that the heavily armed […]
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Breaking News, Headlines, Imo, State News
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has charged traditional rulers in the state to steer clear of politics and warned that no monarch should belong to any political party. Okorocha, who gave the warning yesterday in Owerri during the swearing-in of 14 newly appointed commissioners, 13 special advisers, chairman of the state Council of […]
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Headlines, Nasarawa, State News
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
No fewer than eight persons, including two elders, were killed in a fresh crisis between Tiv farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Nasarawa South Senatorial District, Nasarawa State. President, Tiv Youth Organization (TYO) Peter Igbacher Kwembe who disclosed this yesterday at a press conference in Lafia alleged that the crisis started on Saturday, June 18 when […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, State News
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Pa Callistus Njoku paints a pathetic picture. Meeting him, it is not difficult to observe that his life is in shambles. His mien reveals debilitating pains, agony and anguish. An indigene of Ndiegu Itsu village, Ndiezechi community in Izzi Local Government area of Ebonyi State, he began to swim in the ocean of sorrow on […]
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Benue, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
TWENTY-FIVE persons, among them an army officer, identified as Lieu-tenant Chinedu Anyanwu, were feared dead in a renewed three days of sustained attacks by armed herdsmen on villages and towns in the border communities of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. Also, a soldier, including several persons, had been declared missing, while thousands of […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
A man and a pregnant woman have reportedly been killed by armed bandits, suspected to be nomadic herdsmen, on the dilapidated Ado Ekiti-Ijan Road in Ekiti State. Nigerian Tribune gathered from members of Aduloju farmstead in Ado Ekiti Local Government Area of the state, on Wednesday, that the pregnant woman and the man, said to […]
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General Politics, Plateau, State News, Women Politics
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

The cold war between the erstwhile Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mrs. Pauline Tallen and her one time political ally, Governor Jonah Jang was warmed up last weekend when during a visit to Shendam, Mrs. Tallen”s home base, the Governor demanded an apology from his erstwhile deputy. Mrs. Tallen who fought the Governor on the […]
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Bayelsa, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
The police in Bayelsa State have arrested twelve persons suspected to be pirates allegedly involved in the attack on a marine police team along the state waterways in which two officers lost their lives. The state command however denied the alleged loss of five service rifles to the suspected pirates during the Monday morning attack […]