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Action Congress of Nigeria, Headlines, Lagos, Party Politics, State News
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
In order to avoid the confusion that attended the search for successor to former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Lagos chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has commenced a search for who succeeds the incumbent governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN). Political drama that attended the search for Tinubu’s successor […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
The Police in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State has rescued seven children from the hands of suspected child traffickers and arrested two suspects. Though the Police Spokesman in the state, Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka said the matter has not been reported to the Command, an eyewitness who pleaded anonymity said the incident happened at […]
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Latest Politics, Ogun, State News
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, former Ogun State governor, Aremo Olusegun Osoba and Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Union (NUPENG), Frank Kokori among other notable pro-democracy activists were conspicuously absent yesterday during the June 12 Democracy Walk and Rally in Abeokuta. Soyinka, Osoba and Kokori were billed to address hundreds of […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command has confirmed that four persons were killed on Sunday by suspected Boko Haram militants at a drinking joint in Bulumkutu, Maiduguri even as the Islamic sect has given conditions to the government for laying down their arms Malam Lawal Abdullahi, the command’s Public Relations Officer, said yesterday in […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Residents want enforcement of use of public toilets to promote good health, sanitation ONE of the traits some Lagosians had been associated with was their penchant to ease themselves almost anywhere. Be it in gutters, on refuse heaps, behind bus shelters even beside parked cars, some Lagosians were known not to have bothered where […]
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Headlines, Kwara, State News
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Workers under the aegis of Unions of Tertiary Institutions in Kwara State comprising four state-owned colleges of education and Islamic studies have declared another round of indefinite strike. The unions, which include Colleges of Education, Ilorin, Oro and Lafiagi and College of Islamic Studies, Ilorin (COEASU, SSUCOEN and NASU), are demanding for implementation of the 100 percent payment […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
The Cross River State Government has disbursed over N10, 344,794.00 to 14 communities across the state under the Community and Social Development Projects. The benefiting communities include: Lehanghe in Abi, Ikot Enetim Eneyo, Aye Eyo and Obot Eyo in Odukpani, PTA Secondary School, Iyametet and secondary commercial School, Ofodua in Obubra. Others are Nde in […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
The sight that confronted a team of policemen that raided the building located on Brass Street, Aba, Abia State, could only conjure a picture of the dark days of slavery. For all of four years, since opening the facility in 2007, one Dr Hyacinth Orikara had carried on the illegal business of procuring and selling […]
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Delta, Headlines, Nigerian Police, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Security operatives in Delta State have launched a massive hunt for suspects who allegedly raped three female corps members in Owodokplor Igbide community, Isoko South local government area of the state. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY learnt that the six-man gang allegedly descended on the corps members who were serving as teachers at the school’s Corpers’ Lodge. Our […]
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Armed Forces, Cross River, Headlines, State News
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River state has donated a patrol gunboat to the Nigerian Navy at the NNS Victory Naval Base, Calabar. Presenting the boat, Imoke said the state will continue to support the Nigerian Navy with its lean resources to ensure the water ways and beyond to ensure the safety of the area. […]
