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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Friday, June 10th, 2011
NAFDAC Arrests Foreign Killer Doctors In KadunaThe National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday paraded two alleged killer doctors involved in the dispensing of unregistered drugs in Panbeguwa area of Kaduna State. The suspects, who are both nationals of Cameroon, according to NAFDAC, came into the country over a month ago […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Friday, June 10th, 2011
A female lawmaker, Mrs. Monsurat Sunmoni, on Friday emerged the speaker of the seventh Oyo State House of Assembly. Sunmoni, the only female member of the 32-member assembly, is representing Oyo West/Oyo East State Constituency under the umbrella of the Action Congress of Nigeria. A member representing Egbeda State Constituency under the umbrella of […]
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Headlines, Katsina, State News
Friday, June 10th, 2011
Katsina state governor, Ibrahim Shema who was sworn in May 29 for a second term, in this interview with explains that the primary responsibilities of government are to provide for the general well being of the people. He throws light on how his administration in the last four years, saved N16. 7billion and provided projects […]
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Ekiti, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Friday, June 10th, 2011
THE Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Abubakar Hafiz Ringim has promised improved security in Ekiti State. He made the pledge in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday after commissioning the Security Alert System and 24 vehicles equipped with high frequency radio and communication gadgets donated to the state police command by the state government. The event took […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Patients in all the hospitals in Nnewi, the industrial city of Anambra State, yesterday, suffered untold hardship as medical doctors in both public and private hospitals in the area downed tools and took to the streets to protest the kidnap of their colleague, Dr. Okwudili Udemezue. The doctors numbering over 300 with some medical students […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Thursday, June 9th, 2011
Since the conduct of the 2011 gubernatorial polls in Kano State, the state has remained deeply divided. And the rivalry between former governor Ibrahim Shekarau and his successor, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is not making the matter any better. The crux of the matter is the performance of Shekarau, who believed that his government performed […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
THE Kano State governor, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has said that his administration may probe his predecessor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, provided the ongoing agitation for such a probe demanded for it. This is just as the governor stated that the government revoked the Kofa Naisa plot of land because some of the beneficiaries had up […]
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Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
The chairman of the gubernatorial election tribunal in Zamfara State, Justice Kashim Kaigama, has promised to grant journalists access to court proceedings and records, in the spirit of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act. He made this known during the inaugural sitting of the tribunal in Gusau, on Monday. The chairman, who was leading two […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Unknown gunmen yesterday kidnapped the Edo State Deputy Governor’s father-in-law, Chief Felix Okungbowa, in Benin City. The gunmen were said to have stormed his residence located on Ewasede Street, off First East Circular Road in the state capital where they abducted him. As at press time yesterday, the kidnappers were yet to make contacts with […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
The beneficiaries of the 10,000 jobs offered by the immediate past governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim yesterday staged a peaceful protest on the major roads of Owerri, against the suspension of the programme by Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha in state-wide radio and television broadcast to the people of the state on Monday […]