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Governors, Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
The newly sworn-in Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar has demoted 10 permanent secretaries and sacked all board chairmen, commissions and parastatals in the state. In a statement issued and signed by the Head of Service Mohammed Bello Umar, the governor disclosed that the affected permanent secretaries were those appointed during the transition period […]
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EFCC Politics, Enugu, State News
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Former governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani who was last week arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegations of corruption was yesterday granted an unconditional bail by an Enugu High Court. Nnamani was admitted into bail without any strings attached because of the existing bail granted him by a Federal […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Barely 48 hours after the multiple bomb blasts that occurred at the 33 Artillery Brigade, Bauchi, killing 13 and injuring 40 others, gunmen have hurled another bomb at a police station in Bulkachuwa town of Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State, killing a police corporal. An eyewitness told Daily Sun that the gunmen fired […]
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Governors, Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
The newly sworn-in Governor of Zamfara state, Honourable Abdulazeez Abubakar Yari has reversed the sales of state government property made by his predecessor, Mahmud Shinkafi in the past one month. Governor Yari who is the third executive governor of Zamfara state stated in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital. The new governor who lamented what he […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
A younger brother of former Edo State governor, Lucky Igbinedion, Mike, was on Tuesday remanded in prison custody on a 66-count charge of corruption levelled against him and others by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Also ordered to remain in prison custody was the ex-governor’s former personal assistant, Patrick Oboigbodin. The ex-governor, who […]
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Armed Forces, Bauchi, State News
Monday, May 30th, 2011
Bomb explosions rocked the 23 Artillery Brigade headquarters in Bauchi at about 8.25 p.m yesterday, killing five people and injuring several others. The commissioner of Police, Muhammed Indabawa confirmed the casualties during a telephone interview with journalists. The Public Relations Officer of the Brigade, Major Etete also confirmed that two bombs exploded at the Shadawaka […]
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Borno, Governors, Headlines, State News
Monday, May 30th, 2011
Former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff has begged the people for forgiveness over the shortcomings of his government, noting that he might have offended the people in the course of leading the state for eight years. In his valedictory speech on Sunday at the Ramat Square venue of the inauguration of the new […]
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Governors, Headlines, State News, Zamfara
Monday, May 30th, 2011
The new Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar has sworn that the Holy Qur’an would be his guide in administering the state, even as the former governor, Mamuda Aliyu Shinkafi left over N40billion debts and asked for forgiveness of any wrong done during his tenure in the state. Abubakar, who spoke during the inauguration ceremony […]
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Headlines, Ogun, State News
Monday, May 30th, 2011
Senator Ibikunle Amosun yesterday took the oath of office as the fourth civilian governor of Ogun State with a pledge to transform the state beyond what his predecessors left. Amosun in his acceptance speech shortly after the state Chief Judge, Mr. Charles Oluremi Jacobs administered the oath of office on him at the MKO Abiola […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
The Lagos State Government has warned residents of areas prone to flooding to look for alternative accommodation on higher grounds from June to January next year. The warning, according to it, is necessary because of the anticipated unusually heavy rainfall that the state is likely to witness this year. Some of the flood prone […]
