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Cross River, Edo, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
HUNDREDS of women yesterday thronged the streets of Benin City, Edo State capital protesting against the killing of members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members who were on a national assignment during the recent general elections. Also, Governor Liyel Imoke has expressed absolute support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to set up a […]
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Armed Forces, Benue, Headlines, State News
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
An F-7Ni aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force, Makurdi, crashed Wednesday morning in Yandev Mbaniongu Mbazaam near Yandev, in Gboko local government area of Benue State. The aircraft which took off from Makurdi crashed into Community Secondary School, Km 4 Buruku road. The NAF Public Relations Officers Wing Commander Adedayo Makun while confirming the incident […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
The former Archbishop and the Metropolitan of the Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province, Most Revd Dr. Albert Obiefuna has passed on after a protracted illness. Daily Sun gathered that Archbishop Obiefuna died yesterday in an undisclosed hospital after battling with cancer for so many years after his retirement as the Archbishop of Onitsha Arch Diocese. Though there […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), State News
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Tears flowed freely yesterday during the open air service for Stephen Oluwasegun Aremu, one of the corps members who died in a boat mishap along the Nembe/Brass waterways. Aremu, from Kwara State and Adamu Isaiah Barau from Bauchi State were among the victims who died in the boat mishap involving a 20-passenger boat. Two female […]
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Armed Forces, Delta, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Niger Delta, State News
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
WARRI – MORE troops were deployed in the riverine community of Ayakoromor, Burutu local government of Delta State, Thrusday, by the Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta, following Wednesday’s unfinished gun battle with a militant group in the area. The deployment of more soldiers fuelled fears in the community and environs that soldiers might […]
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Headlines, Oyo, State News
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
GOVERNOR Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State, yesterday, approved the payment of N18,000 minimum wage for workers in the state. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Akala, Mr. Abraham Ojo, said the Commissioner for establishment, Training and Poverty Alleviation, Jelili Agboola announced this in Ibadan, in a briefing at the end of the […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
UYO-THE police in Akwa Ibom State have arrested one of the most wanted criminals in the South-East and South-West. The suspect’s name was given as Emmanuel Nnamdi Joseph Ebulu, aka Stone. Assistant Inspector General of Police in-charge of zone 6, Mohammed Abubakar, stated this while parading the suspect alongside three others, Chidi Udochi, 30; Chukwunna […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Two suspected robbers were on Tuesday killed by policemen in Abuja during a gun duel, while two others escaped with bullet wounds. Two senior police officers also sustained serious injuries with one of them who was shot in the stomach still on admission at the National Hospital, Abuja. The robbers, who drove in a […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Edo, Party Politics, State News
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
BENIN – AS the battle for the Speakership of the Edo State House of Assembly hots up, the leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Edo Central senatorial district, has warned against ceding the position to Edo South which produced the Deputy Governor of the state. This comes as the State House of […]
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Bauchi, Borno, Kano, Latest Politics, Niger, Plateau, State News
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
ABUJA-TO thwart any possible attack by the Boko Haram sect, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, has beefed up security in about seven states including Borno, Bauchi, Kaduna, Niger, Plateau and Kano. Ringim, also said yesterday that the post-election violence which engulfed parts of the country could not have been avoided. Fielding questions from […]
