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Akala approves N18,000 minimum wage for workers

Posted by admin 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 […]

A-Ibom police arrest most wanted robbery suspect

Posted by admin 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 […]

Abuja: Police kill two robbers in gun duel

Posted by admin 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 […]

We insist on the Speakership-Edo Central ACN leaders

Posted by admin 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 […]

Boko Haram: Police beef up security in 7 states

Posted by admin 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 […]

INEC issues certificates of return amid tight security in Anambra

Posted by admin Anambra, INEC Politics, State News Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday issued certificates of return to elected officials in the 2011 general election in Anambra State amidst tight security with only Dr. Andy Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) being the only senator-elect present. The fear of chaos necessitated INEC inviting security agencies including the military to man the […]

Ex Ekiti Gov., Olusegun Oni, embezzles N5.41bn, says panel – to face panel, EFCC, ICPC

Posted by admin Ekiti, Governors, Headlines, Raw Politics, State News Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

The Contracts/Consultancy Review Committee (CCRC) set up by the Ekiti State Government has indicted ousted governor Segun Oni of embezzlement of public funds to the tune of N5.4 billion in the award of various contracts during his three-and-half-year tenure. According to the draft White Paper on the report of the panel released to the media […]

Yuguda sacks all aides numbering 1040 – Calls them sycophants

Posted by admin Bauchi, Headlines, State News Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Barely two weeks after his re-election, the Bauchi State Governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda has sacked all his political office holders numbering about 1,040 with effect from May 16, 2011. This was contained in a press release signed by the Permanent Secretary, Political Affairs, Hashimu Yakubu on behalf of Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Dandija. […]

Imo: Rochas, do not rejoice yet

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

The supplementary election of May 6, 2011 in Imo State that culminated in the declaration of Chief Rochas Anayochukwu Okorocha of the All Progressives Grand Alliance as the governor-elect is generally regarded by most indigenes of Imo State as one of the best things to happen to the state since it was created in […]

Alao-Akala turns down Ajimobi’s request

Posted by admin Oyo, State News Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

The outgoing governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, has turned down the request of the Governor-elect, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, to stop the implementation of the N18,000 minimum wage for the state workers. In a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Dotun Oyelade, on Monday, the governor regretted his inability to accede to the request […]