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Akwa Ibom, Education, State News
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
The Akwa Ibom State Government plans to enforce strict compliance with its free and compulsory education, according to Special Assistant to Akwa Ibom Governor on Education, Mr Ita Udoh. Udoh told the News Agency of Nigeria in Eket on Wednesday that government would adopt persuasion rather than force in enforcing compliance with the policy. […]
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Delta, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
The police on Wednesday confirmed the attack on a Delta State House of Assembly member, Patience Ajudua. The attack led to the death of Ajudua’s driver. The Police spokesman in the state, Mr. Charles Muka, told the News Agency of Nigeria that some political thugs shot Ajudua during Tuesday’s governorship and House of Assembly […]
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Elections 2011, Lagos, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State said on Wednesday that it would challenge the result of the just-concluded state governorship election in court. Also, the National Conscience Party governorship candidate, Mr. Ayodele Akele, rejected the result. The Lagos State Secretary of PDP, Chief Tunji Shelle, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the […]
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Abia, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Elections 2011, Enugu, Kano, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Ogun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, State News, Top Stories, Yobe
Thursday, April 28th, 2011

Amosun, Ahmed win Ogun, Kwara, Doma loses in Nasarawa Lamido, Amaechi, Fashola, Akpabio, Suswam re-elected Chime, Orji, Geidam, Aliyu retain seats Kwankwaso returns to Kano Govt House Stalemate in Imo, Ajimobi floors Alao-Akala THE wind of change blowing across the polity yesterday swept away some sitting governors and helmsmen of state legislatures. Some outgoing governors […]
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Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, Plateau, State News
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
MOVES by the two Langtang born ex-Army Generals, Lt.-Gen. Jeremiah Useni and Brig.-Gen. John Shagaya to clinch the Plateau South Senatorial seat has been dashed as they were defeated by their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Victor Lar. Useni contested on the platform of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) while Shagaya contested on the […]
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Kaduna, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
The 21st century in which Arabs fought and won their freedom against tyranny is the one in which the North is fighting against injustice and vote stealing and allocation.” These were the words of one Aminu (not real name), a northerner and a graduate, who even did his postgraduate studies at Leeds University, in the […]
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Bauchi, Elections 2011, INEC Politics, Kaduna, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Following the decision by corps members to back out of the conduct of gubernatorial and state Assembly elections in the troubled Bauchi and Kaduna states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has settled for students of tertiary institutions in both states to serve as ad-hoc personnel for the election billed for today. The bulk of […]
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Elections 2011, Kwara, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has won the Tuesday gubernatorial election in Kwara State. Its candidate, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, polled 254,969 votes to defeat his the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) counterpart, Mr Mohammed Dele Belgore (SAN), who scored 152,580 votes. Senator Gbemisola Rukayat Saraki of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) had 72,456 […]
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Akwa Ibom, Elections 2011, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Governor Godswill Akpabio was yesterday evening declared winner of last Tuesday’s gubernatorial elections in Akwa Ibom State. In making the declaration, the state returning officer, Professor [Mrs] Comfort Ekpo announced that the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] scored 957,585 votes to beat its closest rival Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN] which polled 163,449 votes ,while the […]
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Elections 2011, Imo, NNP Elections 2011 Updates, State News
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
The Imo State governorship election lived up to its billing, with tension and drama, and has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Before then, Governor Ikedi Ohakim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) were running head to head. Okorocha led in 12 […]