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Bayelsa, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Eight persons including a mobile policeman were reportedly arrested at Amassoma in the Southern Ijaw council area of Bayelsa State over their alleged involvement in acts inimical to the electoral process. This is just as six suspected thugs were Tuesday arrested at Opokuma in the Okolokuma-Opokuma local government area of Bayelsa State following a botched […]
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Elections 2011, Headlines, Ondo, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Prospective voters in Ido-Ani, a town in Ose local government area of Ondo State were on Tuesday morning shell-shocked as they watched in awe as a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Denis Alonge slapped the State Information Commissioner, Mr Ranti Akrele. Alonge, the immediate past Chairman of the Ose Local Government Council […]
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Delta, Elections 2011, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
ASABA – ONE of the gunmen who allegedly hijacked electoral materials meant for voting at Ekete and other parts of Udu local government area of Delta state was caught by voters at Orhuwhoron and given the beating of his life. Vanguard learnt if not for the intervention of the police, he would have been lynched […]
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Elections 2011, Governors, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

TODAY, 322 gubernatorial candidates will be contesting for governorship seats, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) holds gubernatorial elections in 24 of the nation’s 36 states. The gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections in Bauchi and Kaduna states had been rescheduled to Thursday, sequel to the violence that engulfed some parts of the […]
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Borno, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
NO fewer than three people were confirmed dead while 14 others were seriously injured, when unknown persons threw a locally made bomb into some beer joints on Sunday, at about 8.30 p.m., in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mike E. Zuokumor, addressing newsmen on Monday in his office, […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
BARELY 24 hours to the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, as well as the postponed National Assembly elections across the country, the Lagos State police command has assured the people of the state of adequate security and protection of life and property throughout the exercise in the state. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Sulaimon […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, Ogun, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
No fewer than 150 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who are Ogun State indigenes were evacuated by the state government from Bauchi State following the post-election violence that engulfed the state. The state Commissioner for Environment, Dr Olukoya Adeleke-Adedoyin, disclosed this while receiving the corps members at the MKO Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta, […]
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Kano, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
TO avoid being caught unawares during and after today’s election, a large number of people are relocating to Sabongari, an area predominantly populated by non-indigenes.Consequently, the price of hotel accommodation has increased by over 100 per cent. When the Nigerian Tribune visited some of the hotels at Sabongari, people were seen booking for rooms, not […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp), Ondo, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
About 200 National Youth Service Corps members, who are Ondo State indigenes evacuated from Bauchi State by the state government, have arrived in Akure, the state capital. Receiving them at the Government House, the state governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, urged them not to allow the incident to douse their sense of patriotism and remain committed […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, April 25th, 2011
Barely 72 after the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Alakuko, CSP Joseph Olatunmokun and two other policemen were killed by armed robbers in Lagos State,operatives of the State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS),at the early hours of yesterday, killed a seven-man gang of robbers, who have been terrorizing residents of the state in recent times during […]