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CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Kano, Latest Politics, Party Politics, State News
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
With just five days to the governorship elections, the Court of Appeal Abuja Division on Wednesday deepened the lingering crisis in the Congress for Change [CPC] when it nullified the candidacy of the son of the late military head of state, Sani Abacha, Mohammed as the governorship candidate of the party for Kano State. The […]
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Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Latest Politics, State News
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
The death toll in the mayhem, which trailed the April 16 presidential poll in Bauchi, Gombe and Kaduna states has been put at 59. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said yesterday that 32 Christians were killed in Bauchi State. The management of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi also reported one of its students was killed […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Rivers, State News
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
The Rivers State chapter of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has denied allegation that its supporters plan to unleash mayhem on the day of the governorship election in the State. Also, ahead of next week’s gubernatorial and state assembly elections, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Rivers State has called on the Chairman of […]
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Kano, State News
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Three persons were feared dead and several others wounded following a fresh breakdown of law and order in the metropolitan area of Kano yesterday. Several vehicles were alsdo vandalized as their owners tried to escape from the troubled spots to safe areas. The cars were vandalized by angry youths who also took advantage of the […]
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Kaduna, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
The violence that broke out in Kaduna metropolis and Zaria on Monday has spread to Kafanchan and Zonkwa in the southern part of the state. On Tuesday in Samaru, Hayin Dogo area of Zaria near the Basawa Army Barracks, eyewitnesses alleged that soldiers killed about 10 persons suspected to have killed some lecturers and students […]
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Governors, Imo, State News
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
STILL basking in the euphoria of the more than 90 per cent votes he gave to President Goodluck Jonathan last Saturday in Imo State, Governor Ikedi Ohakim, on Monday declared that opposition politicians would be defeated during the April 26 governorship election. Ohakim, who is contesting for a re-election on the ticket of the Peoples […]
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Ogun, State News
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
The Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, will on Wednesday (today) meet with President Goodluck Jonathan over the state governorship election. Investigations on Tuesday by our correspondents revealed that the meeting was a last minute effort by the President to resolve the crisis in the state Peoples Democratic Party before the April 26 polls. […]
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Katsina, Latest Politics
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Four persons have been burnt and 45 inmates released from the Federal Prisons in Funtua, Katsina State as the police and other security agencies battled to suppress the orgy of violence that had gripped the state since Sunday. Although state Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, had imposed a curfew between 9pm and 7am on Monday, […]
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Kaduna, Kano, Latest Politics, State News
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
KADUNA-BURNT corpses with machete wounds lay in roads and smoke rose above the city where rioting broke out again, Tuesday, among opposition supporters who were angered by the announcement that President Goodluck Jonathan had won the election. On the outskirts of the city, burnt out minibuses and cars littered the highways, and at least six […]
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Articles, Columnists, Elvis J. Agukwe, Imo, NNP Columnists, State News
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
By Elvis .J. Agukwe, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria – April 19, 2011 – As a member of the Catholic Church and a communicant at that, I have often been fascinated by the transformational, regenerative and cathartic effect of the sacrament of Eucharist. Preparation for the sacrament defines the essence of Catholicism for it is here […]
