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Lagos, National Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Raw Politics, State News
Friday, February 11th, 2011
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state yesterday blamed the PDP-led federal government for the poor state of the country’s security and electricity, saying; “Before they assumed office in 1999, there was no bombing in Nigeria and there was no kidnapping.” The Governor also said the ongoing Egyptian crisis would be a window of economic opportunity […]
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INEC Politics, Katsina, Latest Politics, State News
Friday, February 11th, 2011
The governorship ambition of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari suffered a temporary set-back yesterday as an Abuja division of the Federal High Court, issued an interim order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from publishing his name as the standard bearer of the Congress for Progressive Change, […]
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Adamawa, Elections 2011, State News
Friday, February 11th, 2011
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), governorship candidate in Adamawa state, Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), has accused Adamawa state government officials of buying and burning voters’ registration cards in hundreds in the state. The state government has however described the allegation as baseless, false and untenable. Marwa said this at a press conference yesterday in […]
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Plateau, State News
Friday, February 11th, 2011
Five people were confirmed killed in a fresh attack by unknown gunmen at a village in Kuru, near Jos. The attack came barely 48 hours after the warring communities signed a peace pact to end the deadly attacks. An eye witness told Saturday Vanguard that the heavily armed attackers, who invaded the village on Thursday […]
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National Politics, Ogun, State News
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
For the, Oba Olayinka Balogun, in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, the unexpected happened when hoodlums armed with guns and machetes stormed his palace. The strange visitors did not only storm the palace, but left indelible marks on the royal father who currently carries about plasters over wounds he sustained from the thugs. […]
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Oyo, State News
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
There was pandemonium in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital as thousands of panic-stricken parents besieged public schools in the metropolis to withdraw their children, following rumours that some pupils died after eating meal allegedly poisoned but provided free by the Adebayo Alao-Akala government. The poison scare was coming even as the rumour mills went abuzz that […]
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Latest Politics, Plateau, State News
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
N a fresh attempt to restore normalcy to the area, the indigenes of Irigwe in Bassa Local Council of Plateau State, the Hausa and Fulani communities living in the area yesterday signed a peace pact to end incessant clashes in the area. In the agreement, the three communities unanimously submitted that they were tired of […]
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Akwa Ibom, State News
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
An Abuja Federal High Court has reserved February 21, 2011 for ruling on applications challenging a suit filed by a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Frank Okon Daniel asking the court to restrain Governor Godswill Akpabio from parading himself as the duly nominated candidate of the party in […]
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Delta, State News
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recorded about 1.9 million eligible voters in Delta State during the just concluded voter registration exercise. The state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr. Gabriel Ogbudu Ada, who disclosed this in Asaba while fielding questions from newsmen, added that the commission had not got all the number of registered voters, […]
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Latest Politics, Ogun, Raw Politics, State News
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
The on-going feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has taken a new dimension. LEADERSHIP sources at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), office in Lagos revealed yesterday that the former president last Friday submitted a strongly worded petition loaded with weighty allegations against the governor. […]
