Robbers cart away N56.7m in Rivers – Kill 2 policemen, wound 2 others

Not less than N56.7 million has been carted away by armed robbers who attacked a van belonging to a company in Port Harcourt. The robbers also killed a policeman in the van and wounded the driver and the company’s accountant. It was gathered that the money was being conveyed to a commercial bank for lodgment […]

Ohakim, Character Assassins and April 2011 Election

By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo, Nigeria – Feb. 2, 2011 – There is no doubt that the Governor Ikedi  Ohakim administration has rebranded Imo State in Nigeria  as it has also radically changed the derogatory profile of Owerri as a jungle city for good .That Owerri the capital of Imo State  is a beautiful city is […]

INEC registers 6.2m voters in Lagos, Ondo

  No fewer than 1.3m eligible voters have been registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ondo State since the exercise started on January 15. Also, the INEC said on Wednesday that it had registered 4.9 million eligible voters in Lagos State as at Monday. The Resident Electoral Commission in Lagos, Dr. Adekunle Ogunmola, […]

PDP guber candidate asks court to void Orji’s candidacy

A gubernatorial aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Chief Ikechi Emenike, yesterday, asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from recognizing Governor Theodore Orji as the flag-bearer of the party in Abia State, pending the hearing and determination of a suit challenging his […]

I inherited only 1 X-ray machine in Kebbi – Dakingari

KEBBI State governor,Alhaji Saidu Dakingari, has disclosed that he met one functional X-ray machine in the whole of the state, which could be found in Argungu General Hospital, when he assumed office on May 29, 2007. According to him, all the general hospitals in the state now had at least two X-ray machines, including mobile […]

SSS uncovers new militant camps in Rivers, arrests 2

The State Security Services (SSS), on Wednesday, paraded two suspected militants for allegedly re-establishing militant camps around Kula in the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. Parading the suspects in Port Harcourt alongside 11 others, who had allegedly been involved in impersonation, the Director of the service in Rivers State, Douglas Dogo, said the […]

Niger State govt discovers 2,000 ghost workers on its payroll

Niger State Head of Service, Alhaji Ibrahim Matane, on Wednesday, revealed that the ongoing verification of staff in the civil service had shown that of the over 34,000 workforce 2,000 were ghost workers. Matane also said that the committee was investigating e-payment irregularities against 4,700 workers. The Head of Service made these known in Minna […]

20 States to Get 63 Ambulances For Emergency

As part of measures to curb maternal and infant mortality rates, the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development plans to establish an emergency response units in 20 states across the country. The Ministry said it would also provide about 63 ambulances to ferry women and children who need emergency medical attention in the […]

Obasanjo Laughs Last: INEC rejects OGD’s candidates

The  Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) list of candidates from Ogun State, submitted on Monday. Rather, the INEC  accepted the list produced by the Chief Dayo Soremi faction of the party which held a parallel congress at the Olusegun Obasanjo Library. With the new development, candidates such as […]

Lagos budgets N7.5trn for 10-yr infrastructure development

Lagos State government on Tuesday said $50 billion (N7.5 trillion) will be needed for rapid infrastructural development of Lagos State in the next 10 years. Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Ben Akabueze who made the revelation at an international press briefing on the state’s budget performance and analysis from 2007 to 2010 said […]

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