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Plateau, State News, Top Stories
Monday, January 31st, 2011

A new set of military men from the Nigerian Army arrived in Jos yesterday to take over from the officers and men on ground following a mass protest by over 20,000 women. The soldiers who arrived in almost 20 Marco Polo buses were immediately taken to the headquarters of the Special Task Force (STF) close […]
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INEC Politics, Oyo, State News, Top Stories
Monday, January 31st, 2011

The Peoples Democratic Party may not field candidates in Oyo and Anambra states during the April general elections as the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday rejected the lists of candidates from the states. Investigations by our correspondents showed that the commission rejected the list from Oyo because the state chapter of the PDP […]
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Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, January 31st, 2011

AS campaign by various political candidates begun towards the April general polls, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, said he would ensure crime, violence free electioneering campaign period in Lagos through a holistic approach. The governor stated this while handing over 100 security operational vehicles and 50 patrol motorcycles equipped with various security gadgets […]
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Anambra, Elections 2011, State News
Monday, January 31st, 2011
FOLLOWING what was described as an in-house fence mending, most of the aspirants to elective positions who failed to make it during the recent primaries of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Anambra State, yesterday, decided to support those who won the party’s tickets in the interest of peace and harmony within the party. At […]
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Bauchi, Borno, Latest Politics, Plateau, State News
Monday, January 31st, 2011
Minister for Information and Communications, Mr. Labran Maku, yesterday, vowed to bring the perpetrators of Plateau, Bauchi and Borno states’ killings to book. Maku, who stated this while answering questions from newsmen, condemned incessant killing of politicians in recent times in the country. It would be recalled that Borno State All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP, […]
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Plateau, State News
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State United States-based human rights group, Human Right Watch (HRW) has attributed renewed violence and incessant killings in Jos to the failure of Plateau State and Federal Governments to implement findings of different committees earlier set up to investigate the recurring outbreaks of violence in the city. In its seven-page […]
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Bauchi, State News
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
THE Bauchi State Police Command has disclosed that as of Sunday, 20 people have been confirmed killed in last Thursday’s crisis while 20 people have so far been arrested with dangerous weapons including guns believed to have been used during the crisis. Also, the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Bauchi State Chapter has declared that it […]
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Plateau, State News, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (2007-10)
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
Sixteen lives were lost yesterday in Jos as armed youths took on soldiers in a free for all. The crisis was a fallout of Friday’s shooting of 15 students of the University of Jos. Also, filling stations, shops and several houses were burnt yesterday in the Farin Gada area. Speaking to newsmen in Jos, the […]
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Bayelsa, Elections 2011, State News
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
Fresh facts yesterday emerged on the circumstances that led to the death of Eight persons on Thursday along the Nembe waterways in Nembe Local Government Area of the State with indigenes of the area claiming the deceased were non-indigenes inported by some politicians to register in the area. The indigenes of the twin cities of […]
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Osun, State News
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
Hon Adejare Bello An Election Petition Retrial Tribunal sitting in Osogbo on Saturday nullified the election of the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Chief Adejare Bello. Delivering its judgment, the retrial tribunal, led by Justice Patrick Elechi, held that election into the Ede-North state constituency, in which the Speaker represented in the House, […]