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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, […]
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Edo, National Politics, State News
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
Fresh troubles await former Edo State governor, Lucky Igbinedion, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has prepared over 100 fresh charges against him. The new charges border on a fresh case of N25b fraud and the former governor may be dragged to court on Monday (tomorrow). Already, a manhunt has been declared for Igbinedion, […]
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Kwara, Latest Politics, State News
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
The chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, and the outgoing governor of Kwara State, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday picked the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) ticket for Kwara Central Senatorial District. He emerged as the winner of the re-run primary election. Saraki polled 1,044 votes to beat Mallam Yonus Abdulrahman who scored 13 votes and Alhaji LAK […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics, Osun, State News
Saturday, January 29th, 2011

THE senatorial ambition of Senator Iyiola Omisore, Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation may have suffered a setback as the Electoral Appeal Panel set up by the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) disqualified him from the re-run senatorial race in Osun State. Also, a retrial Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo has nullified […]
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Anambra, State News
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
ANAMBRA State Governor, Peter Obi, yesterday explained why he had not participated in the ongoing voter registration in the country. In a live Radio Programme on Rhythm FM, Awka —Viewpoints — the governor said the delay was necessitated by the need to ensure that all eligible citizens of the state are duly registered. Obi, who […]
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Latest Politics, Plateau, State News
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
A deadly spate of sectarian violence in Nigeria’s central Plateau State since December 24, 2010, has killed more than 200 people, Human Rights Watch said today. The victims, including children, have been hacked to death, burned alive, “disappeared,” or dragged off buses and murdered in tit-for-tat killings. The Nigerian government should act swiftly to protect […]
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Latest Politics, Plateau, State News
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Soldiers in a central Nigerian city opened fire Saturday on university students protesting continuing violence between Christians and Muslims, witnesses said, with at least five people killed in the ensuing violence. The shooting came as gas stations and a farmer’s market smouldered after late Friday violence that sparked when Christian students attacked Muslims trying to […]
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Bauchi, Plateau, State News
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Jos riot A serving riot police officer, Corporal Mohammed Uba, was yesterday arrested along with 29 other Fulani gunmen following an attack on three villages in Barkin Ladi Local Government area of Plateau State in which at least 12 people were killed. Another four persons were confirmed killed in Bauchi State, while several others sustained […]