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Plateau, State News
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
s complaints continue to trail the operations of the Special Task Force (STF) in Jos, the Commander of the STF, Brigadier-General Hassan Umaru, has declared that it is only the Federal Government that can determine the time the task force will leave the state. It will be recalled that various bodies and individuals in recent […]
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Abia, State News
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
SUCCOUR may have come the way of some communities in Abia State, following deployment of 468 Direct Data Capturing, DDC, machines by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Many communities in the state, including some wards in Omoba, Isiala Ngwa South Council, had not started the exercise as a result of non-availability of the direct […]
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Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Sokoto, State News
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
Sokoto State deputy governor, Muktari Shagari, has said that the PDP must, within the confines of the law, win the 2011 elections. He told LAWAL SABO IBRAHIM in Abuja why he believes so. He also spoke on his relationship with his boss as well as other national issues. The PDP presidential primary election has come […]
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National Politics, Plateau, State News
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

An Abuja High Court could not continue with the trial of the former governor of Plateau State, Mr. Joshua Dariye, yesterday as counsel to the accused, Mr. Chris Umar informed the court that an appeal had been filed at the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Appeal Court returning Dariye to the trial court. […]
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Lagos, State News
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
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Oyo, State News
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
STALLS and shops close to the notorious Ojoo roundabout in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Tuesday, went up in flames, leaving three people, including a woman, with varying degrees of burns. More than 150 stalls, shops, shop-containers and goods worth millions of naira and two vehicles were destroyed in the inferno which […]
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Rivers, State News
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
THE Rivers State Police Command said it had begun a manhunt for the gunmen who ambushed some Christian pilgrims, who were on their way to the Port Harcourt International Airport enroute to Jerusalem. The gunmen had on Thursday shot and killed three policemen who were escorting the pilgrims to the airport. State Police Public […]
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Kano, State News
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
AS Direct Data Capture (DDC)Machines have continued to pose a serious threat to the on-going voter registration exercise, thousands of people in Kano State have indicated interest not to participate in the exercise, saying they were losing millions of naira in the course of waiting to be registered. At some registration centres in the state, […]
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Lagos, State News
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
Son of former Lagos State governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, Deji Jakande has picked the Lagos State House of Assembly ticket to represent Somolu Constituency 1. Speaking with Sunday Sun at the weekend, Jakande said he joined the race so that he can contribute his quota to the society. He lauded the Governor Raji Fashola’s administration […]
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General Politics, Oyo, State News
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

More facts have emerged on why the Oyo State government failed to demolish the state secretariat of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) at the Olomi area of Ibadan, the state capital, on Thursday. Although the authorities had mobilized a team, comprising officials of the state Ministry of Environment and Water Resources and […]