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Abuja (FCT), State News, Top Stories
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
UNITED States Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, told Fox News that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents have been despatched to help the Nigerian government investigate the deadly bombing that struck an army barracks in the country’s capital on New Year’s Eve. Napolitano spoke with Fox News, on Sunday, in Qatar, where she arrived for […]
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Articles, Chinedu Vincent Akuta, Columnists, Plateau, State News
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011

By Chinedu Vincent Akuta, London, UK – Jan 3, 2011 – Fellow citizens, the insecurity level has deteriorated beyond the critical level. Desperate times require desperate measures. Therefore, this is the time for citizens to declare a state of emergency on both leaders and the country. The reasons are thus: Warri Bomb Blast(s): In March […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
Bomb experts from the United States of America yesterday arrived the federal capital territory to begin investigation into Friday’s bomb explosions at the mammy market at the Mogadishu Cantonment (formerly Sani Abacha Barracks). The team of forensic specialists, who arrived the cantonment in a space bus with registration number 140CD179, were received by the commander […]
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Latest Politics, Plateau, State News
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
Of the four persons officially confirmed dead in the Mogadishu Barracks, Abuja, blast on new year eve, was a pregnant woman. A soldier who had his leg amputated and a five-year old daughter, left with a fracture, were among the 26 injured during the incident. The dead pregnant woman had travelled from Jos to Abuja […]
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Saturday, January 1st, 2011
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at an emergency meeting yesterday in Abuja, shared $1billion from the Excess Crude Account. With the disbursement of the amount, the balance in the ECA account now stands at $3million. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, lasted for only 29 minutes (11:10am and ended at about 11:39am). […]
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Latest Politics, Plateau, State News
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
62 bodies of victims of the Christmas Eve bomb blasts in six places in Jos, the Plateau State capital, have been given a mass burial at Dong village, close to the Wildlife Park in Jos North Local Government Council. Earlier, the Plateau State government had buried 42 bodies in the same place. LEADERSHIP WEEKEND gathered […]
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Nigerian Police, Oyo, State News
Saturday, January 1st, 2011

SECURITY was yesterday beefed up in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, by men of the State Police Command for fear of reprisal attack by supporters of the murdered National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Lateef Salako (a.ka. Eleweomo). This came as the police authorities announced the arrest of two persons in connection with the […]
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Cross River, Governors, Rivers, State News
Saturday, January 1st, 2011

LAST weekend, the streets of Port Harcourt, the Garden City, were on passionate flame as the grand finale of Rivers State Carnival (CARNIRIV) sent the city and its people into an orgy of celebration.First held in 2008, CARNIRIV has become a platform for display of the state’s cultural heritage amidst lavish fun, colour and grandeur. […]
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Headlines, Kano, State News
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raised alarm over alleged planned attack on its Kano command offices by some misguided youths over alleged recruitment of inappropriate candidates for Kano State into the agency in the current ongoing selection process. In a swift reaction, the Chairman and Chief Executive of the agency, Ahmadu Giade, […]
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Elections 2011, Kwara, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Saturday, January 1st, 2011

THE political icon of Kwara State, Dr Olusola Saraki has publicly declared his intention to quit the ruling People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) ahead of the 2011 general elections.He however failed to mention the exact party he would lead his numerous supporters to during the elections. Speaking with reporters yesterday in his Ilorin country home, Saraki, […]