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Legislature, Osun, Senate, State News
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has charged the governor of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, to stop behaving like an Area Boy and provide purposeful leadership for his people. Reacting to allegations credited to the governor who alleged that some eminent Nigerians, including the President of the Senate, were raising funds to destabilise […]
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Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

CRISIS reverberated in two communities in Rivers State and left six people dead on Tuesday with about 20 houses said to have been burnt in the process. This is just as two youths, in a confrontation with members of the Special Task Force (STF), were shot in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The six people […]
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Cross River, Lagos, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010

IT is Christmas season again and all the cities and neighbourhoods are bubbling with activities. The most common of the activities is carnivals. In Lagos Island, the Offin, Olowogbowo and Fanty carnivals have become the benchmark for other carnivals. In Ibadan do not be fazed when you learn of Mokland and Falkland carnivals. They are […]
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Anambra, National Politics
Sunday, December 26th, 2010

AILING ex-Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Friday arrived London safely at about 9pm. Ojukwu was Thursday flown out of Nigeria to a London hospital for further treatment for stroke. He was accompanied on the trip by his wife, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu, son, Emeka Jnr., and Chief of Staff, Prince Bob Onyema. Friday, Governor Peter […]
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Lagos, State News
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
Last week was the last straw that broke the back of the Okada for me. I spent a whopping five hours in the traffic. I was going for a programme and then got stuck in the traffic and still did not make it in good time. From where I stood around Ojota bridge, I saw […]
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Edo, Governors, State News
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has urged Christians to spare some time to pray for the nation this Christmas. The Governor in his Christmas message by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Peter Okhiria, said “Christmas is a time to celebrate the love of God and to rekindle our faith in the Lord. It is […]
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Kwara, National Politics
Saturday, December 25th, 2010

THE Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to call his men to order in Kwara State, where the Police are being used by the state government to instigate violence and harass innocent ACN members during and after the October 30 council polls in the state. In a […]
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Ebonyi, Headlines, Niger Delta
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
The Ebonyi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) yesterday alleged plans by politicians to import thugs from the Niger Delta into the state to disrupt the party’s primaries in January. Addressing members of the Ebonyi Youth Assembly in Abakaliki, the youth leader and president of the body, Comrade Chinedu Ogah, said there are […]
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Imo, State News
Friday, December 24th, 2010
Fifty-two communities in Imo State are well on their way to being granted an autonomous status. An autonomous community is entitled to a traditional ruler as well as a president-general, both answerable only to the local government authorities. The change in status for the communities is sequel to the recent repeal of Law No. 6 […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Friday, December 24th, 2010
PLANS are afoot in Imo State to halt the advances of cancer, one of the deadly diseases ravaging the world. The state is focusing on women with a view to reducing its prevalence among them. The wife of the governor, Mrs Chioma Ohakim disclosed this while declaring open a sensitisation and advocacy workshop on early […]