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Thursday, July 17th, 2014
…As Assembly Announces Grounds for Sack The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Thursday further justified its impeachment plan as it announced charges of financial gross misconduct, awards of bloated contracts and violation of constitution against the embattled Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, in Lafia, the state capital. The house resolve however elicited another anti- impeachment […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2014
A surface-to-air missile struck a Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 295 people that went down today in Ukraine near the Russian border, a U.S. official told ABC News. The official said U.S. intelligence and analysis of the situation determined that it was a single missile that struck the Boeing 777 aircraft while at cruising altitude. It […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2014
A Malaysian Airlines passenger plane has crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border. According to Interfax, the Boeing 777 plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it went down. Reports say the Boeing passenger liner came down close to town of Shaktarsk region of Donetsk, where the Pro-Russians rebels are fighting with the […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2014
After its national body made similar denial some days ago, the Imo State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has reaffirmed it has no link with the dreaded Boko Haram as alleged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The clarification was given on Thursday by the State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, during a breakfast meeting with […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2014
Efforts to douse tension and stop vicious killing in the Palestinian-Israel offensives progress as President Mahmud Abbas is billed to meet with the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi today (Thursday). The parley was brokered after the two parties – Israel and Hamas agreed to suspend the hostilities Thursday on humanitarian grounds. The mediation is coming […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2014
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned prospective voters in the State of Osun that without permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs), they will not be allowed to exercise their voting right in the August 9 gubernatorial election. The State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Olusegun Agbaje gave the warning Wednesday, insisting that PVCs was the […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2014
By Tajudeen Balogun The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticized the late advance by President Goodluck Jonathan to meet with the representatives of the parents of the kidnapped Chibok Secondary school girls after meeting with the Pakistani teen education crusader, Malala Yousafzai, describing move as a “compound embarrassment”. The party expressed this in a […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has formally inaugurated insurgency’s Victims Support Fund Committee with assurance that no effort would be spared in bringing the individuals responsible for crimes against humanity to justice. In his address at the inauguration, President Jonathan stressed that the insurgents would no more have hiding place, as drives to stop them would not […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
Some youths in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital thronged the city today in protest against the planned impeachment of the state Governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, by the State House of Assembly. The youths with leaves in their hands and placards with different inscriptions protested around the state capital, made bonfires and blocked major roads in […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
The Lagos branch of the Muslim Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MMPN), joins the state’s Muslim community in two years remembrance prayer and lecture anniversary for the missing frontline broadcaster, Alhaji Aremu Gawat. MMPN in a release issued on Wednesday by its Coordinator, Alhaji Warith Solanke, revealed the anniversary lecture would be delivered by the Chief […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
Uche Nwosu According to Bronson Alcott (1799-1888), an America philosopher, “to be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant”. In fact, this is the best way to describe critics of Gov T.A. Orji of Abia state who, rather than appreciate the socio-economic and political revolution ongoing in Abia state, decided to hurl […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
The fight against terrorism keeps taking various dimensions as President Goodluck Jonathan’s letter, requesting the Senate to endorse seeking external loan to fight the scourge. This was contained in a letter read at the senate chambers on Wednesday. While reading the letter, Senate President, David Mark indicated that the Federal government was seeking approval to […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has blamed the presidency as the mastermind of the impeachment moves against him saying “they are out to destabilize the APC controlled states.” The Governor also attributed his present travail to both internal and external factors, saying “Abuja is the mastermind of this development to destabilize […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
National Chairman, All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun says President Goodluck Jonathan is destroying Nigeria in his obsessive bid for re-election in 2015. At a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Odigie-Oyegun said he wanted to alert everyone of the grave dangers facing the nation and its nascent democracy, saying events in Nigeria in […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
Disagreement between the ruling and opposition legislators in the Zamfara State House of Assembly over the proposed N3 billion loan and divestment of over N20 billion state’s shares from the Niger Delta Power Holding Company on Tuesday resulted to fracas. Problem started following the refusal of the opposition (PDP) House members to a bill proposing […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
By Tajudeen Balogun The All Progressive Congress (APC) has expressed anxiety and raised alarm on the alleged desperation of President Goodluck Jonathan to seek re-election by all means and the effects on the country’s democracy and her future. The party expressed the worry on Wednesday at a press conference addressed by its National […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
The Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) Osita Chidoka who was nominated by President Goodluck Jonathan last week for Ministerial appointment has been confirmed by the Senate. The Wednesday’s confirmation also affected another nominee, an academia and a lecturer at the University of Abuja, Olanrewaju Abubakar. The duo’s confirmation […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
The last of the misfortune that just befell former Adamawa state Governor, Muritala Nyako may far from being over as he may be charged for corruption and sedition. African Examiner investigations revealed that charges against the former Governor were already available with the Federal Ministry of Justice, while any moment from now, may be prosecuted […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
The National Coordinator of Bring#Back OurGirls rally, Hajia Adisa Bala Usman has explained that the aborted meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and some families of the abducted Chibok secondary school students in Abuja yesterday was to ensure that the session is inclusive. Hajia Bala Usman made the explanation in an interview with the journalists Tuesday. […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2014
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar has commended the personnel of the Police Interpol Unit, on the extradition of the co-mastermind suspect of the Nyanya Motor Park bomb, Sadiq Aminu Ogwuche from the Republic of Sudan. In a release issued in Abuja, late Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Frank Mba, IGP […]
