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Friday, September 12th, 2014
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, Nigeria Bureau Victorious President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Aminu Maigari is like a proverbial cat with nine lives. Maigari has been in the last three months, enmeshed in a messy and dragged power tussle in the country’s football governing house. In actual fact, the crises if not for resenting interest and ulterior motives of […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2014
Many woshippers on Friday feared dead when a building collapsed within the premises of the popular TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church in Ikotun, a Lagos suburb. Many were also injured while many others were still trapped in the rubles of the collapsed structure. Reasons for the collapse of the six story edifice which occurred around 2:00pm […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2014
By Niyi Adeyi The Transformation Ambassador of Nigeria (TAN), a campaign/rallies body collecting signatures to endorse President Goodluck Jonathan second tenure in office has descended heavily on the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) on its criticism over its activities and accused it of double standard. Referring to APC press statement issued on Wednesday, which described […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2014
By Adewale Kupoluyi Parents and guardians with their children and wards in both public and private primary and secondary schools – which were earlier scheduled to reopen by the third week of September after a long holiday that began late July – were directed by the Federal Government to adhere to a new date following […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2014
Justice Thokozile Masipa of a South African Pretoria’s High Court, has ruled that Oscar Pistorius is guilty of culpable homicide, an offence the country considers unintentional, but unlawfully killing of a person. The Friday judgement followed yesterday ruling in which Justice Masipa absolved Pistorius of murder – the killing of his late girlfriend and fellow […]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2014
Adegbola Adigun ‘9ice’ Abolore Akande has kicked off his political career in Ogbomosho, Oyo State with a massive crowd storming the venue of the campaign. The musician turned politician visited Ogbomosho Town Hall, Oja Igbo on Wednesday 10th 2014 to address the indigenes of the city on his ambition to represent Ogbomosho North /South & […]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2014
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos In its efforts to ensure that the 1, 542 polling units just allocated to Plateau State, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the state’s electoral empire has constituted a committee, to ensure equity, justice and fairness in the subsequent distribution and allocation of the voting points. The members of the committee who were […]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2014
By Niyi Adeyi An undergraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State who fell ill and suspected to have been infected by the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been tested negative to the virus. African Examiner reported Wednesday, relying on information made available by the institution Public Relations Officer, Biodun […]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2014
Oscar Pistorius who was accused of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp last year has been absolved of committing the criminal offence. A South African Pretoria’s High Court Judge, Thokozile Masipa on Thursday dismissed the charges against Pistorius, declaring that the state failed to prove the case against him beyond the reasonable doubt, but added the […]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2014
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen The new resumption date as announced last week by the Federal Government for the nation’s public and private schools has continued to generate controversy and protest, latest which is the strike threat by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), should September 22, remains. NUT demand aligns with the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) […]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Oyewale Oyelola The National Chairman, Labour Party, Dan Nwanyanwu has resigned ahead of October 4, 2014 national convention of the party. Nwanyanwu made the disclosure in Abuja on Wednesday after the National Working Committee meeting. He explained that his resignation was to allow another person to lead the party after serving two terms as the […]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Lagos Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday defended vehemently the over N160 billion debt the state incurred from the World Bank for capital development, as plans were in place to pay back the debt. Speaking after inspection tour of the Light Rail Terminus, Orile-Iganmu area of Lagos, wondered why people were making hues and cries over […]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Properties worth several millions of naira were destroyed on Wednesday as fire razes Tower Aluminum Complex in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The fire, which began in the evening is said to have started from the server room of the aluminum company, nearly affected a section of Zenith Bank behind the firm. Staff of the company scampered […]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Agabus Pwanagba Following the invasion of Bazza town in Michika LGA in Adamawa Northern Senatorial District, vigilante groups in the area have stepped up in defence of the of town and have killed over 70 of the insurgents. The Boko Haram sects who have been causing havoc on some boundary communities between Adamawa and Borno […]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
By Funmilayo Omidiji/Oyewale Oyelola Again, Counsel to the Osun state Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and the ruling PDP candidate in the state August 9, gubernatorial election, Iyiola Omisore Wednesday in Osogbo engaged in a physical combat as both lawyers disagreed on recording of inspection of election materials. The Chairman of the state Election Petition Tribunal, […]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
By Balarabe Usman Minso What Nigeria needs at this time, apart from prayers and selfless love from her citizenry, is good quality opposition. Iron sharpens iron. A bright opposition party will make the incumbent work even harder. The improvement that Nigerians can expect from the People’s Democratic Party is directly proportional to the quality of […]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Popular Yoruba Fuji star, Wasiu Alabi, popular called ‘Pasuma Wonder’ has released his new and anticipated Hip Hop/Afro Pop single album. The album, titled ‘’Abo’’ was produced by Frankie Free and DJ Toxiq. Pasuma Wonder’s latest choice was dedicated to Afro Pop and Hip Hop genre which is the rave of moment in the […]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Oyewale Oyelola Activists and family members of late legal luminary, Chief Gani Fawehinmi on Monday gathered again to learn from Fawehinmi five years after his death. The resurrection of Gani Fawehinmi also known as ‘Senior Advocate of the Masses’ was at the launching of a book titled ‘Gani Fawehinmi: Images of Iconic Social Crusader’ […]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Fumilayo Omidiji President Goodluck Jonathan’s order on removal of #BringBackJonathan 2015 hash tag signs and banners around Abuja, has been commended and described by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) as a good first step. In a statement issued in London on Wednesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party, […]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Ignatius Okpara A local vigilante group in the commercial city of Aba, Abia state on Tuesday foiled a robbery attempt on Omenazu Street area, just as another killed a petty trader in Awka, the Anambra state capital. African Examiner Correspondent gathered that more than four heavily armed bandits invaded the area in the mid night […]
