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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
The Executive Secretary of Anti-Corruption Network and former member of the House of Representatives, Dino Melaye. was quizzed by Police in Abuja yesterday, for staging street protest over the abduction of over 200 female students of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by members of Boko Haram. The protest was aimed at compelling the […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
A horde of journalists gathered in London this morning to protest against the seven-year jail terms slammed on three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt, BBC reports. A court in Cairo found Australia’s Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed guilty of sedition, though the trio had denied the charges against them and are expected to appeal. […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia There was tension in the commercial city of Aba in Abia State on Monday following the discovery of an object suspected to be bomb at the River Layout area of the city. African Examiner gathered that there were confusion and fear in the area when a middle aged man, (name withheld) […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
At least 91 persons, were said to have been abducted by suspected Islamic militants between Thursday and Sunday from the Kumanza,Yaga and Dagu, Damboa and Dagu, Damboa and Askira Uba Local Government Areas of Borno State, local vigilante officials said yesterday night. Four other villagers were killed while attempting to escape from their abductors, said […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
An Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola monday dismissed an application brought before it by the state House of Assembly seeking an injunction to allow it serve Governor Murtala Nyako and his deputy impeachment notice through the media. The development was necessitated by several attempts by the Clerk of the assembly, Mr. Francis Gbendenso, […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Over 20,000 Bosnian fans have signed a petition asking FIFA to remove referee Peter O’ Leary from the World Cup after a picture of the New Zealand official appeared to show him celebrating with Super Eagles goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama in their 0-1 loss to the African champions on Saturday. Bosnia went out of their first […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
By Tajudeen Balogun The outgoing Governor of Ekiti, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has pledged to work out and plan a smooth transition programme with the Governor-Elect, Ayodele Fayose. He said with the result of the election, the people of Ekiti have spoken and he did not have choice than to respect and bow to the wish […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
The Edo State House of Assembly Deputy Speaker, Festus Ibea and two other members, Emmanuel Okoduwa, and Patrick Iluobe of the house have been attacked by suspected gunmen. PM News reported that the lawmakers were reportedly returning from Ebele area of the state, where they had attended the investiture of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
By Eric Ojo Following the recent withdrawer of the corruption charges filed against Mohammed Abacha, the son of Nigeria’s former Head of State, Gen. Sanni Abacha, a coalition of civil society groups working on anti-corruption and good governance in Nigeria has insisted that the Presidency should apologize to Nigerians and the international community for its […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, and the Governor-Elect, Mr Ayo Fayose on Monday met with a promise to work together for the progress of the state. The duo, who met at the Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti, said Saturday’s election in which Fayose emerged winner, had set a good example for the country to emulate. Fayemi, […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Plateau Special Task Force (STF) saddled with the responsibility of maintaining peace in the State has been accused of killing three youths and injured several others, at a social function in Bukuru Low Cost, in Jos South Local Government area of the State. African Examiner gathered that, the incident occurred […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Cool, calm, calculated and never one to make hasty decisions, Côte d’Ivoire head coach Sabri Lamouchi’s style on the sidelines has a lot in common with what he was like as a player. A tireless worker, the 42-year-old former defensive midfielder – who was capped 18 times for France – was hugely influential everywhere he […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
As efforts and various options are presently being considered on safety return of over 200 abducted Chibok secondary school girls, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, said on Monday that the military would not use force in the rescue operations of the girls. Badeh gave this assurance while speaking to members […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
From Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki, All seems not be well between the Ebonyi state Governor, Martin Nwancho Elechi and some key politicians in the state, as the former just revoked the chieftaincy titles conferred on the Senator representing the state’s Central Senatorial district, Chief Paulinus Igwe-Nwagu and ex- Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly, […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
An explosion has erupted at a public health college (Kano School of Hygiene), in the Kano city, North Western Nigeria, the Police source has revealed. As at the time of filling this report, African Examiner gathered that at least seven people have been reported killed in the blast which occurred around 2pm Monday. The explosion […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has announced profit of N1.2bn from its investment on the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) in the first quarter of the year. This is against N525m realized in the 15 month period, ended December 31, last year In what was considered a justification for creating wealth fund by the Federal […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Newly elected Malawian President, Peter Mutharika has named his 20-member cabinet overnight, with a prominent opposition leader after over a month of chaotic elections that brought him to power. The cabinet includes United Democratic Front Presidential candidate, Atupele Muluzi, who came in fourth in the disputed May election as a Minister of Natural Resources, Energy […]
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Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Ghana has been implicated in a match-fixing scandal after an undercover investigation by The Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches programme. The President of Ghana’s Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, was exposed after he was filmed agreeing to the team playing in rigged international matches, in return for payment of $170,000 per match. The Telegraph and Channel […]
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
A suicide car bomber suspected to be a Boko Haram member, Sunday, hit a military post at Gwoza, near a secondary school, killing three soldiers and wounding three others.The incident occurred at 7 a.m. The suspected suicide bomber, according to Mallam Usman Yaro, in a telephone interview yesterday in Maiduguri, came through Wala and Warabe […]
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has maintained that Ekiti State has always been a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state. He was also optimistic that the PDP will do better in elections in other states. The President made the remark when the National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP led by its Chairman, Adamu Muazu came to congratulate […]
