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Saturday, June 21st, 2014
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri, Less than three months after the multi-million naira Princess Hotel, Okigwe, being constructed by Imo State Government collapsed, scores of students of the State University (IMSU) Owerri, on Friday narrowly cheated death when a storey building lecture hall and office complex gave way in the campus. The twin lecture hall which is at the completion stage, […]
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Saturday, June 21st, 2014
Accreditation for Ekiti governorship election today started at exactly 8:00am with large. turnout of voters. About 418,000 voters are expected to take part in the exercise. As voters moved around to be accredited, heavy security personnel are stationed at the strategic and marked points in and around Ado-Ekiti city. African Examiner observed early arrival of […]
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Saturday, June 21st, 2014
The Ekiti gubernatorial election which is ongoing started with series of confusion and intrigues this morning. African Examiner learnt that Military men stormed the hotels of some accredited civil rights observers posted to Oye Local government area, early this morning, searched and ransacked their apartments, looking for unidentified items. Similarly, journalists entering the local government […]
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Saturday, June 21st, 2014
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the role of the military in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, following the arrest of APC leaders by soldiers on the eve of the state elections. In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the part […]
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Saturday, June 21st, 2014
Demola Aluko Would it be right to say that the Super Eagles did not take advantage of their first group game against Iran to at least, boost their chances of progressing into the knockout stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil? The African champions, though, have a solitary point going into Saturday’s encounter […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
By Tajudeen Balogun It is barely 24 hours to the much hyped Ekiti Gubernatorial election, South-Western Nigeria. An encounter with some folks last weekend, gave confirmation that the incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi should begin to prepare for his exit from Ado-Ekiti State house. They in effect predicted victory for the state ex-Governor and PDP candidate, […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday closed its case against the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji and his aide, Oyebode Atoyebi, standing trial before a Federal High Court, Lagos for allegedly laundering N600 million. The matter was initially adjourned for the third prosecution witness to testify, but the […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
The Defence headquarters Friday disclosed that a wanted notorious gang leader of the Boko Haram who has led many attacks against the military and the police including the killing of two soldiers along Lokoja Kaduna road in 2013 has been killed. In its blog of Friday, June 20th, DHQ said, “A notorious terrorist who has […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
The Adamawa State governor, Admiral Murtala Nyako and his Deputy, Mr James Bala Ngilari were yesterday said to be in Abuja, begging to be saved from impeachment by members of the state House of Assembly. The House, Wednesday accused the Nyako and Ngilari of gross misconduct in its notices of impeachment on the two leaders. […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
…LAMENTS HIGH RATE OF BUILDING COLLAPSE Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano has expressed concern over the frequency of building collapse in Onitsha and has thrown his weight behind recent efforts by Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to curb the menace through cement classification and uses. Obiano, while receiving the SON Director General Dr. Joseph Odumodu […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
The Presidential Committee on the over 200 abducted Chibok secondary school girls in Borno state has submitted its report on Friday to President Goodluck Jonathan. The committee which was headed by Brigadier General (rtd) Ibrahim Sabo confirmed that it was true Boko Haram members stormed the school on April 9, at midnight and abducted over […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
By Tajudeen Balogun Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has urged indigenes of the state not to be sacred of heavy security presence, preparatory to Saturday gubernatorial election. Fayemi made the call this evening in Ado Ekiti during a statewide broadcast. He stated the police and other law enforcement officers were stationed in and around the […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The subtle drive to crave support for the President’s next political ambition, took another dimension on Friday in Enugu as armed Policemen stopped a solidarity rally for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election. As early as 9am, scores of armed policemen had taken over the entire Michael Okpara square, originally scheduled for the […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
A family is counting on the fingers of a single hand its hopes for Brazil to win a sixth World Cup championship. All the members of the Silva family living in Aguas Claras, a town on the outskirts of the capital of Brasilia, were born with an extra digit on each hand as a result […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
Ibrahim Toure, the younger brother of Ivory Coast players Kolo and Yaya Toure, has died at age 28 in Manchester, England. “Kolo and Yaya Toure just heard about the death of their young brother, Toure Oyala Ibrahim. The entire Ivorian delegation want to show their support to the players,” the Ivory Coast Football Association said […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos Following the recent suspension of the Plateau State Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman Dr. Haruna Dabin, a youth group, called Transformation Youth Vanguard (TYV) has called on PDP National Chairman, Alh. Adamu Mua’azu to as a matter of urgency, intervene in the crisis rocking the state branch of the party. The group […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
Multipurpose departmental stores Shoprite Thursday opened a new outlet in Ibadan, the biggest in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Ibadan Branch Manager of the stores Mr. Oshungboye, after inauguration of the outlet on Ring Road, said apart from providing employment opportunities, Nigerians now have the opportunity to buy goods and services at cheaper prices. “We have employed […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
A total of 18 different political parties are participating in tomorrow Ekiti’s governorship election. From the number, the major contenders are the incumbent governor Kayode Fayemi of APC, former governor of the state, Ayo Fayose of PDP and Opeyemi Bamidele who is the Labour Party flag bearer. Reports indicate total of 29 foreign and local […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
From Ignatius Okpara, Asaba Workers of CCC Construction Company Limited handling flyover, at the popular Inter-Bau Roundabout in Asaba, Thursday embarked on a street protest, over the collapse of the overhead bridge in which the victims are presently in coma in the hospital. The aggrieved workers, blamed the disaster on the carelessness of the company’s […]
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Friday, June 20th, 2014
Authorities of the Lagos state University (LASU) have approved a new fee structure for students following the Government’s decision to reduce the tuition by 60 per cent. Further to the government’s recommended structure, African Examiner learnt the school’s governing council reduced the fees by over 49 percent. In a release by the school authority, which […]
