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Sunday, March 24th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly posted Enugu state police Commissioner (CP), Mr. Suleiman Balarabe, has assured Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi that his Command is doing everything possible to fish out killers of a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Clement Ugwu and the Secretary to the Uzo-Uwani council area of the state, Dr. Nnamdi […]
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Sunday, March 24th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Sunday survived the tough challenge of Ahmed Aliyu and his godfather Senator Aliyu Wamakko of the All Progressives Congress to win re-election for a second term. Although he lost in the collated result for 35 polling units in Kebbe LGA, he was able to edge […]
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Sunday, March 24th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday congratulated Sen. Ademola Adeleke over his victory at the Osun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Friday in Abuja. A statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday quoted the former president as commending Adeleke for his “statesmanship in going to court to seek justice. He described the Peoples […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State governorship election Petitions tribunal sitting in Abuja has upturned the victory of the incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola. The three-man tribunal Friday in a lead judgement by Justice Peter Obiora declared that Senator Ademola Adeleke of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won the September 2018 governorship election. […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As various geo political zones in Nigeria continues to strategize on how to clinch the Speaker of the federal House of representatives ahead of the 9th National Assembly (NASS) in June, a Coalition of South East Civil Society and Human Rights Organizations have urged the leadership of the ruling All Progressive Congress […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Police Command said it had arrested no fewer than 172 suspects allegedly involved in various forms of malpractice during the just concluded general election in the state. This is contained in a document made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna by the Command’s Public Relations […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) led by Rev. Tor Uja is presently enmeshed in high level corruption, mal-administration and misappropriation even as the office of the Vice President, overseeing the commission looks the other way. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Rev Uja is being accused of misappropriating millions of naira […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Kano State has restricted movement of motor vehicles, tricycles and all other means of transportation across the 44 local government areas of the state. According to the police, the measure is to ensure free and fair gubernatorial supplementary election scheduled for March 23 in the state. This was […]
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Friday, March 22nd, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has dragged Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Dr. Cosmos Chukwudi Ndukwe to court for alleged using his position as public officer for self gratification and corrupt enrichment. According to the anti graft agency, the offences […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Elderstatesman and pioneer chairman of the defunct Oil Minerals Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC), Chief A.K Horsfall has commended Governor Henry Seriake Dickson for building the Bayelsa International Airport. Horsfall, a former Nigerian security chief in a letter to the governor described the airport as a landmark project and a pride to […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2019
…As Court Stops Adamawa Supplementary Election (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced it will resume the suspended collation and announcement of results for the Rivers State Governorship election from Tuesday, April 2, to Friday, April 5, 2019. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – LEADER of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, has come hard on supporters of the senator representing Delta Central senatorial district, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege stating that, “Omo-Agege was at no time the candidate of the party nor was he at any time the Senator-elect.” Emerhor’s reaction is […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Osun State Police Command said Thursday that it had fortified security in the state to prevent any breakdown of law and order ahead of Friday’s Governorship Election Petition Tribunal judgment. The Command’s Spokesperson DSP Folashade Odoro confirmed that the Commissioner of Police (CP), Mrs Abiodun Ige, had directed officers to be […]
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Thursday, March 21st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 40 people are believed to have died after a ferry sank in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of Mosul. The head of Mosul’s civil defence agency reportedly said most of the people on board the vessel were women and children – who could not swim. Rescue teams […]
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In keeping with its commitment to full implementation of the 2019 budget for the advancement of the cause of development, the Enugu state government has awarded multiple contracts for the construction/reconstruction of urban and rural roads, and 263 classroom blocks. The approval was given Wednesday by the state […]
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human Rights organization, under the aegis of Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has petitioned communication giant MTN, over its alleged linking of the phone line of one Mrs. Ifeoma Igbogbahaka to a notorious fraudster under the watch lists of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission […]
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
BAUCHI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hours after a court order, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of the Bauchi State Governorship election. The State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Ibrahim Abdullahi, announced this at a press briefing Tuesday. The REC specified that the action was in line with a ruling by […]
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Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government on Monday accounted for the N107 million increase in its February wage bill, saying it was due to payment of salaries to the 1000 newly employed civil servants. The Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (Retd) gave the explanation during the state monthly transparency briefing for the […]
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Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Senate has approved the proposed new National minimum wage of N30, 000. The new minimum wage Act CAP N61 LFN (repeal and re-enactment) Bill, 2019, was read Tuesday for the third time and passed the same day. Prior to this, a report by the Ad hoc committee on […]
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Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop its planned resumption of collation of the Governorship election result in Bauchi State. Justice Ekwo Ejembi gave the order Tuesday while ruling on a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and […]
