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Thursday, March 14th, 2019
By Sufuyan Ojeifo When I hailed the postponement of the scheduled February 16 presidential and national assembly elections by the Professor Mahmood Yakubu-led Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in an article, I did so with a sense of responsibility. It flowed from the perception that the electoral body was committed to the conduct of free, […]
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Thursday, March 14th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tragedy struck Wednesday at Ibughubu Market, Umuchu, in Aguata council Area of Anambra State, South-East Nigeria, as six persons lost their lives in a ghastly auto crash, involving a truck loaded with cement and a tipper. The unfortunate incident claimed the lives of the two drivers of the […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Federal Government (FG) has banned Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft from operating within in its airspace. Minister of State for Transport (Aviation) Senator Hadi Sirika, made the announcement Wednesday at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, in Abuja. The first meeting after the general elections which […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, has threatened to drag certain opposition politicians in the state to court over wild and reckless allegations made against the commission during the 2019 general elections. Certain political parties had during the elections, accused the […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governorship candidate of the opposition All progressive Congress APC in Ebonyi state, South- East Nigeria, Senator Sonni Ogbuoji, has rejected results of the March. 9, gubernatorial and state Assembly elections in the state, as announced by the Independent National Electoral commission INEC, describing it as a “shambolic […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the Constitution of the 2019 Presidential Inauguration Committee. The Permanent Secretary, General Services Office in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr Olusegun Adekunle, disclosed this in statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Adekunle said that the SGF would serve […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has confirmed that it has opened its portal for recruitment of fresh graduates and experienced professionals into the empire. NNPC Group General Manager, (Public Affairs Division), Mr Ndu Ughamadu, confirmed this in an interview with the NAN in Abuja Wednesday. He re-affirmed that the portal for […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many primary school pupils were feared dead early today after a three-storeyed building collapsed at Ita faji, Lagos Island. The sad incident occurred at about 10 am. African Examiner’s correspondent reports that many pupils were seen being rushed to the General Hospital, Marina, while parents have […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African lawmakers on Tuesday castigated the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) for its decision to grant VFS Global a further two years’ extension of their agreement to administer the issuing of visas. The decision to extend the contract is in direct violation of the Public Finance Management Act and relevant regulations […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sudan and Ethiopia on Tuesday signed a protocol in Khartoum to deploy joint forces on the border between them. Meetings of the Sudanese-Ethiopian military committee concluded in Khartoum on Tuesday, under chairmanship of the two countries’ chiefs of staff. “Today we signed a protocol for deployment of joint forces on the border,” […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday met behind closed doors with seven state Governors of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Reports indicated that the meeting came barely an hour after the President returned to Abuja after participating in Saturday’s Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops of Operation Sharan Daji have reportedly killed 55 suspected bandits and rescued 760 persons abducted from villages in Zamfara State. This was contained in a statement signed The Acting Force Information Officer, Maj. Clement Abiade announced this in a statement he signed in Gusau, the State capital Tuesday. He said, the […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) was stalled Tuesday due to absence of the respondent. The former CJN Lawyer Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), explained to the three-man panel of the CCT, that the suspect was suffering from toothache […]
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Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled all the supplementary Governorship elections for Saturday, March 23. The announcement was made in a statement signed Tuesday by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee) Mr. Festus Okoye. He disclosed that the INEC took the decision Tuesday […]
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Monday, March 11th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Nigerian passenger on Delta Air Lines Flight DL54 travelling from Atlanta, United States to Lagos was on Monday afternoon found unresponsive before landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The 54-year-old passenger (name withheld), who was ill before boarding the flight, died three minutes before the aircraft touched down […]
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Monday, March 11th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former deputy speaker of the house of representatives and the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Emeka Ihedioha has been declared the winner of Saturday’s Imo state governorship election. The state returning officer for the governorship election, Mr. Francis Chukwuemeka Otonta on Monday said that Mr Ihedioha of the […]
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Monday, March 11th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship election in Kano inconclusive. Professor Bello Shehu, the INEC Returning officer declared the election inconclusive, saying that the margin of lead between the PDP and the APC was not enough to declare the opposition as the winner. Mr Shehu said while the […]
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Monday, March 11th, 2019
EBONYI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi of the ruling PDP has been declared winner of the Ebonyi Governorship election. The State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Collation Officer Prof Frank Chukwuemeka, announced Umahi as winner on Sunday in Abakaliki, the State capital. Chukwuemeka disclosed that Umahi polled a total of 393,043 […]
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Monday, March 11th, 2019
By Niyi Adeyi, Abeokuta OGUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The outgoing Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has failed to deliver his political puppet, Hon Adekunle Akinlade as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday midnight declared the Governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Prince Dapo Abiodun, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship […]
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Sunday, March 10th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension on Sunday at Umuneke , in Ngor Okpala council area of Imo state, south East Nigeria, as angry youths set on fire office of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in the area. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Orlando Ikeokwu confirmed the incident […]
