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Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
…Other Zonal Coordinators Named (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki as the Director-General DG of its Presidential campaign Organization. PDP National Publicity Secretary Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan announced this Tuesday morning. Other members of Atiku/Obi Campaign Organization are the zonal coordinators which include: Sokoto State Governor […]
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State House of Assembly Monday constituted a seven-man committee to investigate the authenticity of the video recording of alleged financial inducement received by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The video of Ganduje allegedly receiving bribe from a contractor was published by an online Newspaper, Daily Nigerian. The committee was constituted following a motion of […]
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deltans looked forward to the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state with so much anxiety because the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, already had an incumbent, Ifeanyi Okowa, seeking reelection, with virtually no challenger within his party. As the primary election drew closer there were permutations and calculations […]
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
…As Pirates Hack Vessel in Ghana, Abduct 3 Korean Crew in Nigerian Waters (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the current President of the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has urged member countries of the West African sub-region to ensure that all vessels plying […]
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2019 general elections gather momentum, the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Osita Okechukwu has advised the Igbo race and other Nigerians not to be swayed by the euphoria that greeted the emergence of former Vice President, Atiku […]
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese, Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah has clarified that his meeting with the former President Olusegun Obsanjo and his VP, Atiku Abubakar in Abeokuta last week, is not about endorsement of candidate of a particular political party, rather, a personal effort that has been on since, to ensure the two […]
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid growing tensions between the US and Saudi Arabia, many business executives including JP Morgan boss, Jamie Dimon have pulled out of an investment conference coming up later in the month in Riyadh. Other executives who have backed out are: Ford Chairman Bill Ford and Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi. The business conference […]
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the detention of policemen allegedly involved in the death of Miss Anita Akapson in Abuja on Saturday. In addition, the IG ordered immediate investigation of the incident in which the deceased was allegedly shot dead by a policeman, who […]
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South East leaders of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have said they were not aware of the emergence of former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi as running mate to the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Speaking with newsmen at the end of an enlarged meeting of the party in […]
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Saturday, October 13th, 2018
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Mohammadu Buhari has mandated the Attorney General to put not less than 50 prominent Nigerians on corruption and travel watch list in line with the resolve to fully implement the recently signed Executive Order 6. President’s Senior Special Assistant to on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu disclosed this […]
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Friday, October 12th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apprehensive about their survival under the incoming Kayode Fayemi administration, 16 Local Government Chairmen elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) on Friday approached the court to save their jobs. However, an Ekiti State High Court refused to grant an order to restrain Governor-elect Dr. Kayode Fayemi, from dissolving the 16 local […]
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Friday, October 12th, 2018
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi has been selected as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 general election. African Examiner gathered that Mr Obi emerged as the preferred choice of both the party and […]
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Friday, October 12th, 2018
Ignatius Okpara, Owerri, Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, over alleged manipulation of its just concluded primaries in Imo state has worsened, as some aggrieved governorship aspirants of the party from the state under the banner of the New All Progressives Grand Alliance, N-APGA, and their supporters Thursday, […]
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Friday, October 12th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Colombia crushed a shorthanded and overmatched U.S. 4-2 in a friendly in Tampa on Thursday in the latest reminder the Americans are far from threatening the world’s best. James Rodriguez scored Colombia’s first goal in the 36th minute and set up their last as the South Americans stormed back after trailing 2-1 […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An outbreak of cholera acute watery diarrhea (AWD) in Somalia has killed 42 people since December, a UN health agency said on Thursday. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its latest report on the AWD/cholera outbreak that the Somali health ministry has also announced 29 new cases of cholera between Sept. […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Akwa Ibom Youth League has commended the Governor Udom Emmanuel administration over its efforts in pushing forward the interests of civil servants in the state as buttressed by the recent survey of state governments across the country by the Non-Governmental Organisation, BudgIT. The group in a statement issued on Thursday said the […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2018
Photo: UK Prime Minister, Theresa May (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – British Prime Minister Mrs. Theresa May has appointed the health Minister Jackie Doyle-Price as the country’s pioneer UK’s Minister for Suicide Prevention. The move according to a press release issued Thursday was taken in an effort to check the number of people taking their own lives. The […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, went back on his “God will not forgive me” vows on Thursday and pledged to support Atiku Abubakar’s presidential bid, as candidate of the People’s Democratic Party. Obasanjo declared his support for Atiku while addressing newsmen after a closed-door meeting with Atiku, some prominent PDP members and some […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2018
Photo: Enugu state Governor , Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Enugu state council of Joint National Association of Persons Living with Disabilities, have cried out over what they described as its members alarming structural suffering and cultural discrimination in the state. The group, equally noted that the failure of the […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Thursday passed the sum of N234 billion for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the 2018 budget. The figure comprises the N189 billion requested by INEC to conduct the 2019 general elections, and N45 billion provided for the commission under statutory transfer. The lawmakers approved that the N189 […]
