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Wednesday, July 18th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate’s approval of N242.45 billion for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Department of State Service (DSS) and other security agencies to kick start the preparations for the 2019 general elections. Buhari’s request was contained in a letter dated July 11, 2018; addressed to President of […]
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Over 100 houses have been destroyed in Babangida, the headquarters of Tarmuwa Local Government Area in Yobe State by flood caused by heavy downpour Monday. The Chairman of LG, Alhaji Gidado Muhammad confirmed this Tuesday, while addressing newsmen. The LG boss disclosed that the council had temporarily converted a primary school in […]
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the approval of the Senate on the appointment of a former National Legal Adviser of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Dr. Muiz Banire as the Chairman, the Governing Board of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria AMCON. Dr. Banire, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN has […]
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has re-arraigned a former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, over an alleged fraud of N7.65bn. Kalu was re-arraigned Tuesday alongside his company, Slok Nigeria Limited and his Director of Finance while still serving as the Governor, Ude Udeogu. The re-arraignment of defendants before the […]
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2018
By Abdulahi Ibrahim (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria is a country witnessing many developments. In an era of many controversies, a positive aspect still appears in an obscure corner. Disposal of public assets can conform to due process and extant laws. An agency is walking the talk. As civil society activists, we pry over many agencies […]
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has blasted the opposition All Progressive Congress in the state for dabbling into what it described as a non-political matter because of its usual mischief. Chairman of PDP in the state, Cleopas Moses stated this while reacting to a letter written by the APC […]
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the usual features on Nigerian social media is the nostalgic passion with which Nigerians often distribute pictures of the old Nigeria Airways and how that company once considered one of the best in Africa was mismanaged and made to fail. Established in 1958, it was liquidated in 2003. I have […]
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2018
…Says They’re Not Above the Law (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lawmaker in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Retd Colonel Bernard Kenebai says the resolution of the assembly to checkmate the activities of, Darlong Security Services was done in the interest of the state. Kenebai who sponsored the motion that led to the resolution said […]
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy National Chairman (North), Sen. Lawal Shu’aibu has summoned to Abuja for an urgent meeting the two main actors in the tussle for leadership of the Benue chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ). A reliable source explained that the urgent meeting followed an announcement by the governor that […]
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Monday, July 16th, 2018
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As certain parts of the country is engulfed by violence and massacre, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has been absolved of any blame and said to be focus in tackling the challenges. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina in a piece made available Monday, recalled various interventions […]
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Monday, July 16th, 2018
… Says they Are Recruiting Cultists, Stockpiling Arms (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has thrown its weight behind a recent resolution of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly regarding the activities of a company, Darlong Security Services in the state. The IYC believes that the resolution will help checkmate the activities of […]
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Monday, July 16th, 2018
By Niyi Adeyi After some hours of silence the Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose is back with his verbal onslaught, contending that the outcome of the State last Saturday’s Governorship election is a proof that President Muhammadu Buhari is not democratic. Fayose on his twitter handle @GovAyoFayose Monday fired: ”on this Ekiti election, President Buhari demonstrated […]
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Monday, July 16th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen shot dead 14 civilians in an attack on a village in Northeastern Mali, a Local Official said on Monday. This is amid a spate of killings by rival ethnic groups and jihadist militants that threaten to derail a presidential election later this month. Nanou Kotia, the mayor of the regional hub […]
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Monday, July 16th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US President Mr. Donald Trump has admitted getting on with Russia is “a good thing, not a bad thing”. Trump made this assertion at the start of his first summit with the Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Trump affirmed he hoped for an “extraordinary relationship” as he met in Helsinki, Finland with […]
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Monday, July 16th, 2018
By Musediq Hamzat (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army has debunked alleged attack on soldiers and capturing of military vehicles by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. The Director Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen Texas Chukwu in a statement issued Monday declared that the report was not only untrue […]
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Monday, July 16th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra state police command has confirmed the murder of a husband and wife at Umuota village Obosi, In demili North Council Area of the State at the weekend by unknown gunmen. Mr. Haruna Mohammed, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, who confirmed the barbaric act to […]
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Monday, July 16th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has sworn in a seven-man judicial commission of inquiry to unravel the remote and immediate causes of the recent civil disturbances that occurred in Ogbozinne Akpugo Autonomous community in Nkanu West council Area of the state, which led to the death of its Traditional Ruler, Igwe Stephen […]
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Monday, July 16th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian community in South Africa has expressed shock over the killing of another Nigerian, Mr Martin Ebuzoeme by unknown assailants. The President of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Adetola Olubola, confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, that the victim was killed in Yeoville, Johannesburg […]
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Monday, July 16th, 2018
Photo: Dr Ayo Fayose (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has blasted Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State after his failure at the polls to install his preferred candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola. The commission tweets: “The parri (party) is over; the cloak of immunity torn apart and the staff broken….Ekiti Integrated […]
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Sunday, July 15th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – France won the Fifa World Cup for the second time by overcoming Croatia’s bold challenge in a thrilling final in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. Didier Deschamps’ side repeated the success on home soil at France ’98 by a margin that hardly looked possible as Croatia stood toe-to-toe with the favourites for an hour. […]
