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Tuesday, June 5th, 2018
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission ICPC has arraigned the suspended Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC, Mounir Gwarzo and a Commissioner, Zakwanu Garuba, over alleged corruption involving over N115m. ICPC accused Gawarzo of receiving the sum of the sum of N104,851,154.94 between May and June […]
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government has concluded plans to hold town hall meetings across the state, as it continues its wide engagement with the people on the implementation of the ongoing reforms agenda. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, announced this in a statement released to journalists on Tuesday in Yenagoa. Iworiso-Markson explained […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola “often has problems with Africans”, says ex-Blues midfielder Yaya Toure. The Ivorian, who left City in May after eight years at the club, says he wants to “break the myth” about Guardiola, whom he describes as “jealous”. “Maybe we Africans are not always treated by some in […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kunle Ajibade who turned sixty on May 28 titled his prison memoirs “Jailed for Life”. He was indeed sentenced to life imprisonment in 1995 by General Sani Abacha and his henchmen for alleged coup plotting when all the weaponry he ever wielded was the pen. A number of our colleagues in the […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former South African president Jacob Zuma is impeding a crackdown on corruption by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) under President Cyril Ramaphosa, the head of the communist party said. The ANC has become increasingly divided since Zuma was ousted by Ramaphosa’s faction in February. Many of Zuma’s allies remain in top […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said the Police had dropped invitation to answer his alleged link with recent armed robbery in Offa, Kwara. Instead, Saraki announced on his Tweeter handle, the Police asked him to respond in writing within 48 hours. “Following my earlier tweet, I have received the […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, state media reported. “The first group of women today received their Saudi driving licences,’’ the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said. “The general directorate of traffic started replacing international driving licences recognised in the kingdom with Saudi licences,’’ […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Osita Okechukwu, Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Gov. Rochas Okorocha to leave the party if he so desire. Okechukwu, who spoke with newsmen at the APC national secretariat in Abuja on Monday, said that the APC would win the 2019 elections […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
Francis Amadiegwu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I find it perplexing that the IG of Police would recklessly publicize that the Police had invited the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki for questioning. Senator Saraki, as the second-in-line to the nation’s presidency, deserves some courtesy, by virtue of the office he occupies. This audacious tantrum by the allegedly […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid the public reactions and controversies that have trailed the Police Force invitation to the President of Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in connection with the recent Offa multiple armed robbery operation, the Inspector General of Police IGP; Mr Ibrahim Idris has met with the Vice President, Prof Yemi […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In another rare gesture from a private sector operator to help government in the rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in parts of the insurgency ravaged areas in the North East, the Aliko Dangote Foundation has concluded preparation to commission a multi-billion naira housing estate The commissioning of the 200 housing units for IDPs […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 23-time Grand Slam winner, Serena Williams has pulled out of the French Open. The sudden development occurred before her fourth-round match with Maria Sharapova due to an injury which affected her serve. It would be recalled that the American last week made a successful return to Grand Slam tennis with a 7-6 […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has appealed to the Federal Government FG to transfer its abandoned property in Lagos Lagos to the state government or lease them to the private sector. LCCI President of LCCI, Mr Babatunde Ruwase, made the plea Monday in Lagos during an interview with the NAN […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After his first reaction Sunday, the President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki Monday confirmed that effort is being made by him to honour the Nigeria’s Force invitation for interrogation over recent Offa bloody armed robbery operation. Saraki from his Twitter handle – @bukolasaraki tweeted: ‘’I have just informed my ADC […]
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) said Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, has paid a total of N37, 546 billion to pensioners since 2015. According to a statement signed by the Director-General of LASPEC, Mrs Folashade Onanuga, on Sunday in Lagos, the figure represented the total pension paid to 9,045 retirees […]
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new excise duty for alcoholic beverages and tobacco earlier approved by President Muhammadu Buhari will take effect from Monday, June 4, 2018, says the Federal Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls on Sunday that the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, in March announced that the president had granted […]
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Gernot Rohr has released the final list of 23 players for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Championship in Russia. Rohr announced the names of the players Sunday in London. The tournament starts on 14 June, with Nigeria drawn with Argentina, Iceland and Croatia in Group D. The Full Squad according to […]
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
…Kwara Chief of Staff, PA Political to Gov. Ahmed Among Robbery Suspects By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The April 5, 2018 Offa multiple armed robbery has taken a new dimension as the Nigeria police has invited the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki for interrogation over the bloody incident. The Force Public Relations […]
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara AWKA NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anambra State Police Command, South- East Nigeria, has arrested a 60-year old man, identified as Mr. Cletus Aguluka, for allegedly killing his daughter, Miss Onyinye Aguluka, in her sleep. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer PPRO, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the incident to newsmen weekend in […]
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Saturday, June 2nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Amassoma in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State said they have moved on with their lives after the recent crisis that engulfed the community. The crisis which began following the retirement of some over aged workers of the Niger Delta University (NDU) located in the area, led […]
