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Friday, August 11th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Enugu state chapter of Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) has faulted the anti- Buhari protests led by music legend, Charles Oputa aka Chairlieboy and other celebrities under the aegis of ‘Our Mumu Don Do’, recently being staged in the last 48 hours in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, […]
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Friday, August 11th, 2017
ADAMAWA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the relocation of Military chiefs to Borno State, suspected Boko Haram terrorists Thursday killed many people in a fresh attack on Ghumbili community in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Barely over a week ago, suspected insurgents stormed Midlu village also in Madagali LGA of the North […]
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Friday, August 11th, 2017
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acting President Prof. Yemi Osibanjo has approved the appointment of 21 new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. The approval was contained in a press release signed by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita. According to her, the new PSs were selected after […]
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Thursday, August 10th, 2017
Photo caption: members of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, has been elected President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers. The election was conducted on Wednesday at Adna Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos. Oladipo is the current General Secretary of the Association. Also elected into […]
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka The Anambra State police Command has quizzed the chairman of Ekwusigo Council area of the state, Mr. Ikenna Ofodem, as well as president-General of Ozubulu community, Dr Ernest Chukwuka over the massacre of dozens of worshipers at St Philip’s Catholic Church last Sunday by unknown gunmen. Our Correspondent learnt that the […]
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the North Korea threat to launch missile strikes, US has replied that it is yet to confirm any looming attack on her Pacific territory of Guam. The North’s official news agency Tuesday reported the plan which involved firing medium-to-long-range rockets at Guam, where US strategic bombers are based. The […]
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In line with his political campaign and persistent criticism of a lopsided cabinet, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has appointed three women as Vice-Presidents. The new appointees were: Masumeh Ebtekar, (VP) for family and women’s affairs; Laya Joneydi, for legal affairs and Shahindokht Mowlaverdi, the President’s assistant for civil rights. Iran’s […]
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2019 general election in Nigeria, the Enugu State Executive Committee (SEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has unanimously endorsed incumbent Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for a second term in office 2019. The SEC which is the highest decision making organ of the party before the State […]
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Tuesday, August 8th, 2017
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State intending pilgrims have been advised to be law abiding, adhere to the teachings of Islam and inculcate the rudiments of the religion to justify the lectures received at seminars organized by the State government as part of preparations for the 2017 Hajj exercise. This advice was given by […]
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Tuesday, August 8th, 2017
By Tajudeen Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About five suspected ritualists were burnt to death Tuesday at an underground where they operate by Obadeyi bus stop, in Ojokoro LCDA along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. The syndicate met their waterloo when they dragged a nursing mother Tuesday morning into the basement, but raised alarm by shouting […]
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Tuesday, August 8th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A popular Bishop in Enugu State, South-East Nigeria, Ginika Obi, has been apprehended by the police for allegedly defrauding members of his church and the public to the tune of N500 million (five hundred million naira). Ebere Amarizu, the state police public Relations officer, PPRO, disclosed this in […]
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Monday, August 7th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, has declared Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose as “a persona non grata and unfit among reasonable and right-thinking members of the society”. Kashamu, in a statement he issued today (Monday) in response to Fayose who was said to have declared him a persona […]
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Monday, August 7th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Purple Krown Academy, Enugu, weekend, emerged Champions of the 2016/2017 Enugu state football league, after humiliating their opponent, Olicon FC, 5-4 in a penalty shootout. African Examiner Sports reports that the final match of the competition played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe sports stadium Enugu, had ended 2-2 at the […]
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Monday, August 7th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South African MPs will Tuesday vote in secret, following a motion of no-confidence on the embattled President Jacob Zuma. Parliament’s Speaker Baleka Mbete who announced this made the ruling after opposition parties took the case to the Constitutional Court. The calculation is that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) […]
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Monday, August 7th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, has described the Sunday’s massacre of its members at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozobulu, in Ekwusigo council area of the state as regrettable. A statement signed by the Diocesan Director of Communication, Rev. Hyginus Aghaulor on Monday confirmed […]
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Monday, August 7th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has denounced the killing yesterday of worshipers St Philip’s Catholic Church, Amakwa Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra state South-east Nigeria. The group in its reaction Monday in a statement issued in Lagos by its Director Prof. Ishaq Akintola described the bloody attack on the […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government says it has again, discovered and weeded ouT A total of 6,280 ghost workers and pensioners from the nominal rolls of local governments councils and its Pensions Board. It said part of the discovery was fallout of the Committee that recently disbursed the first […]
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Sunday, August 6th, 2017
Photo caption: victims of the barbaric church massacre *Perpetrators Cannot go Unpunished –Governor Obiano From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The entire Ozubulu community in Ekwusigo council area of Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, has been thrown into mourning , as unknown gunmen stormed St. Philips Catholic Church, in the area in the early […]
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Saturday, August 5th, 2017
By Owei Lakemfa There is a deadly struggle in Venezuela. The government of Nicolas Maduro and the opposition have removed the gloves of democracy and are exchanging the bare knuckles of anarchism. Matters got to a head when this week, July 30, over eight million voters or 41.5 percent of registered voters elected a Constituent […]
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Thursday, August 3rd, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday it will provide an additional $169 million in humanitarian aid to the drought-stricken African countries of Ethiopia and Kenya. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) said the funds, over $136 million for Ethiopia and almost $33 million for Kenya, would be used […]
