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Friday, June 3rd, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A human rights organization, Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has expressed shock over the sudden demise of a founding member and Board of governors of the Civil Liberties organization CLO, Comrade Dr. Amdife Danjuma Gambo, who is also a member of its National Advisory Council. The human Rights Activist who […]
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Friday, June 3rd, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday secured the conviction of seven internet fraudsters before Justice I.M Buba of the Federal High Court sitting in Enugu on separate charges bordering on impersonation and obtaining money under false pretenses from unsuspecting foreign nationals. The convicts are: Nwafor […]
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Friday, June 3rd, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Barrister Peter Mbah, has applauded Ex- Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his erstwhile co-aspirants in the just-concluded gubernatorial primary in the state for their spirit of sportsmanship in their endorsement of his emergence. He stated […]
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Friday, June 3rd, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the ruling All progressive Congress presidential primary election, the immediate past Chairman of the Party in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has urged the National Leadership of the party not to allow delegates from the state to vote during the exercise, saying they were illegally produced. Addressing a press Conference […]
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Friday, June 3rd, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 general election in Nigeria, a Coalition of Women group in Enugu State, operating under the platform of Women Support Women, (WSW), has called on the state government to maintain the status of a Woman as a deputy governor as obtained since Governor. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi assumed office. The group […]
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2022

……. Congratulates PDP Flag Bearer, Mbah (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has formally withdrawn from the Enugu State Governorship race, even as he congratulates the People’s Democratic party PDP flag bearer, Barr. Peter Mbah. Recalled that the lawmaker, had few days to the people’s Democratic party PDP Governorship […]
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, founder of the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, Chief Chekwas Okorie has rejoined the party, ten years after he left the political platform. He left APGA to form the now defunct United Peoples Party (UPP) after a protracted internal crisis that almost destroyed the party which brought Ex- Anambra governors, […]
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State police Command has arrested 26 criminal suspects over conspiracy, unlawful Possession of firearms, Ammunition and Cultism in parts of the State. Commissioner of Police in the State (CP) Abubakar Lawal, who applauded the Operatives of the Command for the feat, charged them to remain at the top of their […]
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are strong indications that Ex- Nigeria’s Deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu may have concluded plans to join the ruling All progressive Congress APC . It was gathered that discussion between the lawmaker and the national leadership of the party has reached advanced stage in Abuja Ekweremadu, who recently withdrew from […]
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Enugu State Chairman of inter party Advisory Committee (IPAC), Barrister John Nwobodo, has emerged the Governorship Candidate of the opposition Accord party, ahead of the 2023 general election in state. He clinched the ticket unopposed through affirmation during the party’s gubernatorial primary election held in Enugu on Tuesday. Announcing the result […]
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Monday, May 30th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Anambra State police Command has confirmed another Monday attack on the State owned broadcasting Corporation ABS in the Commercial city of Onitsha, by unknown Gunmen terrorising the state and other parts of South East Nigeria. The hoodlums who stormed the Station in the early hours of today, set vehicles parked in the […]
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Monday, May 30th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Determined towards improving the oil palm farming in Nigeria, an international Solution-oriented civil society organisation, Solidaridad, has begun the distribution of 36,000 improved varieties of oil palm seedlings to farmers in Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers, Enugu and Kogi states of the country It said the four states benefits from the National Initiatives […]
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Monday, May 30th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Ex- Minister of Information and Communication, Mr Frank Nweke (jnr) has won the opposition All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA Governorship primary, ahead of the 2023 general election. Nweke, who joined APGA from the people’s Democratic party PDP, scored a total of 273 votes to beat his closest rival, Dr Jeffery Nnamani […]
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Sunday, May 29th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC has vowed to resist alleged clandestine moves by Former Deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu to grab the party’s Governorship ticket through the back door. It said it’s unfortunate that Ekweremadu, who recently withdrew from the just concluded Peoples Democratic PDP gubernatorial primary […]
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Sunday, May 29th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) through Value Chain Development Programme Additional Financing (VCDP) has distributed farm Agro inputs to rice farmers in Enugu State, South East Nigeria. Flag-off of the distribution took place weekend at Oduma Community, in the Aninri Council Area of Enugu […]
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Sunday, May 29th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group under the platform of the Support Initiative Africa (SIA), Australia has described Nigeria’s Ambassador to Australia, Anderson Madubuike as an exceptional leader whose passion for excellence, especially in education of Nigerians studying in the Country should be emulated. Director General of the Initiative, Pascal Ochi, stated that Madubuike has demonstrated […]
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Saturday, May 28th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hon. Mrs Juliet Egbo, wife of Ex- Enugu Capital Territory Development Commissioner Chief John Egbo, has won the ruling All progressive Congress APC primary election for the Enugu North and South Federal Constituency. She polled 55 votes out of total of 76 votes cast in the primary which had 1 invalid vote, […]
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Friday, May 27th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sympathizers and neighbors could not hold back their tears as the remains of the pregnant woman, Harira Jubril and her four female children from Adamawa State recently brutally murdered by members of the proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB in Anambra were buried in the state. The interred children includes Fatima, 9; […]
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Friday, May 27th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly Chief Francis Nwifuru has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governorship primary election held in Abakaliki today, Thursday. He scored 743 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mrs Rosemary Ofoke came second in the exercise with 63 votes, inside the Pa Ngele […]
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Thursday, May 26th, 2022

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The former PDP Senatorial Aspirant for Enugu East Senatorial district emerged during the party’s primary election held at the APC South East Zonal office. He Won the senatorial ticket of the PDP in 1999 but later stepped down for former governor of old Anambra State, Jim Nwobodo. Nnaji, an ally of Imo […]