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Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
…Says betrayal of Sheriff not a surprise Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has been told to apologise and refund the N10 billion from the State coffers which he wasted on last Saturday’s inconclusive National Convention of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) made the demand in […]
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
By Owei Lakemfa BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The hair-splitting over the teaching of Religious Studies and National Values in Primary and Secondary Schools, continue with the regulatory Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) entering the fray. In a rather combative statement by its Executive Secretary, Prof. Ismail Junaidu, NERDC described most of the reports on […]
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria On Sunday May 22, 2016 the comrade Ayuba Wabba-led faction of the Nigerial Labour Congress, NLC, announced that it had called of its nationwide strike against the increase in pump price of petroleum products and hike in electricity tariff. They had embarked on the strike since […]
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Monday, May 23rd, 2016
Oyewale Oyelola The Federal Government in 2006 established Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) with main responsibility of regulating the Maritime industry in Nigeria. NIMASA Act 2007 empowers the agency to oversee Maritime Safety Seafarers Standards and Security, Maritime Labour, Shipping Regulation, Promotion of Commercial Shipping and Cobatage activities, Pollution Prevention and Control in […]
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Monday, May 23rd, 2016
By Ridwan AdeolaYusuf BAILTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Taking true to his middle name, Kelechi Iheanacho has been showing signs of PROMISE in his early days with Manchester City, netting in pre-season games against Italian sides, AC Milan and AS Roma. He showcased himself in the Premier League when he sealed all three points late […]
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Monday, May 23rd, 2016
By Adewale Kupoluyi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its nationwide industrial action over the increase in the pump price of petrol, as announced by the Federal Government, a few days ago. After an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council, Comrade Ayuba Wabba and Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, […]
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Saturday, May 21st, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger Delta Avengers is the name of a new group of militants in the Niger Delta who claim to be different from the former agitators and militants who operated between 2006 and 2009, largely under the umbrella of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). The title […]
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Friday, May 20th, 2016
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau Many of the unfolding events relating to Nigeria in the past few weeks – happening within and beyond her (Nigeria) shore, have given the meticulous ones and critically-minded individuals an opportunity to do an in-depth analyses and comparison of the difference between the immediate past President Goodluck […]
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Monday, May 16th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD *AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With the country moving to its new capital Abuja, the late General Mamman .J. Vatsa wrote: “Keep your new Capital City; It’s too much of a great pity. I am rushing back to my Lagos; Where everyone’s a big boss” One of the big bosses in Lagos was charismatic Ademola […]
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Monday, May 16th, 2016
Message by Brigadier General Paul Boroh (Rtd) Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme on Issac Boroh Day, 16th May, 2016. Today, May 16, the Issac Boro Day is a well deserved commemorative date for the late Major Issac Jasper Adaka Boro, the legend of Niger Delta […]
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Monday, May 16th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – China’s partnership with Nigeria in satellite technology is yielding dividends, but can Nigeria leverage President Xi’s One Belt One Road Initiative to further consolidate its space technology drive?, asks Idowu John Bakare The NigComSat-1R project was considered ambitious when it was first conceived. For a country in dire need of […]
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Monday, May 16th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The deadly dimension the ongoing onslaught by the Fulani herdsmen in the country calls for an urgent attention before it completely gets out of hand. Over the years, Nigerians have been generous as to allow herdsmen to navigate their domain but this has resulted into their farmlands being destroyed, family […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2016
By Philip Agbese Labour finally marshalled the courage to stand against the people. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Unions Congress (TUC) are calling for strikes and widespread protests against the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum sector as implied by the removal of subsidy that brought petrol to N145 to the […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2016
By Leo Igwe The recent arrest of six young men in Nigeria for the ‘supposed crime’ of homosexuality has once again demonstrated the misplaced priorities of the Buhari-led government. The arrest casts serious doubt on its supposed commitment to transforming Nigeria. Going by recent developments, hope is fading very fast and disillusionment is setting in […]
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Saturday, May 14th, 2016
By. Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria The recent increase in pump price of a litre of petrol from N 86. 50 to N145. 00 is not even a referendum on the new APC in government of Buhari but an index of institutional failure. The politicians are allowed to make any level of […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No doubt that the Director-General of the National Pensions Commission (Pencom),Chinelo Anohu-Amazu is currently in hot waters even as a petition to President Mohammed Buhari against her rampaging acts of indiscretion and lawlessness worry stakeholders in the industry. It would be recalled that a recent report, arising from the fear […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2016
So say the co–chairs at the recently concluded World Economic Forum on Africa which was held in Kigali, Rwanda from May 11th -13th, 2016. Rwanda, the land of many hills is as beautiful as ever as it welcomed 14 African heads of state and many leading African business persons who converged to discuss how to […]
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Friday, May 13th, 2016
“We have got the leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain… Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world”, UK Prime Minister David Cameron was caught on tape telling the Queen ahead of the anti-corruption summit organized by the UK Government, this week, which was attended by Nigerian President, […]
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Monday, May 9th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is anger in the land. The horrific massacre of people in the Ukpabi Nimbo Community in the Uzo-Uwani, Enugu State has put the country on the boil. Coming on the heels of similar attacks in parts of the country, Fulani leaders in the area had alerted the inhabitants that […]
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Sunday, May 8th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lucy Muthoni Kibaki was buried yesterday, 9.12 am, Nigerian time, in Othaya, Njeri County, Kenya in the presence of about 300 guests and family members, after a requiem mass attended by over 3, 000 dignitaries and 20, 000 mourners. She was the wife of President Mwai Kibaki, the third President […]
