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Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The newly inaugurated Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde, has promised to scrap the N3, 000 paid by pupils of all public primary and secondary schools in the south west State. The new Governor also pledged to donate his salary to pensioners. He admitted that the greatest challenge confronting the state was […]
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Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Disaster was averted at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Wednesday as 393 passengers, including a former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, escaped air crash. Other prominent Nigerians in the Ethiopian airline passenger aircraft – Boeing 777-300, included the Director General (DG) of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) […]
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Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof Yemi Osinbajo have been sworn-in as the new Nigerian Leaders but without much of the characteristic funfair known with such high-profile events. Besides the traditional riding on a motor arcade; inspection of guard of honour and official taking of oath office, the re-elected […]
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje has approved the appointment of 11 female Permanent Secretaries into the state civil service. A statement issued by the commissioner for Information, Youth and Culture, Mallam Muhammad Garba, in Kano Tuesday indicated that the appointment was in compliance with the National Policy on Women that reserves […]
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi Police Command has disclosed police authorities are working to unravel the cause of death of a popular prophetess in the State, Mrs Felicia Agwu who was found dead along Ezza Road, Abakaliki, recently. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mrs Loveth Odah, who briefed journalists in Abakaliki Tuesday on the […]
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government has declared a N1.88 billion deficit as balance for April, 2018, saying its earnings from the Federation Account Allocation Committee have been suffering a setback in the past four months. The state Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribigha John Jonah (Retd) disclosed this on Wednesday at the monthly transparency briefing […]
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begun investigation into alleged malpractices during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted across the country. A member of Board of the commission, Mrs Olubukola Balogun, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Abuja Tuesday. She said that the commission was […]
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ougoing Lagos State Governor Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has handed over to his successor Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu. The incoming Governor shared the information on his Twitter handle Tuesday afternoon. Sanwo-Olu tweeted: “Thank you H.E @AkinwunmiAmbode for your kind words today as you officially handed over your stewardship of our great state, Lagos. Life is […]
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Monday, May 27th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday received his Assets Declaration form from the Code of Conduct Bureau Speaking after receiving the form at the Presidential Villa, Buhari assured that he would quickly fill the form and return it to the bureau. While addressing members of the bureau, Buhari said: “I thank you very much for serving […]
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Monday, May 27th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Former Abia state governor and senator-elect, Orji Kalu has disclosed that he is interested in contesting for the position of Deputy Senate President in the senate. “Well, I am going to be contesting on the floor of the Senate. I am waiting for the party to zone and if the party continues to […]
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Monday, May 27th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2019 budget of N8.916 trillion into law. Buhari signed the budget into law on Monday in his office at the Presidential Villa. Speaking shortly after signing the budget, Buhari said the changes introduced into by the National Assembly would affect its implementation, saying that there are areas in the budget […]
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Sunday, May 26th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …As Stakeholders Condemns High Rate of Violence (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders from various walks of life have condemned in strong terms the high rate of political violence that characterised the 2019 general elections which claimed a total of about 600 lives in parts of Nigeria, describing it as “most unfortunate.” They stated this […]
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Saturday, May 25th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex- Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has denied recent allegation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) senator representing Zamfara Central, Senator Kabiru Marafa that he (Chukwu) diverted the sum of N300 million meant for medical equipment in Zamfara State to Enugu State, describing the accusation as “a […]
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Friday, May 24th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Efforts by Nsukka indigenes to produce the successor of outing going Vice Chancellor VC of university of Nigeria (UNN) Nsukka, Professor Benjamin Ozumba has hit the rock as another Anambra man, Professor Charles Igwe has emerged. African Examiner recall that the people of UNN host community Nsukka, had […]
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Friday, May 24th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Maryam Uwais has disclosed that out of the $322 million Abacha recovered loot which was to be used for social investment programmes, only $22 million had been utilised. The four-broad programmes are the N-Power, Conditional Cash Transfers, National Home-Grown School Feeding and Government Enterprise and […]
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Council chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police. Adamu was confirmed on Thursday at the meeting of the council held behind closed door at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa. The meeting was attended by the 36 state governors and chairman […]
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
Photo caption: All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Ondo State, Ade Adetimehin ———————————— By Ayo Balogun, Akure (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the botched local government poll in Ondo state, the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ade Adetimehin is currently in hot water as all councilor aspirants are demanding refunds of the money paid […]
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
Photo Caption: L-R: Chairman of Ghana’s Convention People’s Party: Ms Samia Nkrumah; Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka; Group Chairman, UBA Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu; Guinean Historian and Playwright, Professor, Djibril Tamsir Niane; Afro musician, Mr. Femi Kuti; and Legal Practitioner and Moderator, Ms. Ayo Obe at UBA’s Africa’s day event in Lagos. —————————————————– (AFRICAN EXAMINER) […]
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Embattled Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Co-ordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Dokubo in conjunction with contractors loyal to him, has paid assassins to kill publisher of Pointblankews.com, Jackson Ude, for unearthing and publishing damning embezzlements of public funds directly carried out by the public officer. Ude had […]
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has emerged the new chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) through a consensus. Gov. Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara, who is also the outgoing chairman of the forum disclosed this after a meeting held on Wednesday night in Abuja. Yari disclosed that Fayemi was nominated by Malam […]
