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Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Today the ministers had a valedictory gathering with President Muhammadu Buhari at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting.By now,the President and his inner caucus must be shopping for new hands to take the nation to the next level as the ruling party has promised.Curiously,it is not too much to ask if a […]
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Striking Resident Doctors of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, Anambra state, south East Nigeria, have rejected the new minimum wage offer presented to them by Anambra State, governor, Chief Willie Obiano. The doctors who embarked on the indefinite industrial action on May 13, 2019, vowed to continue […]
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, has emerged Chairman of the People’s Democratic Governors Forum The former Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo òf Gombe State announced Governor Dickson’s emergence after a meeting at the Gombe State Governors Lodge, Abuja on Wednesday night. The meeting which […]
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, has promised to monitor how players of Team Nigeria to the 2019 edition of the just concluded FC Bayern Youth Cup World Finals in Germany progresses in coming years, with a view to giving them a chance in the nation’s national youth teams. He said: “We […]
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Outing Governor of Imo State, South- East Nigeria, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday came had on the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, warning him to stick strictly to the mandate of his office and not be a destructive tool in hands of […]
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is presently presiding over the valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The valedictory session started at 11a.m. with almost all the ministers in the cabinet in attendance. At the commencement of the meeting, the Minster of Environment, Suleiman […]
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor and Chairman, South-South Governor’s Forum, The Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has congratulated his Plateau State counterpart, Mr. Simon Lalong, on his emergence as the new Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum. Governor Dickson in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, on Tuesday said Lalong was taking […]
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Monday, May 20th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed an application filed by the governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Adebayo Adelabu, to recount all the ballot papers used in the March 9 election. Adelabu and his party are challenging the declaration of the governorship candidate of the opposition […]
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Monday, May 20th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian musician, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley has pleaded not guilty to allegation of credit card fraud levelled against him. The young singer made the plea when he was arraigned before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Naira Marley was arraigned before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a […]
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Monday, May 20th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that it has frozen the sum of N5bn funds – belonging to the Imo State Government. The anti-graft body said Monday that its action was due to Governor Rochas Okorocha excessive and suspicious manner of spending during the country’s last general elections. The body’s […]
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Monday, May 20th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday hinted that the establishment has withdrawn a total of 25 Certificates-of-Return issued to some candidates that won various elections during the 2019 General Elections, following court orders. The Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Mr. Festus Okoye, […]
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Monday, May 20th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidential implementation committee on financial autonomy of state legislature and judiciary has urged state governors as the heads of the executive arm of government to begin full implementation of the financial autonomy granted the legislature and judiciary. The committee also recommended that the total sum, both capital and recurrent, approved in the annual […]
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Sunday, May 19th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Commissioner of police, Mr Sulaiman Balarabe, has ordered thorough investigations into the recent alleged suicide of a 21-year-old student of University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Mr. Chukwuemeka Ugwuoke. Ugwuoke, who was studying English and Literary Studies in the university until the sad development, hailed from Amodoloro Umuabor […]
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Sunday, May 19th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operators of the prestigious African Industry Awards outfit, (AFI) has named some super Stars and popular singers, Actors, Actresses, comedians and models, in the continent as recipients of its 2019 and maiden edition of the awards, holding in Enugu, South- East Nigeria in August this year. It said the awardees […]
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Friday, May 17th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Plateau State Governor Mr. Simon Lalong has been elected the new Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum. This is made known in a communique issued at the just concluded meeting of the forum. The Northern Governors resolved that they would seek the audience of President Muhammadu Buhari so as to present the true […]
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Friday, May 17th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for shifting the governorship election earlier slated for November 2 to November 16, 2019. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson in a statement on Friday said the action of the commission is a welcome development that is […]
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Friday, May 17th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Enugu West Senatorial district have disagreed with their representative in the senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, over his recent comment that he would be quitting the upper chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly (NASS) in 2023, declaring that they have the final say. They insisted that the decision over […]
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Friday, May 17th, 2019
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu(AFRICAN Examiner) – Two communities in Ideato local government area of Imo state, South- East Nigeria, have concluded plans to drag the outgoing governor of the state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, to court over alleged gabbing of their lands without compensation. The two communities, Umuchima and Obiohia, which are neighbours to Okorocha’s home town, Ogboko, […]
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Friday, May 17th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – State Governors have pledged to support the implementation of financial autonomy for state assemblies and judiciary. Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz YarI, explained that the autonomy would ensure highest level of transparency and openness in governance. Yari spoke at the opening of a two-day conference on […]
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Thursday, May 16th, 2019
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Outgoing governor of Bauchi state, Mohammed Abubakar, has said that his administration ensured that peace reigned in the state while in office. The governor stated this while speaking to State House Correspondents after a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in his office at the Presidential Villa. Abubakar will be leaving office […]
