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Monday, November 12th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After being frustrated on her failed trial abroad, Nigerian anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has called for the extradition of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke from the United Kingdom (UK), so as to commence her prosecution. EFCC acting Chairman Mr. Ibrahim Magu made the call […]
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Friday, November 9th, 2018
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Doyin Okupe has alleged that the decision of his son, Ditan to support the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, against the Presidential candidate of his party, Turaki Atiku Abubakar may be a plot to get back at him. The picture of […]
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Friday, November 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to leave Abuja Friday for Paris, France to participate in the first edition of the Paris Peace Forum. According to a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the Peace Forum is slated for November 11 to 13. The forum according to […]
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Friday, November 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr. Bamidele Oloyelogun and his Deputy, Mr. Iroju Ogundeji, have been impeached over alleged ‘’gross misconduct’’. The State’s chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) disclosed the sack Friday, on its Twitter handle @Ondo_APC. A lawmaker, Mr. Sunday Olajide (APC-Akure Constituency 2), moved the […]
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Friday, November 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has dismissed rumours that he and Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo are behind the alleged detention and grilling of All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole. Oshiomhole was reportedly detained and questioned on Nov. 4 by the Department of State Services (DSS) over the fallout […]
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Thursday, November 8th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Authorities say 12 people, including a sheriff’s deputy, were killed and multiple people were injured after a gunman opened fire at a California bar. The shooting happened around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday local time at the Borderline Bar & Grill. Witnesses report at least 30 shots were fired, according to the Los Angeles […]
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Thursday, November 8th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governors of the Southeast, Nigeria have rejected the police burglary claim on the alleged recent assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, calling on thorough investigation on the issue. They said that the zone was not satisfied with the police preliminary investigation into the […]
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the directive handed down by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris, the Lagos State Police Command has dismissed one of its officers who got drunk while on his duty post at Akowonjo, Dopemu, in Alimoso Local Government area of the state. The video of […]
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Assembly has reportedly transmitted the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari. It would be recalled that Mr. President had on three different occasions withheld his assent to the controversial bill, which has provisions to improve the country’s electoral process ahead of the 2019 general elections. The Clerk to the […]
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Kaduna High Court has refused the bail application filed on behalf of the Nigeria’s Shi’ite Leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife. The head of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) was arrested in December 2015 over alleged attempt on the life of Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai by Shi’ite […]
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2018
Photo: NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Senate has announced that it has constituted an ad-hoc committee to investigate the spending of the sum of $3.5bn alleged petroleum subsidy. The announcement was made Tuesday through a tweet from the upper Legislative chamber twitter handle – @NGRSenate. The Senate tweeted: “Senator Bassey Akpan […]
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed his Special Adviser on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Diaspora Commission. The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, read President Buhari’s letter to members of the red chamber seeking Senate’s Confirmation for Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa’s appointment. The National […]
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2018
KANO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Kano High court on Monday ordered the state House of Assembly investigative committee to stop investigation on the bribery allegation leveled against Governor Abdullah Ganduje, pending determination of a case filed before it on the matter. The order followed a suit filed by one Muhammad Zubair for himself and […]
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Labour leaders, who have called off a planned nationwide strike, have agreed a new national minimum wage at the end of negotiations with a Tripartite Committee, set up by the Federal government. The agreed figure will be kept under wraps until 4.15 pm on Tuesday, when it will be revealed in a […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2018
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hours to the impending strike organized by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to press for the payment of the new National minimum wage, President Muhammadu Buhari has taken the humble pie by sending an appeal to the workers’ union leadership to shelve the planned industrial action. Mr. President […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja dismissed a prayer for a fresh order barring organised labour from proceeding on its planned nationwide strike slated for Nov. 6. The court had on Nov. 2 restrained the organised labour from proceeding on the nationwide strike scheduled for Nov. 6, over […]
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2018
Photo: Late Biafran Warlord, Odumegwu Ojukwu From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The eldest son of late Biafran warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Mr. Debe Sylvester Ojukwu, Odumegwu Ojukwu is dead. According to a family source who craved anonymity, the deceased passed on yesterday (Friday) after he slumped at a private hospital in Lagos, South- West Nigeria. The […]
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Friday, November 2nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A reporter with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) has jumped into Lagos Lagoon. Later in the morning Friday, the Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS) posted on its Facebook wall that a man has jumped into the Lagoon and its men with the support of the marine policemen have discovered the person […]
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Friday, November 2nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – THE Federal High Court sitting at Asaba has issued a contempt notice on the National chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole for disobeying its order not to submit list of Delta APC candidates to INEC and on the Chairman of INEC for disobeying its order not to receive and publish such candidates names […]
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Thursday, November 1st, 2018
…As Bayelsa Receives N24.1 Billion Paris Club Refund The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has directed payment of two months out of the outstanding three months salary arrears and four months of the outstanding seven months pension arrears in the state. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Maxwell Ebibai, said in a […]
