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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The post-congresses crises of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has worsened as the Ogun State Governor Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has taken a swipe at the party’s Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and a former Governor of the state, Aremo Olusegun Oshoba, over alleged complicity in electoral fraud in the South West State. […]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A body, operating under the banner of South-East Renewal Group (SERG) has lambasted runaway leader of proscribed Indigenous people of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, for declaring that there will be no election in South- Eastern Nigeria which he claimed to be Biafra land in 2019. They however, urged […]
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has remanded the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State Mr. Ayodele Fayose in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N2.2bn fraud. Justice Mojisola Olatoregun while granting on Monday the prayer by a former Attorney General of the Federation […]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has disclosed that 23 people were killed and 17 injured in various parts of Kaduna metropolis during the violence that took place on Sunday. The Executive Secretary, SEMA, Ben Kure, disclosed this on Monday, during an assessment tour of affected areas. According to him, no […]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Gbenga Daniel, Director General, Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, says the position of Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) will go to the South West, if Atiku wins the presidency. Daniel, a former governor of Ogun, made the declaration in an interactive session with newsmen on Sunday in Lagos. The […]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2018
…Urges Buhari To Call Oshiomhole To Order (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has called on political leaders in the All Progressives Congress, (APC), especially President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently call the Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and members of his National Working Committee (NWC) to order and refrain from meddling […]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has cried out, alleging that some forces within the party are plotting against him. The former Edo State Governor raised the alarm in a statement issued Sunday in Abuja by his Chief Press Secretary Mr. Simon Ebebgulem. Oshiomhole alleged that suggestions in some […]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kaduna town and environs with immediate effect. The Senior Special Assistant to the state governor on Media and Publicity, Mr Samuel Aruwan stated this on Sunday in Kaduna. He advised residents to comply with this directive, saying “the decision has been taken in […]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress APC, has wielded its big stick on ex- Secretary to the Enugu State Government, SSG, Onyemuche Nnamani, as it announced his expulsion from the party. He was expelled for dragging the Comrade Adams Oshiomhole led National leadership of the party as well its National […]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I spent the better part of last Tuesday, October 16, focusing on developments in Ekiti State. It was the day of John Kayode Fayemi’s return to office as Governor of Ekiti State and his inauguration for a second-term, after an interregnum of four years, 2014-2018 during which former Governor Ayo Fayose reigned. It […]
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Sunday, October 21st, 2018
…. Visits Ugwuanyi, Ohaneze President General From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice presidential candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party PDP, and ex- Anambra state Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has declared that his candidacy is about Ndigbo, Nigerians, and not him as a person, just as Enugu governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi described him as […]
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Saturday, October 20th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After unresolved squabbles with his State Governor, a human right activist, turned politician Senator Shehu Sani has finally quit the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The situation is however directly opposite his Rivers State colleague, Senator Magnus Abe who has since been leading parallel APC in the South-South State – denying Saturday, the […]
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Friday, October 19th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation into alleged financial misappropriation involving at least five officials of the Ministry of Finance in Abia. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi, made the disclosure on Friday in Umuahia during a joint news briefing with the Commissioner for Finance, Mr […]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, the Delta State Capital has restrained the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from submitting a list of party candidates for the 2019 election from Delta State to the Independent National Electoral Commssion (INEC). In a ruling by Justice Toyin Adegoke, […]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Minister Mines and Steel Dr. Kayode Fayemi has been sworn-in as the new Governor of Ekiti State. Fayemi, who won the July 14 governorship election held in the state on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was sworn-in on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, the State capital. He defeated the […]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, South West Nigeria, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has finally arrived at the Abuja head office of the anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr. Fayose who appeared in a black customized T-Shirt with the inscription: “EFCC I’m Here” on […]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
…Other Zonal Coordinators Named (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki as the Director-General DG of its Presidential campaign Organization. PDP National Publicity Secretary Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan announced this Tuesday morning. Other members of Atiku/Obi Campaign Organization are the zonal coordinators which include: Sokoto State Governor […]
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano State House of Assembly Monday constituted a seven-man committee to investigate the authenticity of the video recording of alleged financial inducement received by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The video of Ganduje allegedly receiving bribe from a contractor was published by an online Newspaper, Daily Nigerian. The committee was constituted following a motion of […]
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2019 general elections gather momentum, the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Osita Okechukwu has advised the Igbo race and other Nigerians not to be swayed by the euphoria that greeted the emergence of former Vice President, Atiku […]
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Monday, October 15th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese, Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah has clarified that his meeting with the former President Olusegun Obsanjo and his VP, Atiku Abubakar in Abeokuta last week, is not about endorsement of candidate of a particular political party, rather, a personal effort that has been on since, to ensure the two […]
