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Thursday, October 11th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Akwa Ibom Youth League has commended the Governor Udom Emmanuel administration over its efforts in pushing forward the interests of civil servants in the state as buttressed by the recent survey of state governments across the country by the Non-Governmental Organisation, BudgIT. The group in a statement issued on Thursday said the […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2018
Photo: Enugu state Governor , Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the Enugu state council of Joint National Association of Persons Living with Disabilities, have cried out over what they described as its members alarming structural suffering and cultural discrimination in the state. The group, equally noted that the failure of the […]
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Friday, October 5th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER- Again, Mr. Jimi Agbaje has emerged the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Lagos State Governorship primary election. Agbaje was declared the winner Friday after polling 1, 100 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr. Deji Doherty who recorded 742 votes. While declaring the result, the Returning officer, Oyofo said, “By the power conferred […]
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Friday, October 5th, 2018
…VON DG Loses Enugu West Senatorial Ticket From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former chairman, senate committee on works, Chief Ayogu Eze, has emerged the Enugu state governorship candidate of the All progressive Congress APC, ahead of the 2019 general elections. African Examiner reports that results of the party’s Governorship, state and […]
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has congratulated the winner of the Lagos State APC Governorship Primaries, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Ambode in his congratulatory message issued Wednesday evening subsequently urged all Lagosians to immediately support the APC’s candidate in the 2019 elections and work for the success of […]
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, on Wednesday, emerged winner of United Democratic Party (UDP) governorship primary elections. The primaries, conducted under the supervision of the National Chairman of the party, Chief Godwin Okoye, at Shield Hotel, Jalingo, where Alhassan got unanimous endorsement of all the 224 delegates […]
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Working Committee (NWC) panel for the Lagos State ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) Governorship primary has canceled the elections held in the 20 Local Government Areas LGAs and 37 Local Council Development Areas LCDAs of the state Tuesday. The Chairman of the primary committee, Mr. Clement Ebri, announced […]
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Monday, October 1st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has congratulated the governors of the People’s Democratic Party-controlled states who emerged as Gubernatorial Candidates of the party in the party’s primaries in the respective states. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, […]
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Monday, October 1st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Incumbent governor of Enugu state, Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has emerged sole candidate of the People’s Democratic party PDP, ahead of the 2019 general election. He had earlier emerged as the consensus aspirant for the office of the governor in the absence of any other contestants which made him go into the contest […]
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Saturday, September 29th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Aisha Alhassan, who resigned her appointment as women affairs minister and also dumped the APC on Saturday, has picked the United Democratic Party (UDP), nomination form to contest for the Taraba governorship seat. Alhassan, at a press conference shortly after joining UDP and picking its nomination form, claimed that the APC […]
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amidst his plead to the party Leadership, Lagos State Governor; Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Wednesday has announced his willingness to participate in the State’s All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship primary slated for this Saturday, September 29. Already, the party’s Leadership has resolved to adopt direct primary for the exercise. Lagos State […]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing nationwide recruitment exercise being conducted by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) was disrupted for hours in Lokoja on Tuesday when one of the applicants collapsed suddenly and died. The Kogi State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Olisegun Martins, who confirmed the incident said that the applicant, a male collapsed […]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Owerri/Abia state, South-East Nigeria, operations office of the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA, has confirmed the death of a pastor and his wife in a devastating flood that occurred on Mondayat Oguta, Community of the state. Mr. Evans Ugoh, Head of the Office, who confirmed this to […]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state governor, Hon. Ifeanyi Lawrence Ugwaunyi, says delivering of democracy dividends to citizens of the state via good governance remains his watch word and cannot be compromised. He stated this weekend when members of Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria, OMPAN, Enugu State Chapter led by […]
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Monday, September 24th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has announced the receipt of N24.16 billion from the Paris Club debt refund. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Markson Iworiso-Markson made the disclosure in a statement on Monday. He said that the State Governor, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson had directed immediate payment of two out of […]
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2018
…It is a Testament to Gov. Dickson’s Leadership –Iworiso-Markson (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has expressed delight over recent ratings by reputable organizations, confirming the state as being financially stable, fiscally responsible and generally peaceful for investment and leisure. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson made the feelings of the government […]
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Police Command in has confirmed the arrest of an Enugu-based clergy man, Rev Kenneth Okafor, of the Methodist church, over his alleged involvement in the murder of a traditional ruler in the state. It would be recalled that the late monarch, Igwe Stephen Nwatu of […]
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A prominent chieftain of the Lagos State opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Jimi Agbaje has confirmed that he is re-contesting for the State’s Governorship seat. Agbaje made the confirmation Wednesday via a telephone during an interview with the (NAN) in Lagos. “It is true that initially I did not want to re-contest, […]
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
KANO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf-Gawuna has been sworn-in as the new Kano State Deputy Governor DG. The Wednesday ceremony took place at the Coronation Hall, Government House Kano state and was attended by thousands of supporters. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje called on the new DG to be transparent, loyal, sincere and dedicated in […]
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), caucus, including aspirants for various elective positions, in the 2019 general elections have endorsed the indirect or consensus mode of primaries earlier adopted by the state working committee (SWC) of the party. AFRICAN EXAMINER reports that the group which is one of […]
