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Thursday, June 21st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kinsmen of former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday turned out in their numbers defying a heavy downpour to drum support for the ongoing public sector reforms embarked on by Governor Seriake Dickson. Stakeholders who took turn to endorse the reforms at a Town Hall Meeting in Ogbia were political appointees, lawmakers, women groups, students and youth leaders as well as […]
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government says its attention has been drawn to an online publication by the Honourable Member representing Ogbia Constituency 3 in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Gabriel Ogbara that he has been deprived the privilege of developing his constituency due to the refusal of the government to release constituency […]
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Tuesday, June 19th, 2018
Photo: Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hon. Iworiso-Markson …Ekeremor Monarch Exposes Fraudulent Health Worker (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa state government has called for active participation of whistle blowers to support its efforts at sanitizing the public service. This is coming on the heels of the revelation of a traditional ruler from the Ekeremor local […]
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Monday, June 18th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anglican Diocese of Udi in Enugu State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Financial Autonomy Bill for State Houses of Assembly and Judiciary into law. The diocese stated this in a communiqué released on Sunday after the first session of its fourth Synod, held from June 7 to 10 […]
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Friday, June 15th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has congratulated Muslim faithful in the state and across the country on the successful completion of the Ramadan. A statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson enjoined Muslims to live in peace with one another irrespective of any differences. He said as they celebrate […]
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Thursday, June 14th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government on Thursday announced that it has reduced its public service workforce from 55,00 to 27,000 as a result of the ongoing public sector reforms in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson, described the public sector reforms as one of the best policies embarked on by […]
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Thursday, June 14th, 2018
RIVERS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police has confirmed that a total of 15,000 of its personnel had been deployed to monitor the Rivers State local Government election slated for this Saturday – June 16, 2018. The State Commissioner Police CP, Mr. Zaki Ahmed, made the confirmation Thursday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital while briefing newsmen. Mr. Ahmed […]
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Monday, June 11th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A major crisis is looming in Ogbete main market Enugu, South-East Nigeria, over alleged plan by the Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi led government to interfere in the trader’s electoral process. The Governor is accused of plotting imposition of an unpopular candidate as well as his kinsman to emerge as the […]
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Monday, June 11th, 2018
Photo: Governor Dickson, Bayelsa state (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders of Yenagoa Local Government Area in Bayelsa State on Monday threw their weight behind the Governor Seriake Dickson-led administration’s public service reforms describing the ongoing restructuring process as the only option out of the rot that had held down the state over the years. Rising from a town […]
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Monday, June 11th, 2018
…Asks Him to Declare IGR (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Ekiti State Governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has accused the administration of the incumbent Governor Ayo Fayose of inflicting severe hardship on the people since assumption to office – in the last four years. Fayemi who also faulted Fayose during interview with […]
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Sunday, June 10th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police in Enugu state, south East Nigeria, have confirmed the death of a family of seven in a ghastly auto crash that happened Sunday at -Onyeama hill, along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway. Ebere Amarizu, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in a statement, said the accident occurred at about 8 am on […]
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Sunday, June 10th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vehicular traffic on the Mokwa-Jebba road has been paralysed following the collapse of a bridge after rainfall on Saturday night, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. Mr Bisi Kazeem, the FRSC’s Public Education Officer disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]
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Sunday, June 10th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday announced it had dismissed five out of 92 policemen tried for various offences in the first half of the year. According to a statement by the Command’s spokesman, SP Child Oti, three of the five dismissed policemen were tried in connection with the Ojota incident […]
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Saturday, June 9th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trial judge in the August 6th, 2017 Ozubulu church massacre, Justice Fidelis Aniukwu, Friday at an Awka High court, during the resumed sitting lambasted the prosecution counsel Jay Jay Ezeuko, a senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN), over his lackluster attitude to the case, saying the matter is becoming irritating. […]
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Thursday, June 7th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara UMUAHIA. NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tough time now awaits any Fulani herdsman who engages in open cattle grazing, in Abia State, South- East Nigeria, as the State’s House of Assembly has finally passed the Anti- grazing bill into law. According to the lawmakers, the law is aimed at curbing the menace of the Fulani cattle […]
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2018
Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs minister From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Chapter of the All progressive Congress APC, has extended an olive branch to Nigeria’s Minister of foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffery Onyeama, and Special Assistant to president Muhammadu Buhari on judicial reform, Juliet Ibekaku Nwangwu, saying it is also considering […]
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A political pressure group, the Ogbia Restoration Crusaders has commended Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson for his boldness to initiate the ongoing public service reforms. The group said the reforms are necessary in view of the massive corruption, irregularities and other unwholesome practices that has bedeviled the state public service […]
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2018
BENUE, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nine persons have again been killed, while many injured in another bloody attack by the suspected herdsmen in Benue State, North central Nigeria. Among the victims of the fresh attack which spread through the troubled Guma and Logo Local Government areas were two students who had traveled to the LGs community […]
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has announced the passing on of Mr. Uwakwe Abugu, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. A statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu by the state Commissioner for information, Mr Ogbuagu Anikwe, said Abugu passed on “yesterday in a hospital in India […]
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, on Tuesday effected a minor cabinet reshuffle that saw three commissioners in his cabinet swapping positions. Dr Hyginus Nwokwu., Secretary to the State Government (SSG) made this known in a statement in Abakaliki on Tuesday. Nwokwu disclosed that Chief Sabinus Nwankwagu, Former Commissioner for Border, Peace and Conflict […]
