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Monday, July 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has justified heavy deployment of security operatives for the coming Saturday Ekiti Governorship election, saying the action is necessary so as to forestall breakdown of law and order. Oshiomhole made the disclosure Monday in Abuja while reacting to the […]
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Monday, July 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Tor Uja has disclosed that 100 Christian pilgrims absconded during the 2017 pilgrimage to Israel. Uja, made this known on Monday in Abuja while receiving security report of the 2017 pilgrimage. The NCPC boss added that among those abscoded are a […]
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Monday, July 9th, 2018
…To Deliver Major Lecture On Restructuring In Oau, Ile-ife (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has taken the crusade for the restructuring of the country to the academic community. The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement on Sunday that the Bayelsa State […]
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Thursday, July 5th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examinations Council WAEC has announced the release 2018 WASCE said, confirming that 49.98 per cent of candidates who wrote the examination obtained credit passes and above. WAEC Head of National Office HNO, Mr. Olu Adenipekun, who made the announcement Wednesday at a news conference in Lagos, explained that the […]
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has assured civil servants and pensioners who has filled and submitted the complaints form on the public service reforms that their case will be properly addressed. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson gave the assurance in a statement released in Yenagoa on Wednesday. The Commissioner […]
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Eziowelle, in Idemili North Local council Area of Anambra state, South- East Nigeria, have protested against the high cost of funeral ceremony in the locality. The development according to them is forcing bereaved families in the community to abandon the remains of their loved ones […]
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ekiti Governor’s wife, Mrs. Feyisetan Fayose, Wednesday called on residents of the South West state to collect their Permanent Voters Cards PVCs and vote wisely on Saturday, July 14, 2018 during the forthcoming Governorship election. Mrs. Fayose gave the advice when she visited the Ekiti University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti […]
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – French President, Emmanuel Macron, has urged Nigerian youths to get involved with politics to change the narrative of the nation. Macron, while describing politics as important, said only Nigerians could change their image before the comity of nations. The French President, who was accompanied by Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, gave […]
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to catch Nigerian youths young in the war against corruption, the Imo State office of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission ICPC has established and inaugurated anti-corruption club in Sacred Heart Secondary School Akwakuma in Owerri North council area of the state […]
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Monday, July 2nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Police Command in Niger says eight persons have died as a result of a downpour in Rafin-Gora village in Kontagora Local Government Area of the state. The Police Commissioner, Alhaji Dibal Yakadi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Monday that two bodies of the victims had been […]
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Monday, July 2nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commissioner, (INEC) on Monday said the hopes and expectations of Nigerians on the Ekiti gubernatorial election which comes up in two week time will not be dashed. The commission’s top officials, on a visit to the state, gave the assurance in Ado Ekiti, saying there would be no […]
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Monday, July 2nd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Rivers State Governor and Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has said that some projects being commissioned by his successor, Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike were projects already completed by him during his administration. Amaechi stated this during a grand reception organized in his honor by the Chiefs and people of […]
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Monday, July 2nd, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police command through its operatives of the 9th mile Division on Monday rescued Pa Michael Obi, the father of Super Eagles captain , John Mikel Obi, and his driver one Ishaya John who were abducted by unknown gunmen on 29th, of June 2018. They were […]
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Sunday, July 1st, 2018
Photo: Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s Information Minister From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) _ Communities in Enugu state South- East Nigeria have raised the alarm over the abandonment and poor execution of various approved federal government projects cited in the 3 senatorial districts of the state which were captured in the 2017 budget. They regretted that […]
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Sunday, July 1st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor of Sokoto State, North-Central Nigeria, Rt. Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has added his voice to the clamour for the establishment of state police as a panacea for tackling the growing menace of insecurity in the country. Speaking at the opening of the National Executive Council meeting of the Nigeria Union of […]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2018
By Ekene Odigwe (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is a common sight to see the police stop and search individuals on transit in a broad day light and then go on to forcefully extort money from the passengers and even collect their phones before inquiring for identification, woe to you, if there’s none. In some cases […]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected herdsmen have killed one person and rustled nine cows in Jos, Plateau,DSP Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Police Command in the state has said. He said this while confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Jos. Tyopev said the cows […]
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Friday, June 29th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of the Ogbia Restoration Crusaders (ORC) has lauded the Bayelsa State Government for organizing the just concluded town hall meetings on Public Service Reforms. Director General of the ORC, Mr. Okaniba Damson, described the town hall meeting as a veritable platform to interface with the people on the ongoing reforms. […]
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Thursday, June 28th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of Osun House of Assembly, Hon. Najeem Salaam has declared his intention to contest for September 22, 2018 Governorship election of the state. Salaam made the declaration Thursday at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Osogbo the State capital. The State’s first Lawmaker declared that he was capable […]
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2018
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Command says it had rescued a 2-year-old girl, namely Roqibat Raji from the kidnappers’ den at Odokekere in Ogun State, South West Nigeria. Lagos State Commissioner for Police CP, Mr. Imohimi Edgal, who disclosed this Wednesday to newsmen, confirmed the arrest was made Tuesday. Edgal said, “On June […]
