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Saturday, March 10th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Africa Region) has commended Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson for his massive investment in education which has given an assured future to even the less privileged children in the state. Aside education, the association also mentioned roads, public infrastructure and health projects as some of the […]
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Thursday, March 8th, 2018
By Our Reporter (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Command of the Department of State Services DSS has placed 13 of its personnel, including a Deputy Director on indefinite suspension without pay, over alleged petition written against them by some politicians in the state. AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered that the said petition against the officers was […]
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2018
…Says Nothing Good ‘ll Come From Sylva (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has asked those, who are still in the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop wasting their time and return back. The PDP said nothing good will happen to them under the leadership of the APC governorship candidate […]
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has felicitated with the state Deputy Governor, retired Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah on the occasion of his 64th birthday. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson in a statement described the Deputy Governor as a bridge builder, committed public servant and a dependable ally. The […]
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Sunday, March 4th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sokoto government said it will construct 1000 tube wells so as to provide enough water to farm lands for the 2018 irrigation season in the state. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal stated this on Saturday in Sokoto. “The water levels in our dams are very low and will not be enough to serve […]
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Sunday, March 4th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has enveloped Ezimuko Nsukwu village, Abatete, in Idemili North Council Area, of Anambra state, South-East, Nigeria, as a 27 year old man, identified as Ifeanyi Oguejiofor, on Saturday reportedly, stabbed to death his father, Osita Oguejiofor, with a kitchen knife. African Examiner reports that the incident occurred […]
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Thursday, March 1st, 2018
By Niyi Adeyi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amidst the United Nations condemnation of the abduction of 110 students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College GGSC Dapchi, Yobe State, the Federal Government FG has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris and the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has again been commended for appointing more Ogbia sons and daughters into his cabinet, making it very obvious his undiluted love for people of that local government. The commendation is coming following the nomination of Faith Opuene as a commissioner, making it the fifth Ogbia […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of members of the outlawed Nnamdi Kanu led Independent peoples of Biafra, IPOB, and other pro- Biafra agitators on Tuesday disrupted a summit organized by the Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, in Enugu. However, the state police Command said it has apprehended 11 members of the groups around […]
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN Examiner) – The Prison Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has revealed that out of 71,642 prison inmates in various Nigerian prisons, a total of 2,322 are on death roll. It said 49,001 inmates representing 68.4 percent are on awaiting trial while 22,641 representing 31.6 percent are convicted inmates. African Examiner […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia state university (ABSU), Uturu, South East Nigeria, was on Monday thrown into shock as a final year student of optometry, identified as Willson Chukwudi, committed suicide over his inability to graduate from the institution with his course mates two years after they left the school. African […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected Fulani herdsmen early hours of Monday allegedly invaded Mbatoho community in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. There was no report of casualty. Mbatoho community is a council ward located on an Island in Makurdi town. According to Media reports, a community Leader, John Tehemen, led some residents to lodge a complaint […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to ensure that illegal firearms and ammunition are not in wrong hands, the Enugu State Police Command has set-up a joint departmental task-force to mop-up such weapons in the state. The State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Danmallam, disclosed this while briefing newsmen […]
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Monday, February 26th, 2018
Photo: Photo: Gov. Tambuwal presenting a gift of Sokoto leather works to the Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Sean Hoy. (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria can overcome its present security challenges because the people are determined to live in peace and harmony with one another, the Ambassador of Ireland to Nigeria, Mr. Sean Hoy, has said. Speaking […]
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was a free- for- all -fight on Monday at Nworubi community in Mbaitoli council Area of Imo state, South East Nigeria, when scores of supporters of the State Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere, who hails from the locality, engaged in a bloody clash with those of the son-in-law […]
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A senior staff of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, Mrs. Stella Achara has been arraigned before an Enugu State High Court over alleged 14 million naira job scam. The suspect, who is the principal secretary to the Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Jojo Onwukwe was docked on […]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Catholic Church has returned to the umbrella body of the Nigerian Christians – the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN. The denomination has remained outside the fold of the CAN about five years ago, following an alleged political misunderstanding between the Leadership of the two bodies. Indication to the new development was contained […]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2018
Photo: Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Preparations for 2019 General Elections continue to gather steam, pro-democracy youths organisation under the umbrella of United Youths Coalition of Nigeria has identified qualities that the next President of Nigeria should possess. The Youths Organisation said the next President must demonstrate the ability to lead the country from […]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2018
Photo: Late Prof. Akinwunmi Ishola (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has mourned the passing of playwright, author and culture activist, Prof. Akinwunmi Ishola, describing it a huge loss. In a statement by his Media Office, Asiwaju said: “The death of Prof. Akinwunmi Ishola saddens me. It is a […]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government has thanked former President Olusegun Obasanjo for spending three days in the state, commissioning remarkable projects such as the Bayelsa Specialist Hospital, World class Diagnostic Center and the Aquaculture village with 500 fish ponds. The commissioning of the projects was part of activities marking the sixth anniversary of the […]
