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Thursday, April 20th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Imo state police command has arrested one Nwaozuzu for allegedly stealing a six-year-old girl and sold her for N200, 000. (Two hundred thousand naira) Our Correspondent learnt that the victim, Chinecherem Anoruo, had been declared missing by the parents, who reported the case to the police. But […]
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Thursday, April 20th, 2017
Photo: Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described as afterthought and afterthought the suspension of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir Lawal; and the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke, as well as setting up of a three-man […]
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
By Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension and anxiety at the Ebonyi state university, Abakaliki, South-East Nigeria following a deadly inter-rival cult clash between members of Vikings and Buccaneers which claimed the life of a final year student of the institution, identified as Theophilus Onele. The deadly clash which also left many seriously […]
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Monday, April 17th, 2017
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A fire incident was averted Monday morning on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The fire broke from the cables in one of the holes on the Bridge. The officials of the Federal Road Management Agency (FERMA) and the electricity generation companies (GENCOS) averted the fire from spreading. Also, Rapid […]
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Monday, April 17th, 2017
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris has ordered the arrest of illegal tax and revenue collectors as well as labour and trade union members impeding vehicular movement on roads and highways. IGP made the order in a statement issued Sunday in Abuja by the Force […]
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Saturday, April 15th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of the rebellious Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB and Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) has urged the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris to compel the Ebonyi State command of the force to return all her properties unlawfully seized by its operatives […]
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Friday, April 14th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has upheld the victory of the incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki. The candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu petitioned the tribunal, challenging his rival of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) – Obaseki, arguing that INEC declaration of the winner was […]
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Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Patriotic Citizens of Nigeria (PACON), an NGO, on Wednesday urged Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa to emulate his Kaduna State counterpart, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, by publishing details of his monthly salary and security vote. PACON threw the challenge in a statement signed by its conveners, Messrs Aluzu Ebikebuna and Poweidei Debekeme, in […]
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Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Another Akwa Ibom Senator, Etang Umoyo has defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Senator, who is the most senior politician in Esit Eket Local Government Area of the South South State, made his first declaration Wednesday when he registered with the APC […]
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cross carpeting rages in the Ondo State House of Assembly as another opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker Abayomi Akinruntan Tuesday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Akinruntan who is representing Ilaje Constituency I, in the State House of Assembly, after meeting with Governor Rotimi Akeredolu decamped to the APC […]
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twenty-one Bayelsa students on scholarship at the Lincoln University Pennsylvania, USA, have appealed to the state government to pay their school fees to prevent their expulsion. The undergraduates, who are in their final semester at the tertiary institution, appealed to the government to immediately initiate payment process to avoid jeopardizing their continued […]
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
EKITI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following his refusal to heed its summons, the Ekiti State House of Assembly has imposed fine of N1m on the immediate past State Governor Dr. Kayode Fayemi. Dr. Fayemi who is presently the Minister of Solid Minerals was being summoned by Ekiti Legislators to answer questions bothering on alleged misappropriation […]
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
LAGOS, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was fire outbreak Tuesday morning at the Lagos headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The fire affected the Audit, Communications and Engineering Departments. The incident according to a source in FAAN started around 7am and was caused by an electrical fault. No casuality was recorded; still, documents […]
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Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
Photo caption: Director-General of Lagos State Safety Commission, Hakeem Dickson at a press briefing in Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of Lagos State Safety Commission, Hakeem Dickson, has urged individuals and organizations to imbibe simple safety procedures because the cost of repairing and re-organising in the course of an accident outweighs the cost it will […]
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Monday, April 10th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), weekend sealed a total of 264 pharmacy shops comprising 52 pharmacies and 212 patent medicine stores. Their offences ranges from illegal operations, poor sanitary conditions and dispensing products without the supervision of pharmacists. Briefing newsmen after the exercise that took the enforcement […]
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Monday, April 10th, 2017
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has debunked media reports that two deaths have been recorded as a result of meningitis attack in the State. While speaking recently during a review of the State’s activities to curtail the spread of the meningitis epidemic the State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. […]
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Monday, April 10th, 2017
Photo caption: Former Secretary to the Federal Government of Nigeria and presidential aspirant, Chief Olu Falae (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court in Akure, the Ondo State capital has slammed life imprisonment on the kidnappers of a former Secretary to the Federal Government Chief Olu Falae. It would be recalled that some armed hoodlums on […]
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Friday, April 7th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of electricity consumers in Enugu on Friday staged a protest to the state House of Assembly over incessant power outage, outrageous billing, alarming tariff among other forms of alleged exploitative activities by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC. The protesters who displayed numerous placards with various inscriptions, […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was confusion at the Anambra State House of Assembly Thursday over move by some aggrieved members to impeach its speaker, Mrs. Rita Maduagwu. However, a mild drama ensued as the embattled Speaker, who sensed the looming danger,quickly took the mace, the symbol of authority of the legislative […]
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Thursday, April 6th, 2017
Photo caption: Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Enugu based pressure group, under the auspices of League Patriot,has lambasted ace Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo over his recent verbal attack on the Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. It would be recalled that Okonkwo had in an article published in a […]
