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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (African Examiner) – Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Tuesday flagged-off an empowerment scheme in which 1.2 million genuine traders of the state will be empowered annually to grow their businesses. The scheme comes with a package of N60 million annually, with the state government releasing N5 million monthly to be won by […]
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – About one week after it was unveiled and presented to the public in Yenagoa by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, a new book entitled: “Bayelsa’s Landmark Election: How Governor Dickson Deployed People Power to Defeat Federal Might”, has been released. The book was reviewed by Dr. Rueben Abati, a former spokesperson of ex-President […]
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2017
Governor Seriake Dickson on Tuesday urged Ijaw youth leaders in the Niger Delta to close ranks and promote the peace and unity of the Ijaw nation everywhere. Hon. Dickson who spoke when he met with Ijaw youth leaders from across the Niger Delta , who paid him a solidarity visit, told the youths that development could only […]
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2017
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari’s Lawyer has been alleged to present a gift of cash of N500,000 to the embattled Justice of High Court Abuja division, Adeniyi Ademola. Justice Ademola is currently facing trial over alleged taking of gratification, alongside his wife, Olabowale Ademola. The allegation was made Tuesday when a Department of State […]
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Monday, February 20th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (African Examiner) – Ahead of the 2019 general poll, the South East Zonal chapter of ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) says it has so far registered no fewer than one million members in its ongoing registration exercise in the region. It said the zone is requesting for extension of time allotted […]
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Monday, February 20th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Abakaliki (African Examiner) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abakiliki, Ebonyi State, South- East Nigeria has ordered parties to the disputed Abakaliki new capital city, also known as Centenary city, to maintain status quo in further development of area. Our Correspondent reports that the land mapped out for the project has been a […]
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Monday, February 20th, 2017
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Students of University of Abuja early Monday morning protested against the death of one of their colleagues who was killed by a hit-and-run driver. Reports confirmed that the late student who was in the 200 level was knocked down by an incoming vehicle, when she was trying to escape being robbed […]
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Thursday, February 16th, 2017
Niyi Balogun, Lagos LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six members of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Lagos State House of Assembly have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defection was announced in a letter read on the floor of the House Thursday by the Acting Clerk, Mr. Azeez Sanni, while […]
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on in Yenagoa on Tuesday celebrated the first year of his reelection and five years in office as the governor, with a pledge to lift embargo on employment into the civil service and broaden the scope of governance by rewarding those who worked for him. He also stated […]
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South East Zonal chapter of the ruling All progressive Congresses APC, says it is battled ready to win all the forth-coming elections in the zone based on the solid political structures it has put in place in the five states of the region. It posited that going […]
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seriake Dickson on Monday said, the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Bayelsa State Government and the Bank of Industry was a part of an efforts to raise the N10 billion entrepreneurship development fund to create wealth for small and medium scale entrepreneurs in the state. Dickson, who made the disclosure […]
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Sunday, February 12th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia (African Examiner) – The popular Club 25 road Abayi, in the commercial city of Aba, in Osisioma council Area of Abia State, South- East Nigeria and environ, was at the weekend thrown into anxiety and tension, as a man identified as Mr. Peter Ibekwe, was found dead inside his hotel room […]
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Thursday, February 9th, 2017
IKEJA, LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Thursday directed the State Police Command to ensure prompt arrest of kidnappers who stormed Isheri area of the State Wednesday evening, killing three security guards. The suspected kidnappers also reportedly abducted the Secretary of the Isheri North Residents Association, Mr. Dayo Adekoya. Commissioner […]
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Thursday, February 9th, 2017
By Ignatius Okpara ABAKALIKI NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vehicular movement along the Enugu Abakaliki express way was on Wednesday afternoon halted for several hours, as operatives of the Department of Security Service (DSS) chased and intercepted a vehicle carrying four fresh human heads allegedly concealed in a sack bag loaded with garri. The security men […]
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Nsukka Division of the Enugu State Police Command have nabbed a notorious criminal suspect who specializes in vandalization of Electric Armoured cables within the area and environ. The suspect, who gave his name as Chukwuka Ofordile, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), […]
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
…Committee Chairman Pursuing Personal Agenda –Anyim (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unperturbed by objections from critical stakeholders, the Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Hon. Herman Hembe, has proceeded with his public hearing on the Abuja Centenary City project. Curiously, the committee is asking for documents it should have received […]
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Monday, February 6th, 2017
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension and anxiety ensued in the commercial city of Nnewi, Anambra State, South- East Nigeria, weekend, as residents of the area woke up to discover the lifeless body of the General Overseer of Jesus Covenant Bible Ministries, Pastor Etim. Our Correspondent gathered that the corpse was discovered inside a […]
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Monday, February 6th, 2017
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has appointed some key officials of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) as ambassadors for campaign against raping, domestic violence, child abuse, maltreatment and neglect in the State. Coordinator of Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT), an agency under the State’s Ministry of […]
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Friday, February 3rd, 2017
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measures to equip magistrates in the state to enhance service delivery, in particular, speedy dispensation of justice, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu has donated dozens of laptops and desktop computers to the law officers. The items donated by the Governor included 76 laptops, 25 […]
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Friday, February 3rd, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Enugu state commissioner for finance and lands, Deacon Okey Ogbodo and family have threatened a legal action against a Catholic church in Enugu over alleged trespass and destruction of properties in their ancestral land. They also accused the parish in question, St. Patrick Catholic church Onah Lane, […]
