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Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has declared he is personally satisfied with the performance of the outgoing Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, thus assured him that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will saddle him with an ‘’important national assignment’’ when he leaves office. While speaking at the Palace of the […]
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to do their utmost in ensuring violence-free elections in Ondo and Rivers states. The President made the call at a state dinner in Benin, the Edo state capital, on Monday. Buhari said the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Ondo and National and State Assembly […]
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
Ignatius Okpara, Abia ABIA NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Abia state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has rescued three children, ages between 10 and 11), from kidnappers den as well as ritualists in Abia state, south East Nigeria. The victims, two female and one male, whose names were not made […]
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
Ignatius Okpara ABIA NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER – The Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has rescued three children, aged between 10 and 11), from kidnappers den as well as ritualists in Abia state, south East Nigeria. The victims, two females and one male, whose names were not made known […]
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Monday, November 7th, 2016
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South East leadership of the ruling All progressive Congress APC, has ratified the suspension of Hon. Ben Nwaobosi as Chairman of the party in Ebonyi state. This followed the report of a Fact finding/Disciplinary Committee set up pursuant to APC Constitution Article 21B (ii), by the […]
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Sunday, November 6th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the hand-over of the Presidential Lodge in Marina to the Lagos State Government. Mr. President’s approval was communicated in a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari, to Governor Ambode. In […]
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Sunday, November 6th, 2016
Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Anti- cult Unit of the Enugu State Police Command has nabbed one Udoh Samuel from Ubiagan Ikono council Area of Akwa Ibom State, for impersonating as a police officer. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ebere Amarizu, who disclosed this to AFRICAN […]
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Friday, November 4th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Civil Liberties Organisation, CLO and Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP on Thursday decried the poor attitude of Governors of the five states of South- East Nigeria towards the plight of their citizens, just as they took to the street over the issue. They noted that […]
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has vowed to suspend plenary session after 10th of December this year, if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), failed to conduct all pending elections in Rivers State cutting across National and State Assembly. To this effect, it directed INEC to ensure that it conduct pending […]
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
Ignatius Okpara OWERRI NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was tension and anxiety last weekend in Umudike village in Dikenafai, the Headquarters of Ideato South local government Area of Imo State, south east Nigeria, following the murder of a 12 year-old primary school boy, simply identified as Ikenna by unknown persons. Shockingly, vital body parts of […]
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South East chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has appealed to members of the Nigerian Senate to rescind their decision of rejecting the request for a $29.680 billion loan by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Federal Government (FG) had explained that the proposed loan if approved […]
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Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following a petition, alleging bias, a court of Appeal has suspended ruling on appeal filed by the Ahmed Makarfi-led opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The appeal is contesting the substitution of Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim with Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, as the party’s flagbearer for the November 28, 2016 Ondo State Governorship […]
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Monday, October 31st, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ministry of Finance has commenced immediate payment of civil servants in the state even in the face of the daunting economic challenges. This is coming on the heels of the directive by the governor that payment of salaries should commence with immediate effect from today, starting with that of […]
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Sunday, October 30th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pro-democracy group, Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution (CDNDC), has appealed to the judiciary to truthfully and fairly deploy the constitution in defence of democracy at this critical moment in Ondo state and prevent anarchy that could truncate democracy in Nigeria. “We fear that the rising tension in […]
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Friday, October 28th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than 24 hours after the INEC recognition of Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim as the candidate of the opposition PDP in Ondo Governorship election, incumbent Governor Olusegun Mimiko has raised alarm about the imminent more revolt in the State. Mimiko said this Friday while responding to journalists, after […]
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Friday, October 28th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the opposition Peoples Democratic (PDP) late Thursday received a shocker, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) dropped its candidate, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede and announced Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, as the party’s flagbearer for the coming Ondo State Governorship election. The replacement immediately sparked up violent […]
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The sale of forms to the intending pilgrims in the next year Hajj, by the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board is to commence Monday, November 7, 2016. Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. Abdulhakeem Abdullateef, disclosed that each form would attract a sum of N10, 000 and an initial deposit […]
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Friday, October 21st, 2016
BALTIMORE. MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has condemned in its entirety, a statement by the All Progressives Party (APC) that, it will expose every move by the PDP to bribe Justices of the Supreme Court to swing the State Governorship appeal before the apex court in favour of […]
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Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA,Enugu ENUGU NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, says it has recovered over two hundred and forty four million, five hundred and seventy four thousand, five hundred and eighty seven, twenty kobo, N244,574,587.20 from those that looted government treasury and other sources in the south east geo political […]
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Monday, October 17th, 2016
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has approved the payment of N300 million for bursary and local scholarship awards to indigenes of the State in tertiary institutions across the country. Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh, confirmed this to journalists Monday. The Governor’s aide disclosed that the […]
