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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 […]
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, in Enugu State, South- East Nigeria, Mr. Meletus Eze, has declared as illegal the strike embarked upon by the judiciary workers in the state over non-implementation of their enhanced, “consolidated,” salary structure. This is as the Executive arm of the State […]
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Tuesday, April 4th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu …They Are Terrorists, Cultists –Bishop (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state police Command says it has arrested one of the violent masquerades, popularly called “oriokpa Nsukka”, that recently attacked a Catholic seminarian in Nsukka. African Examiner recalled that over the years, the masquerades have remained thorns in the flesh of residents […]
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Sunday, April 2nd, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South-East governors forum on sunday resolved to wade into the continued detention of leader of Indigenous peoples of Biafra ,IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, and other challenges confronting the zone. It said the body would also take up the agitation issue of Movement for the Actualization of the […]
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Sunday, April 2nd, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are indications that some unnamed Traditional rulers who recently joined the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, in Enugu North senatorial District, may soon be sanctioned by the state government, African Examiner has gathered. The leadership of MASSOB in the said district […]
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Friday, March 31st, 2017
Picture caption: Enugu state governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Commissioner for Finance and Lands in Enugu state,Deacon Okey Ogbodo, has protested the alleged illegal demolition of walls of his property by the Enugu Capital Development Authority, ECDA, saying he would rely on the due process of the law and […]
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Friday, March 31st, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dozens of youths and women in Umuoba Anam community in Anambra East council Area of Anambra State, South- East Nigeria, Thursday staged a nude protest against their traditional ruler, Igwe G.A. Ekwealor, whom they accused of allegedly supporting activities of rampaging herdsmen in the area. The protesters said […]
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Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
Picture caption: Ex-Governor of Enugu state, Nigeria , Sullivan Chime By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the peoples Democratic party, PDP and ex-member of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Barrister Nwabueze Ugwu,has called for the resignation of all members the State Working Committee (SWC) of the Party in the state. […]
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Sunday, March 26th, 2017
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday lauded his predecessor presently, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola for his achievements during the eight years he spent as Governor of the State. Ambode who spoke when he received Fashola and some top officials of the Ministry […]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations Children’s Fund, Unicef, has hinted that about one billion people globally do not have access to clean drinking water, but instead consumes water contaminated with faeces. Such development according to the international Agency, has put the lives of the people in jeopardy. The Wash specialist […]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
Picture caption: Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State, Nigeria By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia (African Examiner) – Serving and former government officials in Abia state, South- East Nigeria are now living in fear following the arrest of the state Accountant General (AG), Chief Gabriel Onyendilefu on Tuesday by operatives of the Economic and Financial […]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
Pix: Nigerian Senate in Planery By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the Senate has confirmed nomination of 45 out of 47 non-career ambassadors sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari. The nominees confirmed Thursday included: Uzoma Emenike (Abia), Aminu Lawal (Adamawa), Godwin Umoh (Akwa Ibom), Christopher Okeke (Anambra), Yusuf Maitama (Bauchi), […]
