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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some suspected militants early Tuesday morning stormed some communities in Igando, a Lagos suburb and disturbed the peace of the vicinity with heavy sporadic shooting. Many people are said to have sustained injuries as the commotion raged. Residents confirmed that the suspects arrived as early as 4am; […]
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Contrary to insinuations, Bayelsa State government received N3.5 billion from the federal allocation for the month of July, the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Jonathan Obuebite, said on Tuesday. He was reacting to what the government described as different figures being peddled by “uninformed persons within and outside Bayelsa State”, regarding the allocation received from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee […]
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Monday, July 25th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja OGUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Tunde Fowler has explained how the Federal Government (FG) raised over N500 billion allocated at the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), in June. According to him, a total of 70 percent came from non-oil sources while only 30 percent came […]
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Monday, July 25th, 2016
EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A brief reshuffle in the Edo State House of Assembly has resulted to replacement of the immediate past Speaker, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie with her Deputy, Hon. Justin Okonoboh as the new Speaker. Mrs. Ativie has now been moved to the position of the Deputy Speaker. The development started at the […]
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Sunday, July 24th, 2016
ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tension has enveloped Enugu metropolis and environs, following the killing of two policemen attached to the state Command by yet to be identified gunmen. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of police in charge of the state, Emmanuel Ojukwu has vowed to apprehend perpetrators of the barbaric act. Ebere Amarizu, the Command’s spokesman, […]
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Friday, July 22nd, 2016
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Global health experts, scientists and others will storm Lagos next week to brainstorm on emerging deadly diseases threatening the African continent. The Lagos State Government in collaboration with Global Emerging Pathogens Treatment Consortium (GET), the West African Task Force for Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreaks (WATER), […]
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Thursday, July 21st, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA ABAKALIKI NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ebonyi state Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS, has intercepted an Edo state bound 18-seater bus conveying suspected victims of human trafficking, who are mostly underage children. According to the agency, the bus took off from Bekwara in Cross River state en-route Edo state, South-South […]
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Thursday, July 21st, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Benin EDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The dream of the opposition peoples Democratic party (PDP) to unseat the ruling All progressive Congress (APC) in the September 10 Governorship election in Edo State, has suffered a major set back, as the Campaign Director for the party’s candidate Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu, Mallam Balarable Saidu, […]
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Thursday, July 21st, 2016
By Seun Adebosin LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Non-Governmental organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended the Court of Appeal ruling on the use of Hijab in Lagos, saying it has restored hope in the judiciary as the last hope of the common man. MURIC which noted that the five judges who gave […]
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Thursday, July 21st, 2016
By Seun Adebosin LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Court of Appeal in Lagos has upturned the ruling of a State High Court on its ruling which placed ban on the use of Hijab by female Students in the State’s public schools. The court in its unanimous ruling Thursday declared that the court’s ban on […]
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Thursday, July 21st, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU , NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely eight months the Enugu State House of Assembly summoned some former Commissioners and contractors that handled various projects during the administration of ex- Governor Sullivan Chime, the Legialative House has again, called on Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to revoke with immediate effect all contractual agreements […]
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
The Bayelsa State Government has called on students of the Niger Delta University (NDU) to blame their lecturers for the continuous shut down of the institution, government has done its part to end the strike. The advice came following reports that some students of the university were planning to take to the streets this Wednesday to protest the […]
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Sunday, July 17th, 2016
– Fixes Primary For August 27 Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ONDO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the time-table and schedule of activities for the conduct of the Party’s 2016 Governorship Primary Election in Ondo State. The Party’s National Organising Secretary, Senator Osita Izunaso made the announcement in a statement […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2016
A new group, Network for the Sustainable Development and Empowerment in Borno South (NSDE) has emerged with an avowed determination to champion Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, Reintegration and Resettlement while stressing the position of reconciliation in Southern Borno which has been ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency. A statement by its coordinator, Brig. Gen. DB Shaljaba (rtd) the new […]
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Saturday, July 16th, 2016
Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has described the late Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice NikI Tobi, as “an ambassador of the Ijaw nation” who lived a life of selfless devotion, integrity and honour in the service of the nation. He died on June 17 at the National Hospital, Abuja, barely one month to his […]
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Friday, July 15th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Parents of the two young sisters that died recently at Oakland Amusement Park Enugu, following the alleged malfunctioning of its Roller coaster machine while on motion with the deceased and family members, may likely drag the park owner to court over the incident. AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered that […]
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Friday, July 15th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA ASABA NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A 50 year- old woman, identified as Felicia Otor has met her untimely death in Delta state, as she was electrocuted by electricity cable which fell as a result of a blast from a nearby transformer. African Examiner gathered that the woman before the unfortunate incident was waiting […]
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Wednesday, July 13th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA ENUGU NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of (3,916) ghost workers have been uncovered by an audit panel set up by Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to conduct staff audit bio metric capturing exercise in the17 councils of the state. Chairman of the panel and Speaker, Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon. […]
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has revealed details of how funds from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), were transferred into Mr.Ayodele Fayose’s personal bank account. According to an affidavit filed by the anti-graft agency, the slush fund was channeled through Musiliu Obanikoro, former Minister of […]
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki EBONYI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has made it compulsory for all serving Commissioners in his administration to go into rice farming. To this end, they have been allocated plots of lands at the Ezillo Government Farm in Ishielu Local council Area of the state, as part of the first […]
