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Friday, May 13th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The police in Enugu on Thursday hinted that its men have made some arrest in connection with the recent Fulani herdsmen attack and killing of dozens of residents of Nimbo community in Uzo Uwani council area of Enugu state, just as it paraded scores of suspects. Emmanuel Ojukwu, the new Police […]
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Thursday, May 12th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government will commence payment of salaries of Local Government Council workers on Monday next week, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Jonathan Obuebite, has assured. He also announced a 30 per cent pay cut for all political appointees in the state. Speaking with journalists on Thursday evening […]
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Thursday, May 12th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Wednesday inaugurated Mr. Maxwell Embeleyi Ebibai as the State Commissioner for Finance. Until his appointment, Ebibai was the Vice President,,Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). Delivering his charge at the swearing-in ceremony at the Executive Council Chambers of Government House, Yenagoa, Dickson explained […]
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has called on members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nationwide to work assiduously towards getting back power at the national level in 2019 general elections. The governor threw the challenge during the State Congress of the PDP in Yenagoa, where he urged the […]
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara EBONYI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EAXMINER) – The entire Nkwegu community near Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital thrown into pandemonium, Monday as no fewer than 200 naked women from Afikpo-South council Area of the state staged a protest over the alleged continued detention of the President General of the community, Mr. Ndubuisi Ekumankama, by […]
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia Workers of the Abia state Ministry of Lands and Survey, were thrown into shock monday, as one of their colleagues, simply identified as De Nwankwo, committed suicide at his home in Ihe Ndume, Umuahia North council Area of the state over four months salary arrears owed him. The deceased, in a […]
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara EBONYI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EAXMINER) – The entire Nkwegu community near Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital was on Monday thrown into pandemonium, as no fewer than 200 naked women from Afikpo-South council Area of the state staged a protest over the alleged continued detention of the President General of the community, Mr. Ndubuisi […]
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
OSUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Deputy Speaker, Hon. Lasun Yusuf will be among the alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Osun State, expected to brainstorm on sustainable national development, this Saturday, May 14, 2016. on Saturday May 14, leads other prominent alumnus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State to brainstorm on sustainable national development. […]
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Ayo Afolabi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavily armed policemen Monday took over the premises of the crisis-ridden Edo State House of Assembly to avert possible breakdown of law and order by the lawmakers. Our Correspondent observed that no fewer than 10 police Hilux patrol vans as well as an Armoured Personnel […]
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Monday, May 9th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Monday uncovered plots by some powerful members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to arrest and abduct some of its major stakeholders in Nembe constituency One, Nembe Local Government Area of the state. The acting chairman of the party, Mr. Cleopas […]
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Sunday, May 8th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force has smashed a notorious kidnapping syndicate operating in Kaduna State by the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Response Team. This is in line with the resolve to make the country safe and secure for the citizens of Nigeria, Six members of the syndicate […]
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Sunday, May 8th, 2016
YENAGOA, BAYELSA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government has restated its determination to carry out far-reaching reforms in the service, towards eliminating payroll and other fraudulent activities. The decision was line with its ongoing efforts at repositioning the State public service for effective service delivery. Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, in a statement issued on Sunday […]
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Sunday, May 8th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former spokesman of the Nigeria police force, Emmanuel Ojukwu, has officially assumed duty as the new Enugu state Commissioner of police CP. The state police public Relations officer, PPRO, Ebere Amarizu, disclosed this on saturday to AFRICAN EXAMINER in Enugu. According to Amarizu, before the new […]
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Sunday, May 8th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angered by the recent attack on Ukpabi-Nimbo Community, in Uzo-Uwani council Area of Enugu State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, members of the Enugu State House of Assembly, have asked President Mohammadu Buhari, to redeploy all the security chiefs in the state. The lawmakers made the call […]
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Sunday, May 8th, 2016
YENAGOA, BAYELSA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has charged the newly sworn in commissioner for Education, Deacon Markson Fefegha, to restructure the education sector by collaborating with stakeholders and streamline efforts made in the sector in the last four years. A statement issued on Saturday night by the Chief Press Secretary […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2016
YENAGOA, BAYELSA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Henry Seriake Dickson has set up a nine member judicial commission of inquiry to investigate fraudulent falsification of government payroll and other accounts. The measure was part of his efforts to sanitize the civil service and entrench corporate governance in the State. Already, workers […]
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Saturday, May 7th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Abakaliki High Court in Ebonyi State, South- East Nigeria has sentenced two people to death by hanging for kidnapping a medical Doctor. AFRICAN EXAMINER recalled that the Ebonyi State House of Assembly had passed into law, a bill that prohibits kidnapping in the state. The convicts, Onyemachi Oge, a […]
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Thursday, May 5th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Onitsha Tension has enveloped a settlement known as Kara Market, along Atani Road, in Ogbaru near Onitsha, Anambra state, South East- Nigeria, following an explosion that rocked the area Wednesday, leaving 12 people with various degrees of injuries. The Anambra state police public Relations officer, PPRO, Ali Okechukwu, who confirmed the incident […]
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Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu, Abakaliki BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to checkmate the nefarious activities of fulani herdsmen in parts of Nigeria, including the south east region, the Ebonyi state government says it is now contemplating creating special grazing routes for the herdsmen. The state Governor, Dave Umahi, disclosed this on […]
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Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 13 civil society organizations on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest over the recent killing of scores of indigens of Nimbo community in Enugu State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, just as the state government is to open internally displaced camp (IDP) in the area. Addressing […]
