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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
…Abolishes Leave Allowances By Ignatius Okpara, Owerri IMO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite threat by the Imo state chapter of Nigeria Labour congress (NLC), to resist plan by Governor Rochas Okorocha to reduce the working days of civil servants in the State, the Governor has gone ahead to announce the decision. Workers in the state […]
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
By IGANTIUS OKPARA The Edo state chapter of the People’s Democratic party PDP, has again been thrown into confusion, as its Chairman, in ward 11, Etsako West Local council Area of the state, Chief Sunday Edehor, dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC just few weeks to the governorship poll in the state. Edehor, […]
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing probe of the administration of the immediate past Governor of Enugu State, Bar. Sullivan Chime, by the State’s House of Assembly, continued Tuesday, as the lawmakers, resolved to look into the internally Generated Revenue (IGR) accrued to Chime’s administration which lasted between 2008 and […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has called on his political opponents, the All Progressives Congress (APC) to use their contacts to bring federal appointments and projects to the state rather than embarking on divisive tendencies polarise the people. He also criticised the non-inclusion of Bayelsans at the federal level […]
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Monday, August 1st, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Owerri IMO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than 24 hours the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, announced his plan to reduce the normal working days from 5 to 3 a week, as well as slash workers monthly salaries, the State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has vowed to resist the […]
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Sunday, July 31st, 2016
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday embarked on an extensive tour of the Eko Atlantic City project, expressing confidence that the initiative will not only boost the economy of the State, but also increase its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). Governor Ambode, who was accompanied on the tour by members of the State Executive Council, pledged […]
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Sunday, July 31st, 2016
…Says Dialogue Remains Best Option Bayelsa State Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, has reaffirmed that dialogue remains the best option to the amicable resolution of the security challenges bedevilling the Niger Delta region. He therefore called on the Federal Government to engage in dialogue with the youths, “because military option is not a solution” to the […]
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Saturday, July 30th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara IMO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, says his administration may highly likely reduce working days from five to three to enable the government cut workers’ salaries. Briefing newsmen in Owerri, the Imo State capital on the state of affairs in Imo, the Governor, said he is making the consideration based […]
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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 […]
