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Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) on Tuesday added a new dimension to election re-run held in Abia North Senatorial district in Abia state, describing it as “robbery”. In the re-run election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and ordered by the court, the PPA candidate and former governor […]
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it would no longer tolerate the illegal activities of land grabbers otherwise known as Omo-Onile, just as it warned that anyone found using such to disturb public peace and illegally disposes people of their property would be prosecuted in accordance with relevant criminal […]
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
By Collins Amadi The alleged abductor of Ese Oruru, Yinusa Dahiru (Yellow) has been arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Yinusa and 14-year-old Ese were moved last week from Kano to the police Force headquarters in Abuja. The accused was slammed with a five count charge, including: […]
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Monday, March 7th, 2016
By Niyi Adeyi, Lagos Following the crisis in the Mile 12-Ketu area of Lagos State last week, the State House of Assembly has called on the state government to consider a relocation of the Mile 12 market. Reacting to the crisis that occurred in the market last week, where some people lost their lives and […]
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Monday, March 7th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has declared that even if the State was invaded by one million armed men of the Department of State Service (DSS) on the order of President Mohammadu Buhari, the government and the people of the State will never be intimidated to surrender governance of […]
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Sunday, March 6th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri The secretariat of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Owerri, the Imo State capital, was on Saturday thrown into pandemonium, as members of two factions of the party engaged themselves in a free-for- all fight. PDP in the state has been in a serious crisis since 2015 general elections, a […]
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Sunday, March 6th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos Lagos, nigeria (African Examiner) – The three kidnapped girls of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, Ikorodu were on Sunday rescued by the police and other security agencies. The girls were rescued around Imota area of Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria, with three suspects arrested by the police in connection with the kidnap. It was […]
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Sunday, March 6th, 2016
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, said it has become clear to it and other Rivers people why Nyesom Wike killed and maimed his way to power as Rivers State Governor. The APC noted that the revelation is coming to light as information now revealed that the governor allocated a whopping N15 […]
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2016
By Niyi Adeyi The combined search team of security operatives which has been trailing the abducted three girls of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu, a Lagos suburb, have traced the victims to Arepo enclave, in Ifo Local Council area of Ogun State. The operatives said they have the hint that the kidnapped girls were […]
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2016
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday ordered the closure of the Mile 12 Market, following a bloody clash between Hausas and Yoruba community in the area. Three people were feared dead and houses razed in the mayhem on Thursday as soldiers were drafted to forestall peace. The governor also announced imposition of curfew […]
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has constituted a five-man panel to investigate the level of involvement of some career public civil servants in partisan politics, with a view to saving the civil service of the state from destruction by politicians. Members of the panel include Mr. Renner Tiebiri […]
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2016
By Seun Adebosin BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following an ethnic clash between some Hausa and Yoruba boys, there is a breakdown of law and order in Mile 12 area, a Lagos suburb and its environs. Details of the uprising are still sketchy, but sources confirmed to our Correspondent that some properties, including a school […]
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state has alerted members of the public on the hacking of his cell phone line by unknown persons. Chief press Secretary, (CPS) to the Governor, Uwakwe Abugu, in a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu, the State capital, indicated that the criminal act happened on […]
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
By Ayo Balogun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Wednesday promised his government will spare no effort to ensure the safe release of the three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School in Ikorodu area of the State. The Governor in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, […]
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers State chapter, has reacted to the allegation of rigging against it, of the incoming State and National Assembly rescheduled polls, by Governor Nyesom Wike, saying the Governor is being hunted by his devilish and mischievous past. To this end, the party has advised Wike […]
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Abakaliki Abakaliki, Ebonyi State – The deadly Lassa fever disease has claimed the life of a ten year old boy in Ebonyi state, making it two people that have been killed by the disease in the state in the last two months. Dr. Daniel Umezurike, the state Commissioner for Health disclosed this […]
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
The Bayelsa State Government has frowned against frequent recourse to protests by various aggrieved groups, but expressed commitment to the welfare of pensioners in the State. A statement issued on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said government and representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Trade Union […]
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Monday, February 29th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The younger sister of Bayelsa State governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has been rescued after spending over two months in the hands of kidnappers. A statement issued on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said 26 year old Nancy Dickson, was rescued on Sunday evening […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara Scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as (petrol) has hit Enugu State, leading to almost 50 percent increase in transport fare and some commodities. When AFRICAN EXAMINER Correspondent who has been monitoring the development went round Enugu, the State capital Saturday, it was observed that the product was being sold for […]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Abakaliki The Ebonyi state police command has arrested an indigene of Amasiri community in Afikpo North council Area of Ebonyi State, identified as Mr. Ikiri Okugo for allegedly inflicting severe machete cuts on a police officer (name withheld). Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO of the command, George Okafor who made this known […]
