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Wednesday, December 30th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Restoration Campaign Organisation, an agency of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Wednesday denied reports that Governor Henry Seriake Dickson was at the Presidential Vila to see President Muhammadu Buhari but was prevented from meeting him. The RCO described it as “lies and figment of the imagination” of […]
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The Enugu state police command has arrested the town union president of Okwojo, Ngwo community in Udi council Area of Enugu state, Denis Ozongwu, and three other natives of the area over their alleged involvement in the killing of a prominent lawyer, late Barr. Ejimofor Ozongwu. The deceased, who hails from same […]
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Sunday, December 27th, 2015
The Chairman of Southern Ijaw Local Government, Chief Remember Ogbe, has in strong terms, debunked claims by the Bayelsa State chapter of APC that Governor Seriake Dickson assaulted him in government house after the governor ‘‘lost’’ the election in Southern Ijaw in spite of what APC called a ‘‘spending spree to win Southern Ijaw.’’ While describing the […]
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Thursday, December 24th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Youths of Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State have declared total support and re-affirmed their resolve to vote massively for Governor Henry Seriake Dickson in the re-scheduled January 9 election in the area. The youths, represented by the Presidents of the various communities in the LG, in an enlarged meeting with […]
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Thursday, December 24th, 2015
No fewer than 100 people were feared dead Thursday morning during a gas plant explosion, which occurred in Nnewi, Anambra, South East Nigeria. The Christmas eve disaster, it was reported occurred at 11am, following a spark as a commercial truck was discharging its product at a gas plant, Inter Corp Oil Ltd. Many were also […]
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Thursday, December 24th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has called on Bayelsans to imbibe the positive attributes of peace, love and forgiveness, which Christ propagated, lived and died for. Governor Dickson, who made the call in his Christmas message to the people of the State, reminded […]
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Delta, Featured, Latest Headlines, News From The State
Thursday, December 24th, 2015
By Abdul Gaffar Bello A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the appeals filed by the Governorship candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olorogun O’ tega Emerhor, and Labour Party (LP), Chief Great Ogboru, both contesting the victory of the incumbent Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa in the April 11, 2015 poll. […]
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Wednesday called on Muslims in Nigeria to offer special prayers for greater peace, unity and continuous progress of the country, as they join their counterparts across the world to celebrate this year’s Eid El Maulud – the birth of Prophet Muhammad. Ambode in a statement signed by his Chief […]
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has described the N6.8 trillion 2016 federal budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday as a big fraud and executive conspiracy tailored towards mortgaging the future of the nation. The party queried President Buhari’s decision to borrow N2 trillion, the biggest in the history of the […]
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Asaba Commercial Tricycle operators otherwise known as (Keke), on Tuesday took to the streets of Asaba, the Delta state capital, to protest what they described as government exploitation through double ticketing. The protesters had expressed displeasure over the sudden increase in their daily ticket payment from 150 to 300 naira without pre information to […]
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Monday, December 21st, 2015
By Abdul Gaffar Bello A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has reserved ruling on the appeal filed before it by the Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku. The leading Judge, Abdul Aboki, Monday declined ruling after listening to adoption of written addresses by counsels to all parties. The State Governor’s victory about two months ago […]
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Sunday, December 20th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), Restoration Campaign Organization in Bayelsa has uncovered plot by the All Progressives Congress, (APC) to mislead the innocent voters through the spread of falsehood and propaganda particularly people of Southern Ijaw local government area of the state as regards the January 9, 2016 rescheduled election and the […]
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Friday, December 18th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson on Friday put the average statistics of the voters that took part in the December 5, 2015, governorship election at 40 per cent, contrary to the claim of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva. He made the clarification while featuring on […]
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Friday, December 18th, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A state high court sitting in Enugu and presided over by Justice R. O. Odugu on Friday nullified the purported impeachment of the immediate past Deputy Governor of the state, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi and ordered the restoration of all his rights and entitlements from the time of his removal up […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Thursday presented the year 2016 Budget proposal of N662.588billion to the State’s House of Assembly, with a pledge that his administration will not only implement the budget faithfully, but also ensure that it works in the best interest of Lagosians. The Governor who christened the 2016 […]
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
By Abdul Gaffar Bello A court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upturned the election which declared as the winner, incumbent Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Leading the three-man panel, Justice M. Dongban-Mensem ruled that the April 11 State’s Governorship election failed to comply substantially with the Electoral Act. He resolved the seven grounds of […]
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2015
A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of the Speaker, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Uko. Justice Moshood Oredola Abdulrahman-led three man panel ruled that Aniekan Uko who is representing Ibesikpo Asuntan constituency was not validly elected. The court held that the election tribunal which sat in […]
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun The Lagos State Police Command has disclosed that 220 people were murdered in the State between January and November, 2015 while the police killed 40 armed robbers who engaged the force in gun battle. State Police Commissioner (CP), Fatai Owoseni who gave the statistics at the 9th Town Hall Meeting on Security […]
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Benin City Edo state Governor, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, has presented a budget of N111.5 billion for the 2016 fiscal year to the State’s House of Assembly for approval. Christened, “Budget of Finishing Well”, the 2016 budget is 12.6 per cent lower than the 2015, which was revised downward to N127.01 billion […]
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Monday, December 14th, 2015
…C’ttee to submit report within 60 days The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, on Monday inaugurated a 6 member Judicial Commission of Inquiry with an 8 point terms of reference to probe the reported violence that trailed the conduct of the re-scheduled governorship election in Southern Ijaw LGA. The commission is expected to […]
