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Friday, November 27th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Trouble is currently brewing in Kogi State over who picks the All Progressives Congress governorship ticket for the December 5, 2015 supplementary election. The APC governorship candidate in the November 21, 2015 election in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, had last Sunday passed away after the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
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Friday, November 27th, 2015
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has denied allegations of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which, among others, stated that the state government was habouring criminals and that it was planning to rig the December 5 governorship election by recruiting thugs who would wear military and police uniforms on election day. The PDP […]
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Thursday, November 26th, 2015
BALITIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The second term bid of Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Wednesday got yet a major boost as all the communities in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state declared their support for him. The local government has the third largest population in the state and the governor’s local […]
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Thursday, November 26th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The youth wing of the apex Igbo socio cultural organization, OHANEZE Youth Council [OYC], says it has commenced negotiation with the Federal Government for a political solution to resolve the issues surrounding the ongoing protests by pro- Biafran groups. Two Biafran organzations, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement For […]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has said community development would be a major priority of his administration when re-elected. In an interview with newsmen on Wednesday, he said his shift in focus to community development became necessary in view of its immense possibilities among the rural dwellers in the area of economic integration and general […]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu State Government has dismissed the media report that the incumbent Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is instigating the probe, through the State’s House of Assembly, of his predecessor, Sullivan Chime. A press statement issued Wednesday by Governor Ugwuanyi’s Chief Press Secretary, Uwakwe Abugu, said the report was imaginary and did not […]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
By Akin Soneyin The appeal court panel sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, hearing the petition filed by Senator Buruji Kashamu, representing the Ogun East Senatorial district has been dissolved. The development was necessitated by allegation of compromise against the State’s Election Petition Tribunal, which recently ruled that there should be a re-run in […]
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and spokesman of Bayelsa State governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged multi-billion naira contracts scam at the Amnesty Programme. The spokesman, Miebi Bribena, who was said to be a major beneficiary […]
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mallam Abubakar Malami to immediately vacate his office for “harrying and misleading” the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) into arriving at an “unconstitutional decision” to allow the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) to substitute its candidate in the […]
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural development and Director General of Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organization of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri on Tuesday lost his home support to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). All the communities in his Ekeremor Local Government Area of the […]
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The immediate past Governor of Enugu State, Barrister Sullivan Iheanacho Chime, may soon be in for trouble should members of the State House of Assembly find him culpable in shoddy contracts allegedly awarded during his tenure. Speaker of the State’s Assembly, Hon. Edward Ubosi, had Tuesday during the plenary announced that […]
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
By Abdul Gaffar Bello The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Saturday, December 5, 2015, for the Kogi State Governorship supplementary election. It would be recalled the State’s INEC Returning Officer, Professor Emmanuel Kucha Sunday evening in Lokoja, the State capital, declared the Saturday, November 21, voting exercise inconclusive, as he held the total […]
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday said its candidate, Seriake Dickson, will hold the grand finale of his campaigns on the 28th of November in Yenagoa, the state capital, in what it claimed will be the “Mother of all rallies”. In a statement by […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Werinipre Seibarugu at the weekend lost over 2000 of his kinsmen as they defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at a campaign rally held in Gbarain and Ekpetiama clans of Yenagoa Local Government Area […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State at the weekend revisited the eligibility status of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the December 5 governorship election, Timipre Sylva, in reaction to an advertorial published by a concerned body, the Truth Movement of Nigeria. In a statement by the State […]
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
Prince Audu Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is leading Governor Idris Wada in the 11 local government elections released so far. The official results released so far is as follows: Omala LGA APC 9,228 PDP 10,517 Kabba Bunu LGA APC 9,659 PDP 7,768 Idah LGA APC 11,779 PDP 6,952 Yagba East APC 7,129 […]
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in November 21, 2015 governorship election in Kogi State, Prince Audu Abubakar is currently leading as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commence declaration of results from 21 local government areas. Our correspondent reports that Audu won in most of the local government areas in the Kogi West and East […]
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
The Independent National Electoral Commission says the Kogi State governorship election on Saturday was an improvement on previous polls conducted in the state. The Deputy Director of Publicity of INEC, Mr. Nick Dazang, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. He said although there were few challenges with regard […]
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Saturday, November 21st, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu A total of Forty-two different South east groups are to participate in a five million -man march for restructuring the Nigerian polity come December 2015. Organisers of the exercise, the Igbo Youth Movement, IYM, said it will take place in the five South-East States of Nigeria. Making this known after a […]
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Saturday, November 21st, 2015
The incumbent Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada could not do electronic accreditation Saturday morning, when he reached his polling unit, ahead of voting. Wada was subsequently given the incident form in line with the Electoral act and did the manual accreditation. His wife was however able to use the card reader and was accredited. The […]
