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Friday, November 20th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa Restoration Campaign Organisation has denied any complicity in the alleged attack on members of the AllProgresives Congress (APC) members in Oweigbenecommunity in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state which the party said led to death. In a statement by the Director of Publicity of the organization, Jonathan […]
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Thursday, November 19th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State recorded a major boost to his re-election bid yesterday when former governorship aspirant, Arc Reuben Okoya and over 10,000 others from various communities in the Bayelsa Central Senatorial District endorsed him for the December 5 election in the state. From one community to the […]
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Imo, Latest Headlines, News, News From The State
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Traditional rulers in the South- Eastern Nigeria, have advised their dethroned Chairman, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya to toe the line of honour and stop parading himself as the chairman It would be recalled that the Imo State Government, in 2014 ousted Eze Ilomuanya, who was then the traditional ruler of Obinugwu Autonomous […]
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Thursday, November 19th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki The Executive Secretary of Ebonyi state Emergency Management Agency, (SEMA), Pastor Ken Oziomaeze and its Chairman, Evangelist Ephraim Ononye, are presently fighting each other to finish over who controls the outfit. AFRICAN EXAMINER gathered from a source close to the agency that the cold war between the two leaders of the […]
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kinsmen of ex- President Goodluck Jonathan in Ogbia kingdom, Ogbia Local Government Area of the state, have expressed their determination to work for the re-election of Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, as a reward for his performance in his first term. The governor and his entourage were in Ogbia kingdom […]
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has applauded the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to stay away from the campaign of All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in the state, Prince Abubakar Audu, saying the move has reinforced the belief of Kogi electorate about the seriousness of the current administration’s […]
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
Barring last minute change of mind, the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and its Governorship candidate in the December 5 polls, Chief Timipre Sylva have perfected plans to import women groups from neighbouring states to protest in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital against the re-election bid of Governor Seriake Dickson who […]
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ijaw Youth Congress (Central Zone) in Bayelsa State, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged misuse of public funds through contracts awards at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to support the campaign of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Timipriye Sylva, in the state. In a statement issued […]
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Lagos, Latest Headlines, News, News From The State
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun The Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. Abdul-Hakeem Abdul-Lateef has restated resolve of the State Government to resist hate preaching from Christian or Muslim Clerics, reputed for falsehood and spreading mischief about another faith. The Commissioner disclosed this Tuesday at a Press Briefing organized by the Ministry to commemorate the “International […]
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Benin City Angered by recent media attack on the Esama of Benin kingdom and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion by the Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, women from parts of the state on Tuesday staged a protest against the outburst. The protesters, made up of young and […]
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
By Abdul Gaffar Bello About 72 hours to the election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Tuesday it will deploy three National Commissioners and 11 Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to monitor the Kogi Governorship poll, slated for Saturday, November 21, 2015. The Commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the disclosure in Lokoja, the State […]
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has handed over assorted lorry load of relief items to victims of torrent rain/wind storm disaster in Uburu, Ohaozara Council Area of Ebonyi state. The Council area which is the home town of Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, and incumbent Governor, David […]
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The South east Governors forum on Tuesday announced its resolve to convene an emergency meeting of stakeholders to deliberate on the continued protest of Biafran groups in south east and south- South regions. This came less than two hours the General officer Commanding GOC, 82 Division Nigerian Army Enugu, Brigadier General […]
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has raised alarm that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has perfected plans to rig the December 5 governorship election in the state. The party said yesterday that some of the strategies to be used were already being put in place while others have […]
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
The Lagos State Government has charged allottees of State lands, particularly those within Victoria Island, Ikoyi, Lekki 1 & 2 and Abijo Residential Schemes, to take physical possession and develop the plots allocated to them on or before December 14, 2015. The Permanent Secretary, Lands Bureau, Mr. Bode Agoro, who gave the directive on behalf […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa Elders Council, (BEC) have asked the Federal government to be cautious in the deployment of troops, especially the soldiers for unlawful duties or to rig the election. They warned that any attempt to manipulate the December 5th Governorship election in Bayelsa State will reverse the gains of democracy in […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
Former Kano Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau has predicted victory for Governor Seriake Dickson and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the December 5 election in the state. Shekarau, who made the prediction on Monday in Kolokuma/Opokuma when he joined Dickson in continuation of his community-to-community tour, said he felt convinced the PDP would win the election […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The official flag off of Sylva/Igiri governorship campaign suffered a serious setback on Monday in Sagbama, Bayelsa State with the absence of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) governors and other chieftains of the Party. The National Chairman of the Party, Chief John Oyegun and his Deputy for the South West, […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde has canvassed support for the migration of analogue broadcasting to digital as a way of boosting the standard of television broadcasting in the country. He thus commended the management of Lagos State Television for quality broadcasting over its three and half […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia Hell was let lose at the weekend in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia state, as traders at the popular Ahia Ohuu market clashed with overzealous members of the Aba Urban Renewal (AUR) Committee task force set up by the state government to sanitize the city. The fracas, left no […]
