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Sunday, October 11th, 2015
Enugu State government has concluded plans to pull down all structures buildings erected without Town Planning approval or that constitute nuisance that may obstruct the new Enugu State Urban Renewal. The plan according to the state,is part of measure to develop the three senatorial zones of the state. AFRICAN EXAMINER reliably gathered that there will […]
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Sunday, October 11th, 2015
The Police in Delta State at the weekend arrested a Fulani herdsman in connection with the kidnapping of a middle-aged man, identified as Celestine Elege, in Ibusa community of the state. Celestina Kalu, the state police public Relations officer, PPRO, who disclosed this in a statement said that the suspect was nabbed in the bush […]
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Sunday, October 11th, 2015
Efforts to reconcile aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Bayelsa State by the leadership of the party have continued to proved abortive. Already, a faction led by the state chairman of the party, Tiwe Oruminige, hasi threatened to mobilise support and ensure that his members vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
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Friday, October 9th, 2015
*Advocate More funding to Fight The Scourge By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An international non-governmental organisation, NGO, Civil Society for HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, CISHAN, Enugu State chapter, has alerted the people and government of Enugu State of the present alarming rate of HIV infection in the state. According to the organisation, […]
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Friday, October 9th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Indigenes of Isoko ethnic nationality, resident in Bayelsa State have thrown their weight behind the second term bid of the state governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson. They said their support to Dickson followed series of joint meetings and elaborate consultations. President of Isoko Development Union (IDU), Bayelsa State chapter, Idama Michael, […]
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Thursday, October 8th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has charged newly-appointed political office holders in the state to add value to governance or prepare to be dropped. Governor Ahmed gave the charge at the Government House, Ilorin during the swearing in of the Secretary to the Kwara State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, […]
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned professor of pediatrics and senior consultant at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu, Professor. Mrs. Henrietta Okafor, has dragged his younger brothers to a federal high court in Enugu, asking for take over of their late father’s company and assets. The plaintiff, […]
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved the suspension of four Council chairmen for allegedly diverting funds meant for payment of two months workers salaries. The suspension followed a request letter sent to the lawmakers by Governor Adams Oshiomhole, which was signed by Secretary to the State Government SSG, Mr […]
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
More companies based in Lagos may be sanctioned for not adhering to the safety measures put in place by the state government. This is hinged on the commencement of Lagos State Safety Commission’s move to commence a safety inspection exercise of companies across the state. The exercise which is anchored on the directive of Lagos […]
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
The crisis of confidence bedeviling the Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepened yesterday when the fuss over choice of running mate to the governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva, shifted to his Abuja palatial home leading to hot exchanges. In the process, Sylva was said to have got a hot slap on his […]
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Monday, October 5th, 2015
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to overhaul the Department of State Services (DSS) and other intelligence agencies in the aftermath of last Friday’s Abuja bombing. The party said it was sad and concern about the resurgence of terrorism and renewed attacks on the Federal Capital Territory, with last Friday’s bombings […]
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Monday, October 5th, 2015
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has called on all former leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to return to the party without further delay and join him in his re-election for the development of the state. His call came yesterday in the light of […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The popular Obollo-afor market in Udenu Council area of Enugu state was over the weekend thrown into pandemonium, as an ancestral tree fell during a heavy down pour, killing a woman, her daughter, and a roadside auto mechanic. According to the Enugu state police public Relations […]
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Sunday, October 4th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ‘Mangrove Boys of Bayelsa’, a body gradually becoming a pressure group in Bayelsa State, has debunked claims that its planned 10,000-man protest against the candidacy of former governor Timipre Sylva was being sponsored by the state government. Rather, the protest now scheduled to hold in Yenagoa, the state capital, […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Enugu State Command, Friday paraded a woman identified as Nchechi Isioko, for allegedly attempting to sell her one month old baby boy for One Hundred Thousand Niara (100,000), along side ten young suspected prostitutes who were arrested in […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Thursday dismissed the ambition of a former governor of the State and governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the December 5 election, Timipre Sylva, describing him as unelectable. The State Secretary of PDP, Keku Godspower, who made this […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has described as untrue, misleading and a calculated attempt by the All Progressives Congress, APC and its cronies to score cheap political points, the allegation that, the Government was responsible for the death of one Mr. Peter Ogiero. The deceased was said to have committed suicide […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress ( APC ), governorship candidate in Kogi state, Abubakar Audu, has been described as an anti thesis to everything the party stands for. A group called ‘ Concerned Professionals in Kogi APC’ made this declaration in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to the group, […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2015
From Collins Amadi BALTIMORE, MD, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi has appealed to Nigerians to support, as well as pray for the present administration, if it must achieve its goals. Amaechi’s plea was contained in his 55th Independence […]
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Thursday, October 1st, 2015
*Says Firm Has No Safety Measure In Place The Lagos State Safety Commission has put stop-work-order on Hongxing Steel Company Limited to stop operations for safety violations. The stop order, according to a statement by Lola Jagunmolu, head of press/public relations unit of the commission, was placed on Wednesday, 30th September, 2015, when Director General, […]
