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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, […]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the December 5 governorship election. Chief Sylva polled 981 votes to defeat, Mr. Godknows Powell, who scored 39 votes in a rescheduled primary conducted at the state […]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER)- As Nigeria celebrates 55 years of independence and Bayelsa marks 19 years of its creation, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson has urged Bayelsans and Nigerians to remain focused and be supportive to the Governments at all levels. The governor in a statement issued on Wednesday night by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel […]
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2015
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Abdul Gaffar Bello BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the approval of the National Assembly (NASS) for a fresh World Bank loan of $200 Million on behalf of Lagos State. This was made known Tuesday in Mr. President’s letter to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his […]
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has been tipped for victory ahead of the December 5 governornorship election Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ), Prince Uche Secondus, said this at the party’s secretariat on Tuesday in Abuja during the presentation of Certificate of […]
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Monday, September 28th, 2015
By Abdul Gaffar Bello BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has ordered cancellation of the last week Bayelsa State’s Governorship primary as well as conduct of a fresh poll. APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, gave the directive Monday after the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja. His […]
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Monday, September 28th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja resumed hearing today Monday 28 September with witnesses of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC struggling to justify all the irregularities evident in the exhibits before the court. The witnesses who were mainly former members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC added […]
