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Friday, September 18th, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, the Imo state capital has quashed two separate but similar appeals brought before it by the Abia state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the gubernatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Dr. Alex Otti, and his party […]
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Friday, September 18th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Efforts by the Federal Government (FG) to tackle various problems of environmental disaster such as tsunamis, earthquakes, landslide and tremors in Southern Nigeria Wednesday received a boost, as it commissioned a modern seismic stations in Abakaliki Ebonyi State, south east Nigeria. Director General of the National […]
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Thursday, September 17th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | By Akin Soneyin BY AKIN SONEYIN – Members of Osun State Association of Medical and Dental Officers (OSAMDO) have indicated interest to embark on an indefinite industrial action later this month, due to backlog of unpaid salaries and remittance of contributory pension fund, which is deducted from their monthly pay. […]
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Thursday, September 17th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has called on the general public to ignore media reports of the purported “resignation” of a former Senior Special Assistant to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson on Non-Indigenes in the state, Mr Chinedu Mbah, describing him as ungrateful. Mbah was reported to have resigned due to indebtedness […]
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Thursday, September 17th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday approved the composition of Governing Councils for the tertiary institutions in the state. The Governor in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, listed the names of members of Governing Council for the Lagos State University, […]
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Thursday, September 17th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday, premised his decision to contest for a second term as Governor based on the strength of his impressive scorecard of achievements in the last three and half years. According to him, his achievements surpassed the abysmal performance of members of the All […]
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Monday, September 14th, 2015
With less than three months to the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa State, Senato Foster Ogola, representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly, has expressed optimism that the incumbent governor of the State, Henry Seriaki Dickson would be reelected because his contenders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) “are all expired politicians.” Speaking with […]
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Monday, September 14th, 2015
By Akin Soneyin – The mild tussle surrounding the installment of the new Oni of Ife, might have been finally laid to rest as the ancient town kingmakers, Monday demand one of contending ruling houses – Giesi family, to produce qualified candidate (s) to succeed the recently departed Monarch, Late Oba Okunade Sijuwade. Addressing press […]
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Monday, September 14th, 2015
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has asked the governorship aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Alaibe, to forget his ambition describing him as “a desperate power monger and a traitor to the Ijaw nation” who lacks the vision to govern the state. The party also revealed how Alaibe donated N10 billion […]
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Monday, September 14th, 2015
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Following a heavy downpour which caused river to overflow its banks in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, hectares of cultivated lands with crops matured for harvest have been swamped in two communities of the Council. Gimbi and Mavo adjoining the Wase River have suffered heavy loss from […]
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Sunday, September 13th, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has expressed worry over lack of modern and befitting hospitals in parts of South East, Nigeria. He regretted that none of the five states in the region can boast of a 21st century hospitals capable of meeting the health needs of the people in the […]
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Sunday, September 13th, 2015
Osun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned last week’s payment of N20 billion by Governor Rauf Aregbesola from the N35billion bailout funds he got, to a road contractor (Slava Yediteppe) when the state workforce are being owed 9 months outstanding salary. The party in a statement issued by Prince Diran Odeyemi, […]
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Sunday, September 13th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun – The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the performance of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in the first 100 days as dismal and projected to continue with unclear policies. The party said “there is no doubt that Governor Ambode is overwhelmed by the wrath he discovered and inherited […]
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Saturday, September 12th, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Angered by the continued abysmal performance of the Rangers international FC of Enugu in the nation’s football cycle, there are strong indications that the state government has concluded plans to send the club’s management parking. The flying Antelopes, as the team is fondly called has featured in the Nigeria’s domestic […]
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Saturday, September 12th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Onitsha – The popular Afor- Nkpor, in New Tarzan area of the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, was thrown into tension, as a nine-year-old primary school girl was crushed to death by a liquor haulage van, which also left 24 persons seriously injured. According to an eyewitness, who wished not to […]
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Saturday, September 12th, 2015
One of the vibrant delegates in the 2014 National Conference and advocate of derivation and resource control, Senator Nimi Barigha-Amange, has given a major boost to the re-election bid of Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson. Senator Amange, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), announced his support while receiving the governor at […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
Some former employees of Radio Port Harcourt have issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the management of 91.7 Radio Port Harcourt for the payment of their outstanding salaries, pension fund and leave bonuses. The former employees, who left the company over a year ago, are being owed salaries and other entitlements ranging from four to eight […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Prince Chibudom Nwuche has called on politicians in Rivers State to eschew the negative culture of bitterness, blackmail and chicanery in their desperate bid to witch-hunt and denigrate political opponents from the state, all in an attempt to pull down Rivers sons and daughters and stop […]
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Thursday, September 10th, 2015
The Ijaw Young Professionaals in Bayelsa State has denounced the claim that about N1.5 b was spent to host the recent declaration of Governor Seriake Dickson for a second term in office. Dickson had last Tuesday at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, the state capital, made a formal declaration in the presence of his […]
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Thursday, September 10th, 2015
*Flays His Policy Thrust On Dredging The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Thursday made mockery of the idea of dredging as a major policy thrust by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Timi Alaibe, if elected governor, describing it as ridiculous. The PDP said Alaibe is interested in dredging because […]
