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Friday, May 8th, 2015
*Blames Mischief Makers, Reaffirms Support For Gov Dickson A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha has described as complete fallacy and an act of mischief, media reports that, he is planning to run for the governorship of Bayelsa State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC). Alamieyeseigha, popularly called “Governor-General of […]
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Friday, May 8th, 2015
Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi, has expressed the readiness of his Administration to handover on May 29. Amaechi who dismissed rumours he would not be handing over the reign of governance on the date, wondered what he would be doing in office after May 29. The Rivers state Governor averred that the entire cabinet has […]
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Friday, May 8th, 2015
*It is N250,000 to append his signature, 20% of every executed project, N6 million Naira for rectorship etc Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Education, Otunba Fatai Olukoga is allegedly enmeshed in a multi-million scam involving the appointment of a new Rector for the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH). Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, […]
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Thursday, May 7th, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The ever busy Agbani Road in Enugu metropolis, was on Wednesday thrown into anxiety, following the discovery of the dead body of a 65-year-old, woman, Agnes Elue, killed by her sales boy. A source in the area told African Examiner that trouble began when Agnes ordered her sales boy, identified […]
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Thursday, May 7th, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Benin City – Armed men suspected to be cultists have killed two middle age women and a 25 year old boy during their attack on the residence of some of their targets in Benin city, the Edo State capital. African Examiner gathered that the latest attack came following a recent call by […]
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Thursday, May 7th, 2015
A fresh crisis is looming in Bayelsa State between loyalists of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and supporters of Governor Seriake Dickson over who should control the political soul of the state. Already, a socio-cultural organization, Niger Delta Solidarity Forum, has accused the First Lady and her godson/presidential aide, Waripomowei Dudufa, of planning to […]
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Enugu State governor-elect, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has waded into the ongoing rift between governor Sullivan Chime and members of the state House of Assembly, calling on the two factions to sheath their swords and return to status quo for the amicable resolution of the contending issues. African Examiner reports that […]
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
By Eric Ojo – Worried by security and safety concerns, the Federal Government has down-graded the Asaba Airport which was built and commissioned by the Delta State Government under the leadership of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan. The down-grade of the Asaba Airport is coming at the heels of the failure of the Delta State Government to […]
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
By Niyi Adeyi – An Ikeja High Court Tuesday, ordered the remand in prison of nine suspects and charged one, over torture, attempted murder and sodomy of three female accused of stealing pepper at Oba Morufu International Market in Ejigbo, a Lagos suburb. The accused were arraigned before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye on an amended 19-count […]
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – A detachment of Police has sealed off and taken over the entrance of Enugu State House of Assembly. The two factional lawmakers led by the substantive Speaker, Rt. Hon. Eugene Odoh and his rival, Hon. Chinedu Nwamba, have also entangled in one another, in a seemingly show of supremacy. The […]
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Federal Capital Authority has spent a whooping N 750 Million to supervise the installation of traffic lights donated by the Chinese Government. The African Examiner online learnt that the Chinese Government donated the traffic lights for the areas not covered in FCT before free of charge. Our source however disclosed […]
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Monday, May 4th, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The lingering fuel scarcity across the country has hit harder, in Enugu State and its environs, as a litre of the commodity is now sold between N120 and N140 in some of the petrol stations selling. AFRICAN EXAMINER Correspondent who monitored the development in some parts of the state Monday, […]
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Monday, May 4th, 2015
The substantive Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Eugene Odoh, has decried the rumour making the round that he has been impeached by the factional members (G-9) led by Hon. Chinedu Nwamba. Odoh described the speculation which was circulated on social media Monday afternoon, as legislative recklessness and impunity on the […]
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Monday, May 4th, 2015
Ayo Balogun, Lagos – Tragedy struck at Pakoku area of Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria at the weekend as fire burns a three-year old boy to death. The little boy, by the name Abiodun Alabi was said to have been sleeping inside his parent apartment with a lit candle which caught fire and burnt the boy to […]
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Monday, May 4th, 2015
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Barely 48 hours after the the Taroh community in Wase LGA in the Southern Senatorial District of Plateau State in which over 500 people were killed by security operatives in a night raid that lasted for hours, no fewer than 30 persons have been confirmed dead in another fresh attack […]
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Monday, May 4th, 2015
*As Assembly Breaks Into 2 Factions FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – The lingering political war between governor Sullivan Chime, and members of the Enugu state House of Assembly worsened on Monday as 14 out of the 24 lawmakers, commenced the impeachment process of the governor. The group, led by factional Speaker, Eugene Odoh, said they […]
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Monday, May 4th, 2015
The Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has admonished Nigerian journalists to continue to support democracy, in order to move the nation forward. With this year’s World Press Freedom Day coming barely three weeks to the historic inauguration of General Muhammadu Buhari as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, having […]
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Monday, May 4th, 2015
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen – A man who specialises in supplying fuel and food to terrorists was Sunday morning nabbed in Daban Shata, suburb of Baga Borno State, North Eastern Nigeria. The hint was made public late Sunday in a post on Defence Headquarters official blog. The post indicated that the Military intelligence had been trailing […]
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2015
From Mustapha Abdul Salaam – The Kebbi State government has condemned last Thursday impeachment of the Speaker of State House of Assembly, Alhaji Hassan Shalla. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Garba Rabiu Kamba in a statement over the weekend, described the development which he indicated was carried out by a faction of the house, […]
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – Incoming Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode is to inherit N418.2 billion from Governor Babatunde Fashola, African Examiner authoritatively reports. In 2007 when Fashola took over from his predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, he inherited just N15 billion from him, but he is bequeathing on his successor a whooping N418.2 […]
