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Saturday, June 27th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The Lagos State Government moved in the bulldozer on Saturday and demolished the once notorious office headquarters of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment programme, SURE-P taskforce at the old tollgate axis, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. About 5,000 thugs were allegedly bred at the headquarters of SURE-P by a certain chieftain of […]
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Saturday, June 27th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Aba – The commercial city of Aba, Abia State was on friday thrown into confusion when soldiers and a team of mobile policeman engaged themselves in gun battle over claims of assault on a policeman. African Examiner learnt that trouble started when soldiers of the Forward Operation Base of the 144 Battalion, […]
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Friday, June 26th, 2015
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – The Plateau State Police Command has paraded a young man who allegedly killed his father for refusing to buy him a motorcycle as promised. The suspect was paraded Friday, by the State’s Commissioner of Police, Nasiru Oki, at the Police Headquarters in Jos, the State Capital. Oki said, “On the 2nd, […]
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Friday, June 26th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia – Four members of a deadly kidnapping gang that have been terrorising Aba, Abia state and environ were on Thursday shot dead by a team of police men who engaged them in gun battle. The hoodlums according to a police source, belong to a notorious criminal syndicate that have been making […]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2015
*Says Action May Boomerang On Rivers Indigenes Living Elsewhere The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has strongly warned the controversial Governor of the State, Chief Nyesom Wike, to abandon his plan to viciously crack down on non-indigenes in the State for their loyalty to the immediate past Governor of the State, Rt. Hon. […]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2015
A bill establishing the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KSIRS), which is authorized to collect and manage revenue on behalf of state government and local councils, has been signed into law by the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed. The new law also repeals the edict establishing the State Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). Speaking while […]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2015
By Niyi Adeyi – As measures taken by the previous State Governments failed to yield the desirable change on the persistent traffic in Apapa, Lagos Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has requested the Federal Government to support the State by completing truck parks, constructing and upgrading adjoining axis, as well as link bridges in the Council […]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun (African Examiner) – A senior driver at the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has cried out that River state Governor Nyesom Wike failed to return the 15 Toyota Hilux Trucks he took from the agency for his governorship campaigns while serving as the Minister of state for Education. The driver, name withheld, […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
…Describes It As Fallout of Corruption, Incompetent Leadership By Ayo Balogun – Osun, South Western Nigeria has been endorsed to be rich enough and capable of independently discharge and sustain her financial obligations, while the ongoing serving public servant salaries and retirees pension crises has been considered “inhuman treatment, unjust, unfair, repugnant to equity and […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Asaba – Delta State House of Assembly has approved a whopping 10 billion naira for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, for the restructuring of existing loan facilities. The lawmakers, approved the loan to be obtained from from one of the commercial bank during its plenary. The governor had in a letter to the Assembly, […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
The implementation of the much publicised Residency Card in Ondo state, otherwise known as Kaadi Igbeayo will begin on July 2nd this year, government has announced. The state Commissioner for Information, Hon Kayode Akinmade in a statement on Tuesday said ownership of the card will, from the said date, become a condition for residents of […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA – Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state on Tuesday sent 19 names to the House of Assembly for screening and confirmation as commissioners. The nominees include: Mr. Emmanuel Onwe, Mrs Elizabeth Ogbaga, Mr. Augustine Nwankwegu, and Mr. Uchenna Orji. Others are: Mrs. Rebecca Ogbuewu, Chief Sabinus Nwankwegu, Chief Emma Uguru, Chief Sunday […]
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
On Monday, June 22, Mr. Nyesom Wike, briefed the media and made numerous allegations. These allegations are the same ones that Mr. Wike set up a commission of inquiry to investigate. However in keeping with Rt. Hon Chibuike Amaechi’s commitment to good governance and to transparent and accountable stewardship to Rivers people, we will reiterate […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos- The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that with the way Lagos PDP is going, it is doomed for failure as it seems not to have grasped the rudiments of productive politics in its desperation to grab power for furthering their well known looting tendency. The […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
By Chuks Ehirim – It was a day of rage for Abuja based journalists who cover the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) as they had a raw deal in the hands of Oyo state governor, Abiola Ajumobi, who, on Tuesday,used derogatory words on them, for asking him to make comment on the […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
Chief Press Secretary to the Abia State Governor, Mr. Godwin Adindu, has explained that the reason his boss cut down his salary and allowances by 50 percent is to demonstrate his sincere feeling of compassion towards the plight of workers and the entire citizenry of the state who are affected by the global economic crisis […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed says, due to the prevailing challenges facing the country, only leaders with the temperament, disposition and candour of President Muhammadu Buhari can see Nigeria through the woods. Governor Ahmed in a statement on the state of the nation described the administrative strategy of deep and wide consultation, critical appraisal of divergent views on […]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
By Nwaorgu Faustinus – Non-indigenes in Rivers State under the aegis of Endangered Non Indigenes Forum in Rivers State (EINFRS) have cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari, , following the threat by Governor Nyesom Wike to crack down on them as part of his determination to deal ruthlessly with associates and loyalties of the immediate […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The Lagos State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to immediately set up a panel to probe the administration of former Governor Babatunde Fashola. The party wondered why Fashola is not being investigated, saying Ambode must immediately commence probe of the former governor’s eight […]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2015
The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has described the so-called probe of his administration by his successor Nyesom Wike, as a sham, a fraudulent witch-hunt meant to deceive the public. In a statement released by the former Governor’s Media Office Sunday, Amaechi described Wike as a sick man who […]
