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Thursday, January 29th, 2015
Hundreds of outdoor advertising practitioners and rights groups on Thursday protested in Lagos, Nigeria over ban of billboard and pole adverts on Federal Government roads by the central government. The protesters walked from Ikeja to Maryland on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way armed with placards and expressed their grievances over what they termed as illegal […]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2015
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has advised the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in the state, Senator Simon Ajibola to stop telling lies in a desperate attempt to show he has performed as the Senator representing Kwara South. Responding to claims by Senator Ajibola that he contributed money towards […]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka – Residents of Anambra state, south east Nigeria, are now living in perpetual fear as the deadly Cholera disease which hit the area has killed eight persons, while 25 others had been hospitalised. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike, who made this known to newsmen on Tuesday in his […]
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2015
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – A bomb explosion on Monday rocked the National secretariat of the apex Igbo socio cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, located at Parks Avenue Government Reservation Area, Enugu. The nefarious act, perpetrated by unknown hoodlums, damaged some parts of the building and infrastructure in it. The explosion, equally led to a fire out […]
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Monday, January 26th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The Lagos All Progressive Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of sponsoring electoral violence in the State by shooting and injuring its members on peaceful campaign. The party claimed that supporters of the PDP have attacked its faithful in Alimosho and Agege area of Lagos, Nigeria, killing […]
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Sunday, January 25th, 2015
Former governor of Imo State and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship aspirant, Chief Ikedi Ohakim has pledged support for governorship candidate, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha and instructed his supporters to work for the party. Also, immediate past governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi and erstwhile governorship aspirant in Imo State, Hon. Bethel Amadi are among […]
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Saturday, January 24th, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA – Almost a week after the federal government announced the reduction of pump price of premium motor Spirit,(PMS), petrol, from N97 to N87 a liter, Members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria IPMAN have refused to comply with the new price. Recall that Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani […]
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Friday, January 23rd, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – As Nigeria counts down to this year’s general election slated for next month, the Enugu state gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC Barrister Okey Ezea, has raised the alarm over alleged hoarding of Permanent Voter Cards PVCs by members of the People’s Democratic Party in the state. The […]
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2015
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed says the Peoples Democratic Party controlled federal government has failed Kwarans as it has no tangible achievements in the State. Governor Ahmed made this assertion when the All Progressives Congress campaign train made a stopover at Patigi, Kpada and Lade towns in Patigi local government area of the state. […]
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2015
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, says the building of the Aba Mega Mall in Osisioma Local Government Area will benefit Aba people and create employment opportunities. The Governor stated this during an inspection visit to the site to see the progress of work. He stated that Aba is noted for commercial activities, adding that […]
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Tuesday, January 20th, 2015
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia – Soldiers attached to 144 Battalion, Asa, in Ukwa West council Area of Abia State have rescued 14 pregnant teenagers and eight children from an illegal motherless babies’ home in the state. The baby factory is located at Umunkpeyi Nvosi in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state. Also apprehended […]
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Monday, January 19th, 2015
Apparently no longer comfortable with the loyalty of some members of his executive Committee, Ebonyi state Governor, Martin Elechi, on Monday, sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chief Fidelis Mbam, as well as announce a minor cabinet reshuffle. However, investigation by African Examiner reveals that the sudden shake- up, which came less than […]
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Monday, January 19th, 2015
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Enugu State, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has assured the people of Enugu Stare of his resolve to continue with the good work of Governor Sullivan Chime if elected the governor of State. He made declaration during the flag off of the Party’s campaign for the 2015 general […]
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Monday, January 19th, 2015
An All Progressive Congress (APC) group in Kwara State has accused the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of planning to manipulate the Nigeria Police and other security agencies into arresting it’s stakeholders ahead of the February General Elections in the state. In a statement issued in Ilorin and signed by its director, Mr. Kayode Jimoh, […]
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Monday, January 19th, 2015
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Asaba – Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta state, has expressed worry over the unclaimed 700,000 Permanent Voter Cards PVCs, lying fallow at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in the State. The governor, who said the development has been giving him serous concern, appealed to the owners of the PVCs […]
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Sunday, January 18th, 2015
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Onitsha – President Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed that the Federal Government has spent about N10 billion on the construction of the 2nd Niger Bridge out of the total N130 billion the project will gulp. Jonathan made this known Saturday when he stopped over at the project site in Asaba,, en route to Onitsha, […]
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Saturday, January 17th, 2015
From Collins Amadi – “Nigeria is a weak State” and this is the major reason why the insurgency thrives and has taken more alarming dimension in the North Eastern part of the country. Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Emir of Kano, HRM, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, threw this challenge Saturday in […]
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Saturday, January 17th, 2015
PDP National chairman Alhaji Adamu Muazu’s plea to readmit the former governor Orji Uzor Kalu into People’s Democratic Party (PDP) met with a thunderous rejection. Alhaji Muazu during the presidential campaign in Umuahia had pleaded for the ex-governor Orji Kalu to be readmitted but the crowd shouted him down. “Abians shouted Muazu down over Kalu […]
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Friday, January 16th, 2015
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – About 227 soldiers dismissed from the 3 Armoured Division in Jos took to the street on Friday to protest against their dismal dismissal even as they urged President Goodluck Jonathan to intervene in their case. The soldiers carrying various placards claimed the military authority dismissed them without given them fair hearing. […]
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Friday, January 16th, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation has asked Nigerians to ignore the “utterly silly and reckless statement” credited to the over-exuberant Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose to the effect that General Muhammadu Buhari does not enjoy good health. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Campaign Organisation dismissed as […]
