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Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has confirmed before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Bwari, Abuja that the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the Saturday, September 22, Osun Governorship election Senator Ademola Adeleke, sat for its examination in 1981. WAEC stated this in a court filing which […]
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has re-emphasised that the National Assembly should reconvene immediately to attend to crucial and pending legislative business. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the majority must be allowed to lead the Senate. “We are in […]
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
PLATEAU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Convicted Senator Joshua Dariye has picked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination form to contest in the next year’s election. Dariye is currently serving a 14-year jail term over financial misdeeds while he was Plateau State Governor. The Plateau State APC Publicity Secretary Mr. Chindo Dafat confirmed the development Tuesday in Jos, […]
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
OYO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Oyo State House of Assembly Speaker Hon. Olagunju Ojo, the Minority Leader and five other lawmakers have defected to three different political parties. The Clerk of the House, Mr. Paul Bankole, read the separate letters of defection written by the lawmakers during the Tuesday plenary session in Ibadan, the State capital. The Speaker […]
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A witness, Edwin Uduji, on Monday told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos how kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, threatened to collect a fine of 10, 000 dollars for any fake 100 dollar bill in the ransom paid to him. Uduji, an elder brother to abduction victim, Mr James […]
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Monday met with leaders of the Ogun chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abeokuta to seek their support ahead of the party’s national convention scheduled for Oct. 5 and Oct. 6. Saraki, who is seeking to be the party’s flag bearer in the […]
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
Photo: Delta APC Leader, Olorogun Otega Emerhor (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leader of the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Olorogun Otega Emerhor, has challenged the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District, Ovie Omo-Agege, to direct primaries contest for the seat. The primaries are scheduled for next week. In a statement signed by […]
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Monday, September 17th, 2018
OSUN, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has barred the voters from taking phones and other electronic devices to the polling booths during elections. INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made this disclosure Monday in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, at the stakeholders’ forum organized ahead of the State’s Saturday Governorship election. Prof. Yakubu said the measure was taken […]
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Monday, September 17th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the twelve Presidential Aspirants of the People’s Democratic Party to avoid disparaging utterances as they campaign ahead of the party’s national convention. In a statement on Monday, by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, Dickson said that […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied freezing the bank accounts of Sen. Ademola Adeleke and those of his family members, including popular musician, Davido. Adeleke is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Sept. 22 governorship election in Osun. Spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, in a […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Transportation and Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State and the South-South zone, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has repudiated comments by the senator representing Rivers South-East in the National Assembly, Magnus Abe, that he (Amaechi) is Sen. Abe’s Leader. Last week, at the APC National Secretariat […]
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Sunday, September 16th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Sokoto, the Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, on Sunday gave insight into how former President Goodluck Jonathan became Acting President through the popular Doctrine of Necessity. Tambuwal said that the Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honorable Henry Seriake Dickson, approached him in the heat of the tension that followed the incapacitation and […]
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Saturday, September 15th, 2018
Photo: Late Bawa Wase (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has expressed shock over the death of Nigeria’s ambassador to Qatar, Abdullahi Bawa Wase. Onyeama, in a statement by the Ministry’s spokesperson, Dr Tope Elias-Fatile on Saturday in Abuja, prayed that God grant Wase’s family and the nation the fortitude to […]
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Friday, September 14th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new Director-General of the Department of State Services ( DSS), Mr Yusuf Bichi has called for stronger ties among members of staff. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday appointed Bichi as the substantive head of the service. Following the sack of former head of the service, Lawal Daura, Mr Matthew Seiyefa was […]
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Friday, September 14th, 2018
…As Buhari Accept Her Resignation Letter (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hours after the news of her resignation, former Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun released a statement stating real reasons why she voluntarily bowed out of office. Her statement reads in full: “Let me commence by thanking you profusely for the honour and privilege of serving under your […]
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Friday, September 14th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Managing Director of News Agency of Nigeria Olorogun Ima Rume Niboro has officially declared his bid to represent Ughelli North / Ughelli South/ Udu Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives in 2019 on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC. Niboro in a Facebook update on Thursday […]
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Friday, September 14th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After about two months of alleged NYSC exemption certificate forgery, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has reportedly resigned from her position. Mrs. Adeosun reportedly resigned over the allegation which has raged since July. Ever since the allegation broke, Adesina has not uttered a word or made any formal statement. This has however […]
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Thursday, September 13th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Yusuf Magaji Bichi, as new Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS). Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, who confirmed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, said the appointment is with immediate effect. According to […]
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Thursday, September 13th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Absence of a prosecution witness on Thursday stalled continuation of trial in the case of suspected ‘billionaire’ kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, before an Igbosere High Court in Lagos. Evans is facing two separate charges, bordering on conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping and attempted murder, before Justice Adedayo Akintoye. In […]
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Thursday, September 13th, 2018
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The immediate past Governor of Ondo State Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has declared his interest to contest the Presidential election next year. The former opposition Peoples Democratic Party chieftain announced his intention Thursday around 12.15pm during an event held at the National Secretariat of the opposition Labour Party LP, Abuja. The Iroko as he is otherwise called by […]
