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Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Northern senators forum has sacked its chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu and replaced him with Senator Aliyu Wammako of Sokoto State. His replacement was announced by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu on Wednesday. African Examiner gathered that Senator Adamu was sacked over allegation of financial misappropriation. Sen. Abdullahi Adamu was a former […]
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following an order of a High court sitting in Umuahia, Abia state, South- East Nigeria, the Michael Okpara Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike, was on Tuesday sealed off, over its failure to remit tax deductions from members of staff of the institution. Our Correspondent reports that the order, […]
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Monitoring Unit of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department CIID of the Imo State Police Command has arrested a couple, Mr and Mrs Ifeanyi Elijah, for allegedly selling their new born daughter, Chinecherem, for N400,000, (four hundred thousand naira). A three weeks investigation by the security operatives […]
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court has ruled that the trial of self-exiled IPOB Leader and Director of the defunct Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu be separated from his co-accused. Kanu and other three co-defendants namely: Messrs Chidiebere Onwudiwe; Benjamin Madubugwu; and a former MTN Field Maintenance Engr. David Nwawuisi were […]
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari and the Muslim Rights Concern MURIC have sent their condolences to the family, friends and associates of an erudite Islamic Scholar Shaykh Abubakar Tureta who died Monday. The late scholar died at Garkuwa Hospital, Kaduna; at the age of 74 after battling with injuries he sustained in […]
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2018
KADUNA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The rivalry between Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State and other powerful politicians in the North West State Tuesday took another dramatic dimension as the factional secretariat of the State’s ruling All Progressives Congress APC was brought down. The one-storey building of the party located on 11B Sambo Road, was […]
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Monday, February 19th, 2018
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Although reluctant, the former South African President Jacob Zuma’s exit from power has been described as ”very didactic” as well as a challenge to the alleged corrupt Nigerian political class. The Muslim Rights Concern MURIC in a statement issued Monday by its Director, Prof Ishaq Akintola noted that the Nigerian […]
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Monday, February 19th, 2018
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, South East Nigeria and presided over by Justice Rose Dugbo Oghoghorie, has awarded the sum of N1m damages against the Department of State Security Service (DSS) over unlawful detention of one Shuaibu Abdullahi for a year and five months […]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that with President Muhammadu Buhari piloting the affairs of Nigeria, the country is in very safe and competent hands, hence there is no cause for alarm. The Minister said this at a mini town hall meeting with the staff of the […]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A commercial plane crashed on Sunday in a foggy, mountainous region of Iran, killing all 66 people on board, the state news media reported. The Iran Aseman Airlines plane went down near its destination, the city of Yasuj, about 485 miles south of the capital, Tehran. Mohammad Taghi Tabatabai, a spokesman for […]
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Sunday, February 18th, 2018
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu state police command on Saturday nabbed a notorious and suspected ATM fraudster kingpin, that has been terrorising the state and its environs. The suspect, who gave his name as Nwoko Augustine Ogechi of No 34 Karta street, Ogui Enugu, was apprehended at about 11:30 am, while trying […]
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Saturday, February 17th, 2018
Photo: (L-R:) Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal after their meeting t Wamakko’s residence in Sokoto (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – National Leader and Head of the Presidential Reconciliation Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu visited Sokoto Saturday and met with Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal […]
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Saturday, February 17th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Government is embarking on a 13-day aggressive measles immunisation for children between the ages of 9 months and five years, the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu, has said. The measure is part of efforts to prevent children from untimely death and other serious lifelong complications associated with the […]
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Friday, February 16th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the Buhari Support Organisation (BSO), has condemned in its entirety the amendment of Section 25 of the 2010 Electoral Act; by both the Senate and House of Representatives, describing the action as unconstitutional . It said the “amendment no doubt infringes upon the constitutional powers vested on […]
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Friday, February 16th, 2018
…We Alerted Them 24 Hours Before Killing But They Failed To Act Governor Abdulaziz Yari has alleged that his administration gave security agencies 24 hour head-start to alert them on the impending invasion of communities in Zamfara by bandits that resulted in the death of 39 persons in Zurmi local government area of the state […]
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Friday, February 16th, 2018
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Buhari Friday directed the Minister of Defence, Brigadier-General Mansur Dan Ali (rtd) to proceed immediately to Zamfara State to undertake an on-the-spot assessment of the situation and report back. Buhari directed security agencies to immediately mobilize and deploy their members to the vulnerable areas of the state, and ensure […]
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Thursday, February 15th, 2018
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The fire incident which occurred Thursday in the Technical Room at the Senate Wing of the National Assembly NASS has been linked to the sudden adjournment of the plenary session. Smoke was noticed through the air conditioning system connected to the chamber. The incident called for the attention of the […]
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Wednesday signed into law, the Sokoto 2018 budget which was recently passed by the State House of Assembly. Speaking at the signing ceremony held at the Government House in Sokoto, Tambuwal said the of N220.5 billion document will be implemented optimally for the benefit of the citizenry. He […]
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2018
South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned his office with immediate effect. He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening. Earlier, Mr Zuma’s governing ANC party told him to resign or face a vote of no confidence in parliament on Thursday. The 75-year-old has been under increasing pressure […]
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2018
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nobel Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari, complaining about insensitivity and inconsistency in the Federal Government policies. Prof. Soyinka who decried the recent reinstatement of the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS Prof. Usman Yusuf, hit while fielding […]
