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Thursday, February 1st, 2018
Photo: Nigeria’s Former President Olusegun Obasanjo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday officially registered as a member of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement. Mr. Obasanjo completed the membership form of the movement and handed it over to former Governor of Osun State, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, who is the national coordinator of the group. […]
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Thursday, February 1st, 2018
Photo: Former President Goodluck Jonathan (L) and Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on Thursday led a high powered delegation of Ijaw leaders to former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to deliberate on the All Progressives Congress Committee on Restructuring. Jonathan, the Governor and […]
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Judicial Council (NJC) has declared that the suspension of Justice T. U. Uzokwe, Chief Judge, Abia State is unconstitutional, null and void. The NJC, headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen, in a statement issued in abuja also queried the swearing in of the acting Chief Judge […]
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Army Wednesday announced that its men have uncovered the hideout of the suspected herdsmen who have been terrorizing various communities in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba States. Similarly, the army confirmed that soldiers have arrested some suspected militias and their accomplices. The Director of Army Public Relations Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, […]
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A non-Governmental Organization, Coalition of Nigerians (CN) suggested a week ago in an epistle written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Muhammadu Buhari has been formally launched in Abuja. Specifically, the former Head of State in the famous letter blamed the incumbent President over a ‘woeful’ […]
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Census Watch, a non-governmental organization has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to pay attention to the ongoing protest by some aggrieved staff members of the National Population Commission (NPC), describing it as suspicious and ill-motivated. The group, which is a population monitoring body said it has carried out its own independent […]
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Tuesday, January 30th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the wife of the immediate past President, Mrs Patience Jonathan, in which she is praying for enforcement of her fundamental human rights. Justice John Tsoho Tuesday in his ruling held that all the grounds of Mrs Jonathan against the […]
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Monday, January 29th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says honouring President Muhammadu Buhari as African Union (AU) anti-corruption champion is laughable and eminently qualified as Africa’s joke of the year. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on Monday, said it was embarrassing that the Presidency would resort to exporting its deceptive proclivities […]
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Sunday, January 28th, 2018
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari, his Vice, Prof. Yemi OSinbajo, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, among other top government officials, have indicated readiness to attend the funeral service of the Second Republic Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme. Also expected […]
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Sunday, January 28th, 2018
By Ayo Balogun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Mohammadu Buhari and Ex-President Olusegun have met at the ongoing African Union summit taking place at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This is the first time the 2 leaders will meet after Obasanjo wrote an open letter to the president advising him not seek re-election next year citing poor economic management […]
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Saturday, January 27th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Executive Council has felicitated with Governor Henry Seriake Dickson on the occasion of his 52nd birthday, describing him as a pragmatic leader, whose life is worth celebrating at all times. Spokesman of the council and the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson came out with this in […]
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Friday, January 26th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Commissioner for Youth Development, Chief Collins Cocodia says over 5,000 youths have been engaged, under the various empowerment programmes in the last 6 years of the restoration government in Bayelsa state. Chief Cocodia stated this, while presenting the score card of his ministry alongside his Sports Development counterpart at the ongoing […]
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Friday, January 26th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, said on Friday the state would not be part of the planned cattle colonies. The governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dan Manjang, in a statement described as “false, malicious and highly mischievous,” reports in the social media that Mr Lalong had carved out parts […]
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Thursday, January 25th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria will protest to the United States over conditions imposed on its planned $494 million purchase of 12 A-29 Super Tucano fighter planes, Defense Minister Mansur Dan Ali said on Thursday. Those conditions include the 2020 transfer date for the aircraft and that Nigerian technicians will not be trained by U.S. staff, […]
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Thursday, January 25th, 2018
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday leave Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to participate in the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU). Buhari, according to his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Mr. Femi Adesina, is scheduled to make […]
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Thursday, January 25th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After an eight-hour grilling, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir David Lawal was detained yesterday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Lawal’s interrogation by a team of detectives is expected to continue today. He is being investigated over a N200million contract awarded to a company, Global […]
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2018
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Less than 24 hours after his letter which scored President Muhammadu Buhari low in performance, the Federal Government has replied former President Olusegun Obasanjo saying he may have been too preoccupied to notice Buhari’s many achievements. Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the FG […]
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria on Wednesday reacted to Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration promising to tackle all issues raised in his ‘letter bomb’ to President Buhari. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Lai Mohammed gave the response in a statement read to state House Correspondents […]
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Tuesday shared N655.17 billion to the three tiers of government as revenue for January. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, told newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja that the N655.17 billion was distributed under four distributable sub-heads. “The total statutory revenue for the month is […]
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018
Photo: Nigeria’s Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo (R) and incumbent President, Mohammadu Buhari By Ayo Balogun, Lagos (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reactions have continued to trail the special statement issued by former President Olusegun Obasanjo advising President Buhari to heed the clarion call and bow out in 2019. In the special statement trending on social media, Obasanjo cited […]
