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Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the recent controversial reinstatement of former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr. Abdul-Rasheed Maina, has indicted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC over alleged misconduct. Against this background, the Senate at its plenary Thursday directed the special […]
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Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a military crackdown on bandits operating in rural communities in Zamfara State, following fresh attacks on some communities in Shinkafi and Maradun Local Government Areas. To enable the army carry out this new mandate, the President has approved the request of the Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen. Mansur […]
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has resigned, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda has said. A letter from Mr Mugabe said that the decision was voluntary and that he had made it to allow a smooth transfer of power, the Reuters news agency reports. The surprise announcement halted an impeachment hearing that had begun against […]
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam ADAMAWA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 30 people were killed Tuesday morning during a suicide bomb attack allegedly by a teenager inside a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State, North East Nigeria. While confirming the sad incident, the State Police Command through its Spokesman, Mr. Othman Abubakar disclosed that the […]
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
Photo: Prof. Jonathan Andrew Nok (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amidst controversial moves to sack primary school teachers in the state, the Commissioner for Education in Kaduna, Prof. Jonathan Andrew Nok, has reportedly died. Details of the cause of the death of the late Commissioner is still sketchy as at Tuesday morning and according to report, late Nok […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2017
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Top Nigerian Government functionaries, including President Muhammadu Buhari, former President Shehu Shagari, the Senate President Bukola Saraki Monday sent their condolences on the death of a former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, yesterday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2017
Photo: Hon. Dabiri –Erewa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has expressed surprise and shock over the sudden burial of the 26 African girls drowned in the Mediterranean Sea by Italian authorities nine days ahead of the slated date. The Italian Embassy has earlier indicated to the DG NAPTIP that the burial will take place […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2017
Photo: Alhaji Sule Lamido (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – While acknowledging its human frailties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insisted at the weekend that the party’s 16 years of mistake remained far less than the calamity of the last two and half years of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in multiple dimensions. A group, known as the […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2017
Photo: Dr Alex Ekwueme From Ignatius Okpara, Awka Nigeria, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex- Nigeria’s Vice President, of Dr Alex Ekwueme is dead, after battling with a complicated chest infection. The deceased who is in his 80s, and hails from Oko community, in Orumba council area of Anambra state, was the Vice to the 2nd Republic […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
Photo: Governor Willy Obiano From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Willy Obiano of All progressive Grand Alliance, APGA has been declared winner of the gubernatorial election held in Anambra state, on Saturday 18th, November 2017, after polling a total 234,071 votes. His closest rival, Dr. Tony Nwoye, of All progressive Congress APC scored a […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has won the governorship election in the state. Reports say Governor Obiano, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, won elections in all the 21 local governments of the state. The results of all the LGAs are as follows: Anambra West APGA 8,152 APC […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has questioned the rationale behind the Federal Government’s hiring of consultants from Malaysia with the sum of N458 million to help Nigeria build her economic capacity, saying; “the federal government’s action is a clear vote of no confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari’s government and economic experts […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Labour and Employment , Dr. Chris Ngige, immediate past governor of Anambra state, Mr. Peter Obi, and peoples Democratic party PDP candidate , Chief Osaeloka Obaze, have lost in their respective local government areas in the governorship election held in Anambra state on Saturday. Also humiliated […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Willy Obiano of All progressive Grand Alliance, APGA is leading comfortably in Saturday’s gubernatorial election held in Anambra state. He won by a landslide in all the five council areas so far officially announced by the election local government returning officers at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s INEC headquarters in Awka […]
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Saturday, November 18th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Willy Obiano of All progressive Grand Alliance, APGA is cruising to victory in today’s Anambra gubernatorial election. Unofficial reports indicate that he won in all the polling units so far concluded. The official declaration of the results by the Independent National Electoral commission is being awaited.
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Saturday, November 18th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The opposition Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in Anambra state has accused the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and All Progressives Congress APC, agents of compromising eligible electorates in the state with monetary inducements. It alleged that the two parties were bribing voters between N2000 and N2, 500 each […]
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Saturday, November 18th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka, Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – All is now set for today’s (Saturday) governorship election in Anambra state South East Nigeria, as the entire city of Awka the state capital and its environ, now look deserted. Our Correspondent covering the election reports that there are heavy security presence in every nook and crannies […]
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Friday, November 17th, 2017
THE FULL COVERAGE BY IGNATIUS OKPARA Sunday 19/11/2017 – BREAKING NEWS: INEC Officially Declares Obiano, Winner of Anambra Governorship Election From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Willy Obiano of All progressive Grand Alliance, APGA has been declared winner of the gubernatorial election held in Anambra state, on Saturday 18th, November 2017, […]
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Friday, November 17th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The much awaited book, “Views from America: A Sojourner’s Memoirs- A Repertoire of Action for Nigeria’s Development”, authored by Dr Acho Orabuchi, a Nigerian in the Diaspora, will be officially unveiled on Dec. 28, 2017 at Rockview Conference and Seminar, Government Layout, Owerri, Imo State by 11am. The forewords to the book […]
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Thursday, November 16th, 2017
Photo: (L-R) – Obaze, PDP; Obiano, APGA; Tony Nwoye, APC …Condemns Okorocha on “Magic hand” victory for APC (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A pro-democracy and Non-governmental organization – HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) to be above board and totally non-partisan during the November 18th […]
