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Tuesday, October 24th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Accusation of compromise being levelled against chairman of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), Mr. Mike Ajogwu (SAN), by opposition All progressive Congress APC, in the forthcoming local government election Monday worsened, as over 25 political parties that indicated interest to participate in the poll, stormed […]
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Monday, October 23rd, 2017
Photo: Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari said his Administration has recorded concrete achievements which are there for all to see, contrary to the opposition’s statement that the Administration is running on propaganda and lies. The President, who was represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji […]
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Monday, October 23rd, 2017
Photo: Abdullahi Abdulrasheed Maina ..Maina’s Sack Afterthought, Says Fayose; Call for his Arrest, Prosecution (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate disengagement from service of Mr Abdullahi Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms. In a memo to the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the […]
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Monday, October 23rd, 2017
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Olisa Metuh, Monday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he would subpoena the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan as a defence witness in his alleged on going N400m trial. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC had […]
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Monday, October 23rd, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of Liberia’s presidential run-off, former soccer star and front runner, George Opong Weah on Sunday visited the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Lagos, to seek spiritual help. Weah was accompanied to the church by a former war lord and one of the 20 presidential candidates, Senator Yormie Johnson. Receiving Weah […]
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Saturday, October 21st, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A total of 219 retired war affected police officers from South- East Nigeria, on Friday went home smiling as they received their pension from the federal government, 47 years after. African Examiner reports that the affected ex-police officers were those in the Nigeria Police force as at 1967 […]
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Friday, October 20th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Key oil industry associations have begun moves for the removal of the Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources since his loyalty to his boss and the country can no longer be guaranteed. The Unions are: The National Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, the Petroleum Tanker Drivers […]
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Thursday, October 19th, 2017
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected notorious billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popular called Evans has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him in the court. Evans who was arrested June 20, 2017 in his Magodo mansion Thursday curiously changed his previous guilty plea to two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping to “not guilty.” Evans […]
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
Photo: President Muhammadu Buhari and First Lady arriving Istanbul, Turkey (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has left Nigeria to participate in the 9th D-8 Summit in Istanbul, Turkey. A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on Tuesday, said Buhari would participate in the ninth D-8 Summit in Istanbul, […]
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected militants have reportedly kidnapped four British nationals in the Burutu area of Niger Delta, South South Nigeria. According to report, a local Chief, Theo Fakama who hails from the Enukorowa community, confirmed Wednesday that locals were “saddened” by the kidnapping as the victims had “brought succour to residents of the community […]
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South Africa chapter has called on members at home and in the Diaspora to begin preparations for the 2019 election. Mr Ekos Akpokabayen, its chairman, said in Johannesburg, South Africa that the time was ripe to reposition the party to win the election. “I am using this […]
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the November 4, local government election in Enugu state, Southeast Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) against manipulating the polls, saying it would resist all manner of electoral malpractices during the […]
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
Photo: South African President, Jacob Zuma From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has joined other groups in criticising the erection of statue of South African President, Jacob Zuma in Owerri, the Imo State capital by Governor Rochas Okorocha. National Public Relations Officer (PRO), of the body, Comrade […]
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe and two other sureties for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, to tell the court his whereabouts. Messrs Emmanuel Shalum Okabenmabu and Tochukwu Uchendu are the two other sureties to Kanu. […]
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
…Atiku, Ambode, Utomi, others to Attend (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former Director-General of the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) and a Lawyer, Mr. Ezekiel Chiejina, is set to launch his new book titled ‘Pensions in Nigeria’ next week Tuesday at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Lagos. The book, a compendium of contemporary information […]
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The recent closures of Intels logistics services belonging to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar was a deliberate attempt by agencies of government to intimidate and truncate his perceived ambition to contest the 2019 Presidential elections, All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Comrade Timi Frank has revealed. Frank who is also the Deputy National […]
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Monday, October 16th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of the patients receiving medical care for ‘Monkey Pox’ at the quarantine centre in Bayelsa state has committed suicide, the State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu, has said. Addressing a press conference in Yenagoa, he said the deceased was among the 21 suspected cases of ‘MonkeyPox’ that were being managed […]
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Monday, October 16th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The joy of over 300 less privileged indigent students from Enugu state South- East Nigeria, at the weekend, knew no bound, as they received a total of 38.5 million naira for their scholarship and bursary awards from Ikeoha Foundation, a non-Governmental Organization founded by the Deputy President of […]
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Friday, October 13th, 2017
Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Zamfara state, Abdulaziz Yari (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice Oguntoyinbo also ordered the temporary forfeiture of the sum of N220,000,000. 00 (Two Hundred and Twenty Million Naira) recovered from two other companies namely Wasp Networks Limited and Thebe Wellness Services.(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice O. Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court sitting […]
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Friday, October 13th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Kainji, Niger State, has convicted and sentenced 45 Boko Haram members to between 3 and 31 years in jail. The sentence followed the conclusion of the first phase of the trial during which 575 Boko Haram suspects were arraigned. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji […]
