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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 […]
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Friday, October 13th, 2017
Photo: Aisha Ahmad (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A group, Concerned Professionals Initiative for Good Governance (CPIGG), has written to urge the Senate to “totally and overwhelmingly reject the nomination of Aisha Ahmad as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the grounds that she is not qualified to hold that office since she is […]
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Friday, October 13th, 2017
Photo: Governor Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele in the middle holding the Forbes Award By Oludare Sunday Fase, Washington, DC (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has received the Forbes Best of Africa Innovative Banking Award at the sideline of the 2017 Annual […]
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Thursday, October 12th, 2017
Photo: president Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed Mr. Uchechi Orji as the Managing Director of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). It would be recalled that Mr. Orji was first appointed in October 2012 for an initial term of five years, renewable for another term of five years. Under […]
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Thursday, October 12th, 2017
RIVERS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Police Command has declared eight suspects wanted in connection with 14 people killed in the Mgbuoshimini community, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The State Police said Wednesday that the suspects were declared wanted in connection with the killing of Chief Minikwu Chukwu and […]
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
Photo: Ben Nwoye …to Petition Buhari, Saraki, APC National Leadership From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has protested the appointment of non members of the party from the state into federal positions by the President Muhammadu Buhari. The party said such obnoxious act is unacceptable to them, […]
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
Photo caption: President Buhari with Minister of Defence Dan Ali Monsur, Chief of Defense Staff General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen. T.Y. Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral IE Ibas and Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday afternoon met […]
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Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly NASS, to seek its approval for external loan of $5.5bn. Senate President, Bukola Saraki read President’s letter at the plenary Tuesday. The letter read in part: “Accordingly, the Senate is requested to kindly approve the following external borrowings: Issuance of $2.5bn […]
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Monday, October 9th, 2017
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Apparently in response to allegations of insubordination and lack of due process by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu against its Group Managing Director (GMD) Dr. Maikanti Baru, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has clarified that the ”law and the rules do […]
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Monday, October 9th, 2017
RIVERS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 10 persons, including a couple were killed in the early hours of Monday, as a group of unknown gunmen stormed Mgbosimiri – Agip axis in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, report said. The sad incident according to report occurred around 4am. Residents were gripped by fear […]
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Monday, October 9th, 2017
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has rejected the claim that its free medical care resulted in the outbreak of Monkey Pox in some parts of the country. Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed in a statement issued in Abuja Sunday, described the allegation as ”fake and sinister”. […]
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Friday, October 6th, 2017
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the leaked memo on the alleged scandals in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Friday met behind the closed doors at the Presidential Villa, FCT Abuja. Dr. Kachikwu arrived the Presidential Villa […]
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Thursday, October 5th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has presented Mrs Aishah Ahmad to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). She is to replace a former Deputy Governor, who retired early this year. In accordance with the provisions of Section 8(1) (2) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (Establishment) […]
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Thursday, October 5th, 2017
Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Irked by the raging face-off between the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director (GMD) Dr. Maikanti Baru, Nigerian senate has raised an ad hoc committee to probe the activities and allegations of frauds in the corporation. Nigerians […]
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Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has sworn in his former Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson as the new Commissioner for Information and Orientation. Iworiso-Markson a consummate media practitioner takes over from Hon. Jonathan Obuebite who has been reassigned to the Ministry of Education. Shortly after taking his oath of office, […]
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017
Photo: Dr Ibe Kachikwu By Ayo Balogun, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A major crisis is looming between the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director (GMD) Dr. Maikanti Baru. In a leaked memo dated August 30, 2017 and titled Matters of Insubordination and lack […]
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017
Photo: Prof Anthony Anwukah (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Just as President Muhammadu shuttled between Nigeria and United Kingdom for medical attention in London hospital, his minister state for education, Prof Anthony Anwukah is said to be sick and currently hospitalised in the United States. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this during a press briefing […]
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Monday, October 2nd, 2017
Photo: Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Congress (APC), Enugu state chapter, has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari fight against corruption, saying he should be allowed to actualize his laudable programme of revamping the nation’s dilapidated infrastructure, including using the Enugu Coal […]
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Monday, October 2nd, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South- East zonal chapter of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has endorsed the its zoning of the office of the President to the North and that of the National Chairman to the Southern part of Nigeria. It stated this on Monday at the end of her […]
