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Thursday, May 26th, 2016
…To save over N100 million monthly The Bayelsa State government has uncovered payroll fraud in the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), with the discovery of over 765 illegally employed teachers in the eight LGAs, including 50 dead persons in Ogbia Local Government Education Authority (LGEA). The discovery cuts across the eight local government areas […]
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Thursday, May 26th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As Nigeria sets to join the rest of the world tomorrow to mark 2016 Children’s day, President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigeria children and youth that his government remained fully committed to fulfilling its promise of a better Nigeria for all. Buhari in his anniversary message reaffirmed his belief that […]
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Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, said the National Assembly (NASS) will continue to give required attention to the fight against HIV/AIDS in the country. Saraki stated this when he received a delegation from the Champions for an AIDS-Free Generation in Africa, led by former […]
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Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate on Thursday slammed the Auditor- General of the Federation, Samuel Ukura for gross display of unprofessionalism on audited annual reports of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government (FG) from 2009 to 2014. It consequently ordered the Auditor- General to issue clearance certificates to government […]
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Thursday, May 26th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Family of the embattled former opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh has raised an alarm that the life of their son is in danger as he was not granted permission for treatment outside the country, saying that his health has aggravated. Speaking on behalf […]
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Thursday, May 26th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has declared Monday, May 30, 2016 as a public holiday to mark the year’s Democracy Day. Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau (rted), made the announcement Wednesday on behalf of the FG in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Bassey Akpanyung. […]
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Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, and Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Brigadier General Paul Boroh, has come under attack with the calls for his immediate removal and extensive probe of the amnesty programme under his leadership. The Ijaw Collectives, a group of Niger Delta Environmental Activists made the call in a […]
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Thursday, May 26th, 2016
UNITED Kingdom (UK) and Australia yesterday jointly deported 40 Nigerians for immigration offences. The deportees, comprising men and women, arrived at the Hajj camp area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at 7:25am on a chartered aircraft. It was learnt that the chartered aircraft with the registration number ZTA-4741 had on board 36 Nigerians – […]
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
By Eric Ojo, Abuja The government of France has reaffirmed its commitment to the psychosocial support and access the justice project for the people affected by the spate of insurgency and terrorism in the North East region of Nigeria. The French government pledged to fully support the project which is being implemented by the International […]
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Worried by the uncertainties surrounding the state of the Nation’s economy with indices of imminent recession, the Senate has summoned the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN), Godwin Emefiele to brief it on Monetary and Fiscal Policies being adopted by them to salvage the […]
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with consortiums to build the 4th Mainland Bridge at a cost of N844 billion with three tow plazas. The bridge is being constructed under the Build, Own and Transfer (BOT), concession of 40 years […]
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate on Wednesday lamented the state of affairs of Local Government administration in the country principally caused by their indiscriminate dissolution and frequent replacement with caretaker committees by State Governors aside lack of financial autonomy. It bemoaned that the trend had always resulted in low morale and poor performance of the councils […]
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the appointment of the Chief Executives of six information-related parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture. The appointments were announced Wednesday in Abuja, by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The new Chief Executives are: Mr. Ishaq Modibo Kawu […]
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Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun, ABUJA Former Deputy Governor of Osun state,Senator Iyiola Omisore says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was wrong to declare him wanted even as he denied any involvement in N700 million allegations against him. Reacting to the EFCC statement in which the agency declared him wanted in connection with “receiving and […]
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
LAGOS. NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has unveiled the Oshodi regeneration project, which will see to the development of the Oshodi Transport Interchange at a cost of over N22.4 billion ($70 million). Ambode on Tuesday said the plan of his administration to transform Oshodi into a world class transport interchange […]
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Ten days after two junior secondary school students of the Federal Government College, Okposi, in Ohaozara council Area of Ebonyi State, were abducted by unknown persons, their decomposing bodies have been found in a local river in the area. AFRICAN EXAMINER recalled that the late students, Tochukwu Ene and Chukwuemeka […]
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore wanted. Omisore according to a post on the agency’s Facebook account was declared wanted in connection with a case of “receiving and misappropriating the sum of over N700, 000,000.00 from the […]
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr. Tor Uja as the new Executive Secretary (ES) of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC). The appointment which takes immediate effect was confirmed in a statement issued Tuesday, by an Assistant Director (Press) in the Office of the Secretary to the […]
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
By Seun Adebosin LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declared the factional Caretaker Committee of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) illegal. Justice Ibrahim Buba ruled that the Committee constituted last Saturday, in the controversial non-elective National Convention of the party in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital […]
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
By Niyi Adeyi LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After its remand application was granted, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has moved former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, to its Lagos office, Ikoyi for more investigations. The anti-graft agency had Monday approached Lagos Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Bola Osunsanmi, requesting her to grant an application […]
