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Friday, April 15th, 2016
Apparently to douse debate which has trailed his regular trips outside the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has justified his one week official visit to People Republic of China. A release from the Presidency affirmed that President Buhari was satisfied with the trip, especially for yielding additional investments exceeding $6 billion to Nigeria. Mr. President believed […]
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Friday, April 15th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki has lost in a spirited bid to halt his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over false asset declaration. Justice Abdul Kafarati of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja Friday held that Saraki’s application did not justify the […]
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Friday, April 15th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Festus Keyamo has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Solomon Arase to arrest and prosecute Chris Giwa for inciting disturbances in the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. Keyamo, solicitor to NFF faction led by Mr. Amaju Pinnick said “In the last few days, one Chris Giwa has threatened to […]
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Thursday, April 14th, 2016
By Abdul Gaffar Bello The trial of former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe was stalled Thursday at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) due to absence of its Chairman, Justice Umar Danladi. Addressing the parties involved in the one count charge of false asset declaration against Orubebe, the CCT Head, Press and […]
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Thursday, April 14th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Thursday summoned the National Security Adviser (NSA) and security chiefs to brief it on efforts taken so far to rescue over 200 abducted Chibok Government Secondary School girls Borno. The order followed a motion by Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) which was co-sponsored by three other senators. […]
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Thursday, April 14th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has charged the Presidency to give clear deadlines to security agencies, regarding return of the missing Chibok girls to their families. The Speaker made this call during debate on a motion on the missing Chibok schoolgirls, two years after their abduction […]
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Thursday, April 14th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The latest video released by the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists shows 15 out of over 200 abducted Chibok girls. Some of the girls in the video who appear in black robes, have since been identified by their parents. The latest video has been presented to the Nigerian government, including the […]
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Thursday, April 14th, 2016
Funeral arrangements have been announced for Gbemisola Comfort Foyeke Soneye, nee Olawale, the mother of the Publisher of Per Second News, Femi Soneye. Mrs. Soneye, according to a statement on Wednesday, “died peacefully and entered Heaven’s gates” at St. Nicholas Hospital on December 1, 2015 after a brief illness. The burial rites announcement, as signed […]
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen Department of State Services (DSS) has paraded a Boko Haram terrorists’ leader, Bello Danhajiya. The notorious terrorist among other crimes was alleged to have defrauded many prominent personalities. He has also been identified as deputy to Khalid Al-Barnawi, second-in-Command to the controversial insurgents’ leader, Abubakar Shekau. While briefing journalists Wednesday, an agent […]
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday far away in Beijing warned vandals and saboteurs blowing up oil and gas installations in Nigeria to desist immediately or face drastic action as being taken against Boko Haram terrorists by the Armed Forces. Speaking at a meeting with members of the Nigerian Community in China, President Buhari reaffirmed his total […]
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun The Lagos State Government has granted amnesty to a total of 153 inmates of Kirikiri Maximum and Medium prisons, still awaiting trial. Chief Judge of the State, Justice Oluwafunmilayo Atilade who ordered the release Wednesday, during her visit to the prisons, pointed out that among the pardoned were 79 being tried for […]
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
Hope of a successful resolution of its N780 billion with the country beckons, as the Executive Chairman of South African telecommunication multinational, MTN Nigeria Mr. Phutuma Nhleko is likely to exit his position. Nhleko assumed his present role on November 9, 2015 following the resignation of Sifiso Dabengwa as the MTN Group President and Chief […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
DAKAR/NEW YORK/GENEVA, 12 April 2016 – The number of children involved in ‘suicide’ attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger has risen sharply over the past year, from 4 in 2014 to 44 in 2015, according to UNICEF data released today. More than 75 per cent of the children involved in the attacks are girls. […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD )AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has called for the inclusion of the proposed Lagos-Calabar coastal rail project in the 2016 budget. The body said “what matters and should matter most is the importance of this project to the growth of Nigeria’s economy.” The pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, in a statement signed […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari must sign the N6.6trillion 2016 budget into law as passed by the National Assembly on the 23rd of last month, the details of which were also forwarded to the presidency last week. Senate’s insistence on President’s assent to the budget was sequel to […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The senate on Tuesday moved to amend the Act establishing and regulating the modus operandi of the Code of Conduct Bureau ( CCB) , in what is seen as move to save its President, Bukola Saraki from the trial he is facing at the Code of Conduct Tribunal ( CCT), an offshoot […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that technical committees be immediately established to finalize discussions on new joint Nigeria/China rail, power, manufacturing, agricultural and solid mineral projects. The President gave the directive Tuesday in Beijing after talks between his delegation and high-ranking Chinese government officials led by President Xi Jinping. The […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen At last, Justice Abdukadir Abdu-Kafarati of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has reversed his earlier decision to withdraw from ruling on the appeal filed before him by the embattled Senate President, Bukola Saraki on his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over false asset declaration. Specifically, Senator […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Tax practitioners got royal endorsement on Monday when the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, asked Muslims and all Nigerians to do their duties and pay their taxes saying that tax, was not anti-Islam. According to the Emir, without taxes, provision of amenities like schools, roads, hospitals will not be possible. Emir […]
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate on Monday, advised the Presidency to come clean with Nigerians on the 2016 Budget and stop engaging in surreptitious campaigns of calumny against the upper chamber in order to cover up its serial errors. Reacting to claims in the media credited to the Executive arm […]
