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Friday, April 1st, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that incoming recruitment of 10,000 policemen would address the challenge of youth unemployment in the country. Mr. President made the assurance Friday at a ceremonial parade to mark the 2016 Police Week in Abuja. Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd), indicated that the […]
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Thursday, March 31st, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said there is no disagreement whatsoever between the Executive and the Legislature on the 2016 Budget, which has been passed by the National Assembly. ”There is absolutely no rift, no issue of budget being sent back. Things are just taking […]
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Thursday, March 31st, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia Senator Theodore Orji, representing Abia Central senatorial district, has disclosed that the South East Caucus in the National Assembly is working towards ensuring that the case of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu is amicably resolved. Speaking with newsmen in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, the […]
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Thursday, March 31st, 2016
Ibadan, Nigeria – Following the leadership tussle and views on the zone to produce the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District and Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the (PDP) in the South West, Senator Buruji Kashamu, has advised the Acting Chairman of the Board of […]
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
The Federal Government has said it is keenly aware of the difficulties that Nigerians are currently facing over the lingering fuel scarcity and poor power supply, and that it is working round the clock to provide the relief for the citizenry. ”As a government that was propelled into office by the power of the […]
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
The three million-strong Nigeria- American diaspora in the US has been urged to help kickstart strong economic ties between the two countries. Speaking at a town hall meeting in New York with gathering of Nigerians in diaspora, business and religious leaders, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora and Foreign Relations informed the […]
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
After a week of controversies that trailed his comments on the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu has publicly apologized for making the statement considered uncomplimentary. The junior Minister tendered the apology Tuesday, when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Petroleum. The committee had invited […]
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun The Nigerian Army has announced the death of its abducted officer, Colonel Samaila Inusa. Col. Inusa was kidnapped Saturday evening 26th March 2016. In a release issued Tuesday by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the late soldier was found dead Tuesday, (March 29, 2016) at about 6.00pm. […]
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja Wednesday for Washington DC to join President Barack Obama and about 60 other world leaders and heads of international organizations at the 4th Nuclear Security Summit which opens on Thursday. At plenary sessions of the summit aimed at reinforcing international commitment to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, Mr. President […]
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Lagos, Latest Headlines, News From The State
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun The Coalition of Ibile Professionals has defended the choice of Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, as co-chair of the Lagos at 50th year Celebration Committee. According to a statement released Tuesday by its General Secretary, Alhaji Wasiu Hassan, the group described members of Eko Foundation as rabble-rousers and noise makers seeking cheap […]
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Following the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) comment, describing him as a threat, the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has fired back, saying the party is the real threat to the country’s security and her people. Fayose’s Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka stated this in a release he signed Monday, […]
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Two suspected Boko Haram terrorists have been arrested as the troops of 155 Task Force Battalion, 21 Brigade conducted a clearance operation aimed at clearing remnants of the terrorists still taking refuge in Dipcheri, Jere and Chogolo towns. The troops, Defence indicated cleared all the three camps successfully without any casualty, adding that while the […]
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC, has commended Nigeria’s former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon for accepting responsibility for the paternity of his Igbo Son, Jack Musa Ngonadi Gowon, after forty eight years of denial, abandonment, victimization and slander. Gowon had in a signed statement two weeks ago, accepted paternity over […]
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chairman of Heirs Holdings; Mr. Tony Elumelu would at the weekend engage with the academia, thought leaders and students in 2 of America’s prestigious universities; Harvard and Columbia on development strategies for Africa. The African Business leader, who is also Chairman of United Bank for Africa, will be delivering a […]
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Monday, March 28th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court, Lagos has insisted on enforcement of the judgment ordering the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to publish widely the spending of recovered stolen funds since return of democracy in 1999. The details of the judgment are contained in the certified true copy […]
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Monday, March 28th, 2016
A lawyer and prominent politician, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite is dead. Dr. Braithwaite’s son, Olumide confirmed the death of the founder of defunct PRP, at age 82, Monday morning at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lagos. The late politician and human right activist died after brief illness.
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Monday, March 28th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun The Save Nigeria Anti Corruption Coalition has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Minister of States for Petroleum, Mr, Ibe Kachukwu, over his continued incompetence and inability to properly address the fuel scarcity situation in the country. The group also hinged its call on Kachukwu’s removal over his unguarded […]
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Monday, March 28th, 2016
By Abdul Gaffar Bello The Nigerian Army authority has raised to N1 Million, the cash reward to any person with useful information that could lead to the rescue of its missing officer, Col. Samaila Inusa. Spokesman of 1 Division, Col. Abdul Usman made this public Monday morning, while speaking with newsmen. The Army authority had […]
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Monday, March 28th, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as he clocks 64 years tomorrow, Tuesday March 29, 2016. President Buhari, in a statement issued by his SA on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adeshina believed the rising political profile of Asiwaju Tinubu since […]
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Enugu, Latest Headlines, News From The State
Monday, March 28th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu As part of strategy to checkmate ghost workers, in its public service, the Enugu state Government, has directed the immediate biometric capturing of her entire workforce and pensioners using Bank Verification Number (BVN). Commissioner in charge of Ministry of Information, Dr. Godwin Udeuhele, who made this known to newsmen weekend in […]
