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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Port Harcourt Worried by the spate of ongoing violence in Rivers state,occasioned by saturday’s rerun election, a non-governmental organisation, (NGO) the New Initiative for Credible Leadership has called for outright cancellation of the results of the elections, and immediate declaration of state of emergency in the area. The organization insisted that the […]
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Monday, March 21st, 2016
*To be Laid at Both Chambers next Week Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Hope rises for possible passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill ( PIB), as the Senate President, Bukola Saraki has assured that the current 8th National Assembly , after consideration of the harmonized version of the bill , slated for laying at both chambers next […]
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Monday, March 21st, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Henry Seriake Dickson on Monday in Yenagoa assured civil servants that the government would commence the payment of salaries to workers who have completed the process of verification, through their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) at the end of this month. He however warned perpetrators of payroll […]
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Monday, March 21st, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen President Muhammadu Buhari has identified Agriculture, Power, Manufacturing and Housing as “policy options” to revamp the country’s distressed economy. Speaking Monday at the National Economic Council Retreat on the economy at the State House Conference centre, Presidential Villa, Abuja, President Buhari admitted that, both the peasant and the mechanized farmers agreed with […]
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Monday, March 21st, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Port Harcourt Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and a chieftain of the All progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers state, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, has given her own account of what transpired at the Mile 1 Police Divisional Headquarters in Port Harcourt on Sunday March 20. Contrary to the impression […]
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Monday, March 21st, 2016
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam The Nigerian Army has announced the troops last weekend intercepted and killed members of Boko Haram who were on a suicide mission in the North east zone of the country. Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, confirmed this in a statement he issued Sunday, stating that the operations […]
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Monday, March 21st, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Port Harcourt Following the violence that rocked Saturday’s Rivers State legislative rerun, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended elections in all constituencies of the State. Indication to this emerged in a statement issued late on Sunday by the electoral body. The suspension, INEC declared, would last pending the receipt of […]
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Sunday, March 20th, 2016
Port Harcourt, Rivers State (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director General of NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, on Sunday narrowly escaped assassination in Port Harcourt, as some heavily armed men suspected to be working for a certain political party in River state opened fire on his vehicle, as well as engaged men of the Department of State Security Services, […]
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Sunday, March 20th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Chairman of the Joint Tax Board (JTB), Mr. Tunde Fowler has called for collaboration between the Nigeria Police Force and various tax authorities to stem collection of illegal fees and levies at road blocks. He spoke when he led a delegation of some members of the JTB on a courtesy call […]
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Sunday, March 20th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Ibadan now has an ultra-modern subsurface research centre that will boost the development of top rate manpower for the nation’s oil and gas industry, thanks to a donation by The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) operated Joint Venture. The centre has 15 fully-networked workstations, a high-end server […]
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Sunday, March 20th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Findings from the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in Abuja have shown that the FCT Minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, may have been deliberately misled by certain officials of the ministry in his recent statements before the National Assembly concerning the on-going Centenary City project. A senior staff of the […]
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Sunday, March 20th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Port Harcourt The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, on Sunday announced the cancellation of elections in two more local government areas in Saturday’s rerun polls in Rivers state. It specifically cites alleged irregularities such as violence, snatching of ballot box, non compliance to electoral law as reasons for the cancellation. The two […]
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Saturday, March 19th, 2016
Interview by Edmund Obilo The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu in an exclusive interview granted to IVOTES’ Editorial Board Chairman ,Edmund Obilo , has declared that he is not the president’s man. He spoke on a range of issues like the recent inconclusive elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states and […]
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Saturday, March 19th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Counting of votes in Saturday’s rerun election in the 23 council Areas of River state has commenced. The election took place in the three senatorial districts of the state, 12 federal constituencies as well as 22 state constituencies. At various polling units including those of Bera in Gokama council area […]
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Saturday, March 19th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Port Harcourt BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State police Command has dismissed allegations by the peoples Democratic party PDP that three of its members were killed in parts of the state during today’s (Saturday) rerun election in the state. The Command spokesman, Ahmed Mohammadu, said the rumours were untrue and […]
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Saturday, March 19th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun Collaboration between the Doha-based international broadcaster, Al Jazeera and the government-owned media organizations, especially the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), in the area of capacity building for journalists is underway. Nigeria and the Doha-based international broadcaster, Al Jazeera are to collaborate in the area of capacity building for journalists in the government-owned media […]
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Saturday, March 19th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Port Harcourt Contrary to fears that the Rivers state rerun election may be likely be marred by violence,the exercise has been peaceful and calm in parts of the state. AFRICAN EXAMINER correspondent covering the election, observed that apart from alleged cases of use of fake result sheets in some election centres, the […]
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Saturday, March 19th, 2016
By Seun Adebosin One person has been confirmed critically injured, while many others are still trapped in the rubbles, as a two-story building in Mile 12, Lagos suburb, gave way Saturday morning. Reasons for the house collapse located on Ali close of the area, is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filling […]
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Saturday, March 19th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Port Harcourt Ahead of today (saturday) rerun election in Rivers state, South- South Nigeria, the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of Operations, Sotonye Wakama, has accused politicians in state of hiding criminals and cultists in various hotels in the state capital with the hope to use them to rig the poll. He, […]
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Saturday, March 19th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Ministry of Finance on Friday confirmed the indefinite suspension of the Executive Secretary/Director General of The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Mrs. Nellie Mayshak and three other senior staff of the directorate. Mayshak was placed on suspension by the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and a director from […]
