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Sunday, January 31st, 2016
By Seun Adebosin Following the allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that some members of his family collected money out of the $2.1 Billion for arms procurement, former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro has demanded the anti-draft agency to make public, details about the directors as well as signatories to […]
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Saturday, January 30th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seven people have died as a passenger boat capsized in Ikorodu area of Lagos, Nigeria today, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has confirmed. The 20-passenger capacity boat was said to be conveying 17 passengers from Ijede enroute Badore when it capsized at about 10.20am on Saturday. […]
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Saturday, January 30th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Re-elected Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson on Saturday in Yenagoa threw his weight behind the embattled Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, saying he remains the party’s chairman (Secondus). According to him, contrary to the reports in the media, there are no three chairmen in PDP but only one in the person of […]
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Friday, January 29th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court has upheld the nullification of the elections of Stella Oduah and Andy Uba as the senators representing Anambra North and Anambra South senatorial. The Apex Court on Friday declared them not validly elected to represent Anambra state in the senate. Recall that, earlier the Supreme Court had […]
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Friday, January 29th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The letter written to the leadership of the National Assembly (NASS) by former President Olusegun Obasanjo has started raising dusts in the polity with Senator Dino Melaye (APC Kogi West) accusing the former President of exposing NASS to corruption. Dino who reacted to the letter through a statement issued on Thursday described Obasanjo’s action through the […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka The Governor Wily Obiano led government in Anambra state on Thursday declared war on tax invaders in the area, as it sealed-off a total of 35 buildings in the industrial town of Nnewi over refusal of its owners to pay property rate amounting to N150 million naira. Some of the affected buildings included […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2016
By Niyi Adeyi After being accused of contempt of Court, a repentant Niger Delta Militant and Leader of the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, (MEND), Government Ekpumupolo, aka Tompolo, Thursday promised he will appear before the court at the appropriate time. Having declined the invitation of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, hearing the suit […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared he is still not convinced that Nigeria and its people will benefit from an official devaluation of the Naira. Speaking in Nairobi, Kenya capital, at an interactive meeting with Nigerians living in the country, Mr. President maintained that while export-driven economies could benefit from devaluation of their currencies, devaluation would […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2016
Former Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu has been arrested by the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the alleged financial misconduct while in the office. The retired Air Force Chief is to be investigated over alleged fraud in particular, about the questionable purchase of two helicopters without […]
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Thursday, January 28th, 2016
Promises Refund of N670 Million In 2 Weeks By Seun Adebosin The Publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena has been conditional released after being held for about 24 hours by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for questioning over alleged collection of the sum of N670 Million from former National Security Adviser (NSA), […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
As Senate Sets To Pass 2016 Budget February 25 Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari in his first executive bills to the National Assembly on Wednesday, has sought for more potent laws against money laundering and criminal matters in the country. The President in a letter to the Senate President , Bukola Saraki which was […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
The Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the election of Nyesom Wike as the Governor of Rivers State The apex court in a unanimous ruling by a five-man panel however held it would adduce reasons for its judgment, Friday, February 12, 2016. It would be recalled both the State Election Petitions Tribunal and Court of Appeal have […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
– Results Of Two Suspected Cases Pending By Niyi Adeyi The Lagos State Government has confirmed another death due to infection by the ravaging Lassa Fever. According to the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, the latest victim – a 27 year old lady, he confirmed died at the Ijede General Hospital, Ikorodu, a […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The police in Enugu has arrested a young lady (names withheld) for throwing her one-day-old male baby from a two-storey building few hours after she was put to bed. Our Correspondent gathered that the strange action was carried out Tuesday in the lady’s apartment on Ezeani Street, New Haven, Enugu. It […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday in Eldoret, Kenya that the global community must resolve to act with more determination and vigour against radicalization and extremist ideologies which encourage terrorism. The President said this at a memorial service in honour of Kenyan soldiers who were killed by Al-Shabaab in Somalia recently, urging the peace-loving nations globally […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted application of bail variation filed by the National Publicity Secretary of the opposition PDP, Olisa Metuh. Metuh is currently standing trial over alleged collection of N400 Million, out of $2.1 Billion arms procurement money from the former NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd), via his private firm, […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen The Leadership crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday worsened, as former Special Adviser to immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Bar. Ahmed Gulak, made a self-declaration as the substantive National Chairman of the party. Gulak who recently won in his suit challenging the occupation of the seat […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Sunday Adewusi is dead. The former IGP died Tuesday night at the National Hospital, Abuja, after a brief illness, at the age of 80. He joined the Nigeria Police and had his training as a cadet sub-inspector, at the Police College lasted between 1957 and 1958 Late Adewusi who […]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari this morning (Wednesday) departed Abuja for a three-day state visit to Kenya. A statement from the president’s media adviser said on arrival in Kenya, President Buhari will join his host, President Uhuru Kenyatta and other dignitaries at a memorial service for Kenyan soldiers who were killed by […]
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The N6.08trillion 2016 budget estimates on Tuesday suffered further credibility crisis on the floor of the Senate, as Senator Oluremi Tinubu ( APC Lagos Central) , described it as anti- women. Tinubu who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, lamented that the total allocation of less than N4billion earmarked for […]
