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Monday, January 11th, 2016
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head, Nigeria Bureau, Lagos Tactically admitting challenge of compromise on its personnel, the Nigerian anti-graft body – Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has given hint on the ongoing internal cleansing exercise of its workforce, so as to achieve impressive result in the current battle against corruption in the country. The Commission’s […]
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Monday, January 11th, 2016
By Niyi Adeyi The National Publicity Secretary of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, has purportedly challenged in court, his continuous detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged financial crime. Metuh who has been under investigation since last week, through his Counsel, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Monday dragged the EFCC […]
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Monday, January 11th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the people of Bayelsa state for ensuring the party won the governorship election and called for an inquest into the killings during the poll. The party commended the people for standing against intimidation, rigging and violence to ensure that […]
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Sunday, January 10th, 2016
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated the people of Bayelsa State for their support for its candidate, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, which led to his victory at the just-concluded governorship election in the state. The PDP however said the victory is painful because of the number of those that were killed. “It’s painful that […]
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Bayelsa Election 2015, Latest Headlines, News, News From The State
Sunday, January 10th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Seriake Dickson, has emerged winner of the Bayelsa State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that Mr. Dickson scored a total of 134,998, votes while his main challenger, the All Progressives Congress candidate, Timipre Sylva polled 86,852 votes. Meanwhile, Mr Dickson has […]
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Saturday, January 9th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun The Federal Government (FG) has renewed its resolve and readiness to give the National Theatre its original status – a magnet for the creative arts. Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the assurance Saturday during his courtesy visit to Noble Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka in his Freedom Park office, Lagos. […]
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Saturday, January 9th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Saturday, condemned the electoral malpractice and violence which disrupted the supplementary elections in Brass, Nembe, Ekeremor town and parts of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area. Over 14 people, including four policemen, two soldiers and eight civilians were feared dead in Ekeremor alone while […]
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Saturday, January 9th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) is maintaining a comfortable lead in the just-concluded supplementary election in the Southern Ijaw LGA and 101 units in Bayelsa state, despite the low turnout of voters recorded in some communities. The collated results from various polling units and wards across the state made available […]
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Saturday, January 9th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia Abia State command of the Nigerian police force has hinted that the policeman who recently allegedly killed a father of two children, Mr. Ikeokwu Onyemachi, in Aba, the commercial city of the State, is currently undergoing orderly room trial. The Commissioner in charge of the state, Habila Joshak, who made this […]
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Saturday, January 9th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, Malachy Agbo, has been appointed the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. Agbo, alongside 16 others were appointed by the Enugu State Governor, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Thursday. Ugwuanyi immediately inaugurated the chairmen and […]
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Saturday, January 9th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has hailed the commendable gallantry exhibited by the women and youths of Oporoma, headquarters of Southern Ijaw LGAs, Ekowe and Otuan communities who have resolved to take their destiny in their hands by chasing away militants and forming a formidable vigilante groups to guide electoral […]
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Friday, January 8th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State last night came under siege barely 24 hours to the rescheduled governorship election as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claimed five of its supporters might have been killed in attacks by thugs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The PDP raised the alarm following massive […]
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Friday, January 8th, 2016
Says “It’s better now for me to join the APC” By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka Ahead of the March 2015 fresh election in Anambra Central senatorial district, the Senator who represented the area before she was ousted by the court of Appeal Enugu recently, Uche Ekwunife, has dumped her party the peoples Democratic party PDP, for […]
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Friday, January 8th, 2016
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffered another major setback in Enugu State on friday as three of her top leaders,namely, Senator Jim Nwobodo and senator Fidelis Okoro , defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Nwobodo, was the first executive Governor of old Anambra State, […]
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Friday, January 8th, 2016
BALTIMORE, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Human Rights Activist, Constitutional Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome has faulted the Justice Oyebisi Omoleye-led Panel of the Court of Appeal that nullified the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, describing it as ‘fundamentally wrong’ and full of errors in Law. Mr. Ozekhome, who […]
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Friday, January 8th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has warned against the trampling of the opposition and total disregard for the rule of law in the guise of anti-corruption war. Senator Ekweremadu who reaffirmed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s support for a genuine anti-graft crusade in a statement, however, […]
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Friday, January 8th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, can confirm that the prediction by its Governorship Candidate, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside that PDP will become history in Rivers State by the end of January, 2015 has started manifesting following the massive defection of PDP members into the APC across […]
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Friday, January 8th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has raised the alarm over the illegal deployment of 1,000 mobile policemen to Ekeremor LGA by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, as part of a grand plot to rig election in the area. One of the mobile policemen […]
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Thursday, January 7th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen The Federal Government (FG) will soon launch a major campaign which it tagged ‘Change Begins With Me’, with a view to achieving attitudinal change among Nigerians. Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the disclosure Thursday, at a meeting he had with members of the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON) in […]
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Thursday, January 7th, 2016
By Babs Ajayi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr. Dele Momodu took the private matter and domestic dispute between David Adeleke (a/k/a Davido) and the mother of his child, who is a cousin of Momodu, Sophia Momodu, to the public space on December 30, 2015 when he uploaded the video recordings he shot at the Lagos […]
