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Friday, December 18th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the South East zone, has lambasted the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over his recent warning that revolution is imminent in Nigeria, should the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government fail to soften its ongoing stringent economic policies and style of governance. The warning that […]
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Friday, December 18th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Onitsha At least, five person were shot dead, while seven others sustained various degrees of injuries at the Niger Head Bridge Onitsha, on Thursday when security operatives clashed with members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), who were celebrating […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the Health of the Nigeria’s ex-Petroleum minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke deteriorates, a family member has reportedly said the former minister is still alive and well. Rumours that Diezani died early Thursday in London went viral on social media. The report said the former minister died […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to Mr. Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, requesting him to use his offices and position to urgently investigate allegations of attack by the Nigerian military on a Shia Muslim group in Zaria, Kaduna […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Thursday presented the year 2016 Budget proposal of N662.588billion to the State’s House of Assembly, with a pledge that his administration will not only implement the budget faithfully, but also ensure that it works in the best interest of Lagosians. The Governor who christened the 2016 […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2015
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen Again, the French authority has pledged to work with the Nigerian Military so as to improve human capacities and develop operational capability in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists. Commander of French Forces in Senegal, Brigadier General Pascal Facon made the new pledge Thursday, during his courtesy visit to the Nigerian Chief […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2015
…Demands Sanctions Against Erring Firms On Gas Flaring Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Senate has ordered full investigation into the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to ascertain the level of its impact in the oil communities in the South-South region of the country. It also directed its Committee on Niger Delta Affairs to audit […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2015
By Niyi Adeyi President Muhammadu Buhari has advocated for shift and emphasis on the economic integration, alongside campaign for, and focus on the peace and security, in the African sub-region. Buhari made the advocacy Thursday in his welcome address at the ongoing 40th Anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in FCT […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2015
By Funmilayo Omidiji An Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital has upheld the ruling of the Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which ruled that the incumbent Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was duly elected in the Saturday, April 11, 2015 poll. Delivering the judgment of […]
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Thursday, December 17th, 2015
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered unconditional release of the detained Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Adeniyi Ademola in his ruling Thursday morning held that detaining Kanu, without prosecution was against the law, hence, his conditional release. The […]
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun The Coalition against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has condemned the recent attacks and killings of the Shiite sect by the Nigerian Army, describing it as a terror pre-meditated, malicious, pre-orchestrated and highly reprehensible. Over 500 members of the Shiite sect were reported to have rushed out to barricade the road on Saturday 12th […]
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
The opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) says the denial by President Muhammadu Buhari on the alleged benefiting from funds relating to the arms deal scandal and the consequent controversy trailing it, underscores the need for a more neutral and transparent body like an independent National Truth Commission to examine all issues relating to handling of […]
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
Nigerian Leader, President Muhammadu Buhari has formally written the Senate on his plan to present the 2016 appropriation Bill Tuesday, December 22, 2016. National Assembly Chairman and Senate President, Bukola Saraki Wednesday, read President Buhari’s letter to members of the upper legislative chamber. Earlier, Mr. President in a letter dated, December 8, 2015, proposing in […]
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen A Federal High sitting in Abuja has adjourned ruling on bail application on the N9.6 Billion fraudulent and breach of trust suit, involving former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa and his son, Sagir, till Monday, December 21, 2015. Others joined in the suit filed […]
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
A Magistrate Court in FCT Abuja has struck out, to give way for transfer to higher Court, on alleged cases of criminal conspiracy and ownership of outlawed organization against the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. While acting on the application by the Federal Government (FG) to withdraw the charges from the court against Kanu, […]
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ousted the acting National Chairman of the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus. Ruling Tuesday on the suit filed before the court by a former Political Adviser to the immediate past President (Goodluck Jonathan), Ahmed Gulak, Justice Huseini Baba-Yusuf, granted the plaintiff’s prayer […]
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The ensuing rivalry crisis between the new leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Uchenna Madu, and the ousted head, Chief Ralph Uwazurike, is getting worst by the day, as the duo still engage each other in accusations and counter accusations. The Madu’s group Tuesday […]
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2015
The Presidency has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari did not receive any monetary compensation from ex-President Goodluck Jonathan last year in the aftermath of the dastardly attempt to assassinate him as Boko Haram attacked his convoy in Kaduna. The presidency gave the clarification in a statement issued by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and […]
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2015
Chief Olisa Metuh, National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari is out to silence him at all cost because of his hard stance against the administration. Briefing newsmen on Tuesday, Metuh said in the last seven months, as opposition spokesperson, he had been hounded, […]
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2015
A Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the election of the Speaker, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Aniekan Uko. Justice Moshood Oredola Abdulrahman-led three man panel ruled that Aniekan Uko who is representing Ibesikpo Asuntan constituency was not validly elected. The court held that the election tribunal which sat in […]
