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Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
After a prolonged internal crisis, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has expelled its embattled leader, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike. The group announced its Director of publicity, Uchenna Madu, as replacement for Uwazurike. Uwazurike, according to the MASSOB, was expelled for allegedly embezzling over a whopping sum of N100m. The […]
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
Some paid Union leaders who have been battling to sure that the Director General of Industrial Training Funds, Mrs. Juliet Chukkas Onaeko, is fired, on Monday shifted the battle ground from their serialized campaign of blackmail and calumny on the pages of newspapers and online media to the ITF headquarters in Jos. They blocked the […]
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress has formally picked Yahaya Bello as its guber candidate to replace late Abubakar Audu who died recently at the verge of winning the Kogi state governorship election. The party picked Mr. Bello because he came second to late Mr. Audu in the […]
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Political stakeholders in Enugu state have thrown their weight behind Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s, decision to appoint caretaker committees to run affairs of the 17 Council Areas of the state from January 4, 2016. The tenure of office of the incumbent elected Council chairmen will in December […]
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
No fewer than 82 persons were on Saturday arrested and prosecuted by officials of Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) Brigade for violating the State Environmental Sanitation Laws. Some of the offenders were arrested at Ojota, former Ikeja Toll Gate, Oshodi, Agege, Ojodu Berger, Mile 21, Ketu, Mile 12 among others between the hours of 7.00a.m and 10.00am. […]
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase has ordered all Zonal Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIGs and Command Commissioners of Police, to take necessary measures in ensuring the provision of adequate security for worshippers, travellers, picnickers and all citizens across the country before, during, […]
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the extension of registration for the Biometric Verification Number (BNV) for men of the armed forces to enable them access their salaries. This was disclosed on Monday by Alhaji Suleiman Barau, Deputy Governor Operations of the CBN when request […]
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Confusion among federal government agencies ensued yesterday before the Senate committee on Appropriation over submissions for approval of the N465.6 billion Supplementary budget forwarded to National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari as request for additional N108 billion for fuel subsidy was made. More so, the Committee, detected from what Sen. Albert Akpan […]
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen The ruling of the appellate court last Saturday notwithstanding, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has boasted that his ousted candidate, former Senate President, David Mark will emerge the winner of the re-run poll. PDP in a statement signed Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, described Senator Mark as an […]
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
By Abdul Gaffar Bello BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Supporters of about to be substituted candidate of the ruling APC for the Kogi State Supplementary election this Saturday, Yahya Bello and the late Prince Abubakar Audu’s running mate, Hon. James Faleke Monday afternoon clashed and engaged one another in scuffle at the party’s National secretariat, […]
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
*Insists APC Should Name Him As Audu’s Replacement By Abdul Gaffar Bello, Lokoja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The running mate to late Abubakar Audu of the ruling APC, Hon James Abiodun Faleke has picked the former Kogi State Governor’s son, Muhammad as his running mate. Faleke made the announcement Monday morning in Ogonicha, Ofu […]
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
From Abdul Gaffar Bello, Lokoja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There is tension in the ranks and files of the National and Kogi State Chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the party is presently enmeshed in the controversies surrounding the choice of the candidate to substitute its late Governorship flag bearer, Prince […]
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Monday, November 30th, 2015
– Demand Apology From Ohaneze; Kanu’s Release By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu A faction of Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), led by its Director of publicity, Uchenna Madu, and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), spearheaded by detained Nnamdi Kanu, Sunday boycotted a peace meeting convened by the caucus of […]
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Sunday, November 29th, 2015
By Niyi Adeyi, Abuja A pressure group – the Leadership and Accountability Initiative has appealed to the United States (US) authorities to come to the rescue of Nigeria, over alleged abuse of human rights by President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The group alleged that President Buhari and his government has since reneged on promises made by […]
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Sunday, November 29th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The trustees of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) will on Monday, November 30, 2015 be arraigned before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over the collapse of a six-story building in the church on September 12, 2014, which led to the death of 116 […]
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Sunday, November 29th, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari late Friday in Malta called for the establishment of a Commonwealth Committee to oversee the rendering of greater assistance and support to Nigeria and other member-countries which have been adversely affected by the scourge of terrorism. In his address at a banquet hosted by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II for Heads of […]
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Saturday, November 28th, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Onitsha Traders under the aegis of South-East Amalgamated Market Traders Association (SEAMATA) have condemned in its entirety the invasion of markets in the region by the pro-Biafra groups . They said even though,they are in support of the Biafran movement, the idea of invading markets in the name of protest was highly […]
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Saturday, November 28th, 2015
The Appeal court sitting in Makurdi, Benue state has nullified the election of the former Senate President, David Mark. In ruling on the appeal brought by Daniel Onjeh, the Benue South Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Justice Ige held that the election of Mr. Mark was fraught with irregularities contrary to the electoral […]
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Saturday, November 28th, 2015
A suicide bomber has killed at least 21 people in an attack on a Shia Muslim procession in Nigeria’s Kano state, eyewitnesses and organisers say. The bomber ran into the crowd and detonated his device before he could be spotted, an organiser told AFP. The attack happened shortly after a man was arrested in possession […]
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Friday, November 27th, 2015
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged the media to galvanize support among the populace for the war on terrorism, which he described as a major challenge facing the country. Mohammed made the call Friday in Abuja, when he met with representatives of media professional bodies. ”The war against terrorism is […]
