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Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The recently sacked lecturers of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), have accused the institution’s management of engaging in academic fraud of use and dump. The sacked 153 academia said on Monday that their relieve, which came few days after the Nigeria Universities Commission, (NUC), accreditation, amounted to […]
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), on Tuesday said it has shut Obat Oil and Petroleum Limited Jetty at Ibafon for non-compliance with the provisions of the code for operation. This closure is in exercise of the Agency’s powers in line with provisions of Part VIII of the […]
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The immediate past Governor of Enugu State, Barrister Sullivan Iheanacho Chime, may soon be in for trouble should members of the State House of Assembly find him culpable in shoddy contracts allegedly awarded during his tenure. Speaker of the State’s Assembly, Hon. Edward Ubosi, had Tuesday during the plenary announced that […]
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
By Niyi Adeyi The Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin has declared that the Nigerian Military stands a good chance to learn from Japan in view of the Japanese advancement in science and technology, as well as its proficiency in the production of military hardware. Gen. Olonisakin made the remark Tuesday, when […]
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria I was at St Peter Primary school Felele Lokoja for the governorship election that held across Kogi State on Saturday November 21, 2015. It was very peaceful and orderly and less emotional. I already expressed my concern on many issues and posted them on my facebook. […]
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has stressed the need for Nigerians to positively change their attitudes so as to achieve a paradigm shift in the way they do things and in line with the change mantra of the present administration. The Minister made the call Tuesday, in FCT Abuja, at the […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
The All Progressives Congress, (APC) on Sunday unleashed terror on some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) at Agudama-Ekpetiama in Yenagoa local government area, leaving two of its members critically injured. Condemning the attack in a statement made available to newsmen in Yenagoa last night, the Director of Publicity, Restoration Campaign Organization Hon. Jonathan […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
By Abdul Gaffar Bello Despite the assurance given by some clerics to revive the ruling APC Kogi Governorship candidate in the last Saturday poll, Prince Abubakar Audu, the late politician has been buried according to Islamic rites, in his country home, Ogbonicha, in Ofu Local Government area. The Prophets have arrived Audu’s expansive premises and […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
Activist Lawyer, Festus Keyamo. has examined the legal implication of the death of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Governorship candidate in the Kogi governorship poll, saying his running mate, James Faleke should automatically become the governorship candidate of the ruling party. While commiserating with the deceased family, Keyamo said the real question agitating the minds […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
By Niyi Adeyi The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has guaranteed that the Buhari Administration will not stifle free speech by seeking to regulate the Social Media or abridging the rights of the citizens. The assurance was given by the Minister, in Lagos Monday during a meeting with a cross section of […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen The Department of State Services (DSS) has requested a Senior Magistrates Court in Wuse Zone 2 Abuja, to stop the hearing of alleged criminal conspiracy against the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The Prosecution Counsel, Mr. Moses Idakwo, hinged his request on jurisdiction, as it has been discovered that the accused […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock over the news of sudden death of the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in last the Saturday’s Kogi state Governorship election, Prince Abubakar Audu. In response to the situation, the party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh held […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
Rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mallam Abubakar Malami, requesting him to urgently take steps to take over and prosecute all 31 former governors suspected of official corruption while in office. SERAP said this action is […]
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
Disturbed by the continued protest by Biafran agitators in parts of Nigeria, Governors of South zone, and Elders in the area sunday resolved to set up a committee to dialogue with the protesters and federal government. The two groups to meet with are, Members of the Movement For the Actualization of the Sovereign State of […]
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s Kogi state governorship election, Abubakar Audu is dead. Reports say that the politician died early today (Sunday) while INEC was collating the results of the Saturday’s governorship election. It was gathered that the APC candidate suddenly took ill and passed away. Audu is projected to […]
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
By Abdul Gaffar Bello BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kogi Governorship Election held on Saturday has been declared inconclusive by the INEC Returning Officer. While speaking at the INEC head office in Lokoja, the State capital Sunday evening, the Returning Officer explained that the decision was arrived at, as it was discovered that the […]
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
By Abdul Gaffar Bello The Kogi Governorship Election held yesterday, has been declared inconclusive by the INEC Returning Officer. While speaking at the INEC head office in Lokoja, the State capital Sunday evening, the Returning Officer explained that the decision was arrived at, as it was discovered that the difference in the total number of […]
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu No fewer than 42 different South east groups are to participate in a planned five million Man march in December over demand for restructuring of the Nigerian polity. Organizers of the exercise, the Igbo Youth Movement, (IYM), said it will hold in the five South-East States of Nigeria. Making this known […]
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
All is not well with the Nigerian Police Formations across the country, hence the need for the Federal Government to attend promptly to the worrisome situation, says the Commandant, Police Staff College Jos, Mr Joseph Mbu. Mbu in an interview with the NAN Sunday in the Plateau State capital lamented that there was decay and […]
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi tate, Abubakar Audu has won the Saturday’s governorship election in the state. With the results of the 21 local governments area of the state now counted, Audu Abubakar polled 240, 867 votes as against the 199, 514 votes scored by Governor Idris Wada of the Peoples […]
