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Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Oyewale Oyelola President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday unveiled 1200 hectares, to site Centenary City in Abuja, saying the project was in line with the transformation agenda of his administration. President Jonathan who was accompanied by Ethiopia Premier Minister, some governors and Ministers at the launch of the project located along Airport road promised that his […]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The crisis rocking the Assemblies of God Church Nigeria, (AG) Enugu, following the suspension of its General Superintendent (GS), Rev. Prof. Paul Emeka, on Tuesday took a dramatic dimension as those loyalists of the sacked cleric, barred the Acting General Superintendent, Rev. Chidi Okarafor and his group from holding a meeting in the Church premises. […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
The Super Eagles have a lot of work to do when they meet Argentina in their final Group F game on Wednesday in Porto Alegre. Argentina, who survived what would have been a shocking result against group underdogs, Iran through a late Lionel Messi magical moment, are already through to the knockout stages, having pocketed […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have reportedly killed about 38 people in two separate attacks on villages in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Reports say the Fulani herdsmen invaded Kabamu in Fadan Karshi district and Ankpon in Nandu district on Monday night to attack their victims. African Examiner gathered that 21 were […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday adjourned indefinitely a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party seeking an order directing some governors of the All Progressives Party to vacate their seats. The PDP wants the court order the removal of the governors on the account of their defection from the party which sponsored […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
…Says Suspected Under-aged Would Not Be Issued The PVC Agabus Pwanagba, Jos As part of efforts to ensure credible elections are conducted in Plateau State in 2015, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set up a 23 man committee to assist the commission in voter education and publicity. Resident Electoral Commissioner in the […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
Ignatius Okpara, Onitsha The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Usman Gwary has read the riot act to officers and men of the command on misconduct especially extortion, saying they should desist from acts capable of dragging the already tarnished image of the face to the mud or be ready to face the music if apprehended. […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
Passersby, commuters and residents of Jungle area along the newly-constructed Yaya Abatan – College road, in Ifako Ijaiye local government area of Lagos state were on Tuesday night thrown into grieve and tears as a speeding commercial bus crushed to death a young boy. Eyewitness told African Examiner that the driver of the bus was […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
The National Conference Committee on Foreign Policy and Diaspora has said that the 1999 Constitution should be amended to allow Nigerians in the Diaspora to vote during elections in the country. Before now, Nigerians living in foreign countries are not allowed to vote during elections and they have been clamouring for the amendment of the […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has described the late Justice Chukwudifu Oputa as an incorruptible judge. The years the revered Jurist and late Justice Kayode Eso held sway in the nation’s judiciary, Amaechi has also described as a “golden era”. Despite the high level of sleazy activities, Governor Amaechi observed that the judiciary could still […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
From Ignatius Okpara, Owerri The lingering cold war between Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state and ousted Chairman of the state traditional rulers’ council, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, has assumed a new twist, as the monarch on Monday dragged the state government to court over the withdrawal of his ‘Certificate of Recognition’. Ilomuanya, who is the […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
By Femi Kehinde Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has presented cheques worth over N300 million as payment of severance allowance to 103 aides of his predecessor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel. The governor at the event, held at the Arcade Ground, Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta yesterday, noted that the gesture was not politically motivated but a […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
The LASU-Iyana Oba axis in Ojo local government area of Lagos State is presently in pandemonium and confusion as a team of policemen some minutes ago, are allegedly shooting after causing an accident in the ever busy area. According to a tweet to the studio of a Lagos based radio few minutes ago and monitored […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
Less than a week after the burial, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has promised that the State government would immortalize the late Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola-Alao. Ajimobi stated this in Ibadan while receiving former Vice President Atiku Abubakr who paid him a condolence visit on the demise of the late philanthropist […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
Former News of the World editor, Andy Coulson on Tuesday was convicted over phone hacking but fellow editor Rebekah Brooks was acquitted, after a month-long trial revolving around illegal activity at the heart of Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper empire.A jury at London’s Old Bailey unanimously found Coulson, the former spin doctor of British Prime Minister David […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
The Executive Secretary of Anti-Corruption Network and former member of the House of Representatives, Dino Melaye. was quizzed by Police in Abuja yesterday, for staging street protest over the abduction of over 200 female students of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by members of Boko Haram. The protest was aimed at compelling the […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
A horde of journalists gathered in London this morning to protest against the seven-year jail terms slammed on three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt, BBC reports. A court in Cairo found Australia’s Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed guilty of sedition, though the trio had denied the charges against them and are expected to appeal. […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
From Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia There was tension in the commercial city of Aba in Abia State on Monday following the discovery of an object suspected to be bomb at the River Layout area of the city. African Examiner gathered that there were confusion and fear in the area when a middle aged man, (name withheld) […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
At least 91 persons, were said to have been abducted by suspected Islamic militants between Thursday and Sunday from the Kumanza,Yaga and Dagu, Damboa and Dagu, Damboa and Askira Uba Local Government Areas of Borno State, local vigilante officials said yesterday night. Four other villagers were killed while attempting to escape from their abductors, said […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2014
An Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola monday dismissed an application brought before it by the state House of Assembly seeking an injunction to allow it serve Governor Murtala Nyako and his deputy impeachment notice through the media. The development was necessitated by several attempts by the Clerk of the assembly, Mr. Francis Gbendenso, […]
