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Friday, January 10th, 2014
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has lauded the proposed repatriation of former Delta State Governor, Mr. James Ibori, to complete his jail term in Nigeria. Nigeria and the United Kingdom had signed an agreement on Thursday, January 9, 2014, on the exchange of prisoners between them. Under the agreement, high-profile prisoners […]
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Friday, January 10th, 2014
Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of the House of Representatives; his deputy Emeka Ihedioha are to retain their seats despite the mass cross-carpeting from the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressive Congress (APC). Other beneficiaries of the House resolution are Mulikat Akande-Adeola, Majority Leader (PDP) and Leo Ogor, deputy Leader who were part of […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Lagos State House of Assembly has approved a total sum of N489.69 billion as 2014 budget for Governor Babatunde Fashola. African Examiner reports that the amount was 3.43 per cent lower than the last year’s budget of N499.105 billion naira. Out of the total appropriation, N234.665billion is for recurrent expenditure while N255.025 billion is earmarked […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
By Kehinde Akintola, Abuja Daring the consequences of the forces militating against anti-graft war in the country, Bala Mohammed, FCT Minister on Thursday gave vivid account on how corrupt Nigerians launder stolen money through acquisition of property in the nation’s capital city. Mohammed who spoke while addressing Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Thursday says the Federal Government should be held responsible for incessant oil tanker explosions in Lagos and other parts of the nation. The governor expressed dismay and sadness over Tuesday’s tanker explosion in Lagos, which killed 15 people with lots of properties destroyed in the inferno. […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to tread softly on his reported plan to force the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to resign because of the impact such will have on the nation’s economy. In a statement issued in Lagos on […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The presidency has refuted allegation that President Goodluck Jonathan refuses to receive a minority report of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the proposed national conference. Statement from the presidency signed by Dr. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity was made in reaction to the allegation reportedly made […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire on Friday, January 10, 2014, to attend a meeting of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. According to a statement signed by Presidential spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati, President Jonathan and other ECOWAS Heads of State and Government are scheduled to confer with the Japanese Prime Minister, […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos The Nigeria Bar Association, Ikeja Branch has condemned the recent bombing and setting ablaze of the Ahoada East High Court in Rivers, describing it as “pure intimidation of the judiciary.” The President of the association, Mr. Monday Ubani Esq. who stated this on Thursday during a press conference in Lagos demanded immediate […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
By Theophilus Ilevbare It never rains but pours. The storm is certainly not over for the embattled Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah who is now embroiled in a scandal of towering proportion – certificate forgery. Stunning revelations by the intrepid online whistleblower, Sahara Reporters, revealed that Princess Oduah (‘Princess’ as she has insisted she […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
The African Examiner The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) on Thursday blasted the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for describing the main opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) as an agenda for the Islamisation of Nigeria. The group, in a statement signed by the its executive director Professor Ishaq Akintola and made available to African Examiner […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos The United State embassy in Nigeria has condemned the attack in Shonong, Plateau State, Nigeria where gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen reportedly killed at least 30 people, including women and children. The embassy, in a statement issued by its Public affairs Section and made available to African Examiner, said it was […]
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Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Muyiwa Bamidele, Abuja The National Agency for the Prohibition in Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) has lamented the weak anti-trafficking laws in Nigeria and vowed to tackle the upsurge in the sale of newborn babies in the country. The Executive Secretary of the agency Beatrice Jedy-Agba who raised the alarm during an interactive session with Journalists […]
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Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The All Progressive Congress (APC) has commended Rivers State Governor, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, for coming up with a realistic budget for the 2014 fiscal year and its successful presentation before the State House of Assembly on December 7, 2013 in Port Harcourt. Interim Chairman of the party in Rivers State, Chief […]
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Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it is gravely alarmed and totally disgusted at the Peoples Democratic Party’s PDP’s decision to use religion as a trump card in the run-up to 2015, warning that even in its desperation to cling to power at all cost, the ruling party must desist from […]
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Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
Adelowokan The Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has warned heads of government-owned schools to desist from charging fees under any guise in public primary and secondary schools in the state. Ajimobi gave the warning on Wednesday while hosting executive members of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) who paid him […]
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Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
By Femi Kehinde Senator Iyiola Omisore, a former Deputy Governor of Osun State and former Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation has picked Expression of Interest form and paid N5 million to vie for the gubernatorial ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State. Others who picked the form are Senator Olasunkanmi Akinlabi from […]
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Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
…Hits NASS South-East Lawmakers For Failing to Intervene IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The Civil Liberties Organization, CLO has accused Nigeria’s minister of education, Barrister Nyesom Wike, of aiding corruption at the crisis- ridden University of Nigeria, Nsukka UNN. The Human Rights organization in a press statement signed by its southeast coordinator Barrister Olusoga Omotayo and made […]
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Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has said that he would not join issue with the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives Chief Emeka Ihedioha, who was recently quoted as saying that his party, PDP will send the Governor packing in 2015. Rather, Okorocha in his reaction on Tuesday in Owerri, said his […]
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Wednesday, January 8th, 2014
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Tragedy struck on Apapa Expressway, Lagos, Nigeria on late Tuesday Night when a petrol tanker fully loaded somersaulted and exploded burning 15 people, bank, houses and vehicles. The tanker, said to be carrying 33,000 litres of fuel lost its brake and somersaulted and then exploded, with 15 people immediately roasted and a […]
