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Anambra Election, Ayo Balogun, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressive Congress (APC) has issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to begin the process of prosecution of the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Maduabuchi Obiano over his alleged involvement in multiple voter’s registration. APC’s lawyer, Festus Keyamo has officially written to […]
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Ayo Balogun, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently set up a judicial of inquiry without delay to review overhead and recurrent expenditures of all Federal ministries and ministerial departments, including presidency and legislature between 2009 and now. ARG said it had been following closely the ongoing debate […]
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Agabus Pwanagba, Latest Headlines, News
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A group under the aegis of Coalition of Human Rights Advocates on the Plateau (COHRAP) in its effort to ensure that persons who are abused in one way or the other, seeks synergy with journalists in the state to help bring to light those perpetrating such dehumanize act. The group through its […]
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Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has criticised President Goodluck Jonathan over his lukewarm attitude towards the fight against corruption in the country. This came on the heel of the sack of Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Communications, Victoria Hammah by President John Mahama for allegedly making a statement that suggested that she […]
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Featured, Femi Kehinde, Latest Headlines, News, Uncategorized
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
By Femi Kehinde Former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola Oyinlola has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise him as the National Secretary of PDP and reflect the development in its records. The Court of Appeal judgment had reinstated him as the National Secretary of the party. Oyinlola, was suspended from […]
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Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
Kayode Adelowokan Former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Festus Iyayi has died in a ghastly motor accident. He died in an head on collision with the convoy of Kogi State governor, Alhaji Idris Wada while he was on his way to the national congress of ASUU in Kano. Chairman, Academic […]
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Featured, Ignatius Okpara, Latest Headlines, News, Uncategorized
Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu At least four persons were allegedly shot dead Monday in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state, when members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB clashed with a joint security team. But Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of MASSOB, who spoke through the Director for Information, […]
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Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
The African Examiner A muslim group known as Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has blasted the National Conference committee led by Senator Femi Okunrounmu for sitting on Fridays at both its south west meetings in Akure and Lagos state saying that both timings coincide with Muslim‘s jumat prayer service. The group stated this in a press […]
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Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
The New PDP has described the suspension of Baraje, Sam Jaja, Oyinlola and Kazaure by Tukur’s led faction of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as barbaric, unacceptable, undemocratic and abuse of PDP constitution. The splinter PDP stated this in a statement signed and issued in Abuja on Monday by Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze “We […]
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Ayo Balogun, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Monday, November 11th, 2013
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Government has sanctioned four principals, three vice principals and two teachers in public secondary schools on Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria over cases bothering on corruption and aid and abetting students to pass. The culprits were all sanction through demotion, transfer, deferment of promotion and stern warning for contravening approved […]
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Anambra Election, Ayo Balogun, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Monday, November 11th, 2013
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has uncovered plan by desperate politicians within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) to massively rig Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State, Nigeria and warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against allowing itself to be used to carry […]
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Featured, Ignatius Okpara, Latest Headlines, News
Monday, November 11th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Residents of Mbanugo, in coal camp area of Enugu city, were Monday afternoon thrown into fear and panick as a robbery gang trailed a vehicle belonging to tele communication giant, MTN to the street, killing the driver, and a tricycle operator, as well as injuring scores of innocent passersby. According to the […]
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Crime Watch, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Monday, November 11th, 2013
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos A Lagos High Court has sentenced 27year old Junior William to a forty two months jail term, seven months for each of the six count, to be served concurrently, for offences bothering on attempt to obtain credit and possession of documents containing false pretences. The defendant, also known as James Smith and […]
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Monday, November 11th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The seemingly protracted rift between Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu state and his wife Clara, took another twist on Sunday, as the Governor allegedly used security operatives to forcefully eject the first lady from the governors lodge to her mother residence at the coal city garden estate Enugu. African Examiner’s correspondent gathered […]
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Agabus Pwanagba, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Sunday, November 10th, 2013
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos A University Don, Prof. Andrew Haruna, of the Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Maiduguri, has berated the Northern part of the country for lack of selfless leadership and discipline at various levels of positions and endeavours. This he said has contributed to underdevelopment of the region. Prof. Andrew Haruna asserted […]
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Sunday, November 10th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Abia state Governor, Theodore Orji of Abia State has explained that his decision to recall the disengaged non indigenes from the state civil service was informed by the desire to have a united Nigeria. The Governor, specifically emphasised the need for the unity of the Igbos of the South east region whose […]
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Sunday, November 10th, 2013
Eric Ojo Dr. Samuel Ortom, Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment has assured that Nigeria has what it takes to explore more areas of joint venture and economic partnership with other African countries. The junior Minister said the idea of increasing the country’s joint venture profile, especially with other countries within the African […]
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Sunday, November 10th, 2013
The African Examiner As part of his government’s well thought policy to positively affect the lives of Abians, Governor Theodore Orji, on Friday, November 8, 2013 gave out 202 cars to beneficiaries of the state’s Youth Empowerment Programme at the the Michael Okpara Auditorium, Umuahia. The people who received the cars are those whose names […]
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Anambra Election, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Sunday, November 10th, 2013
By Eric Ojo Human Rights Writers’ Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), a non-governmental organization (NGO) has instituted a petition before the Nigeria’s Human Rights Commission (NHRC) urging the Commission to investigate the remote and immediate circumstances surrounding the recent stampede that killed over 28 persons in Uke, Anambra state. The association urged the Executive Secretary of […]
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Sunday, November 10th, 2013
…As Ezeife, Ezeonwuka, Clerics Sue For Peace By Obinna Akukwe Association of Igbo Youths(AIYO) have alleged that leader of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazurike and his cohorts murdered eighteen of their members for failing to return back to MASOB. They alleged that the eighteen murdered youths […]
