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Thursday, September 17th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | FROM AGABUS PWANAGBA JOS – A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC and former Plateau Satae Deputy Governor, Dame Pauline Tallen has described allegations by the opposition PDP that the economic policies of President Muhammad Buhari have driven the country backwards, as a political blackmail. Tallen stated this […]
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Monday, September 14th, 2015
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – The Plateau chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has dispelled the ongoing rumour that it is polarized into the Atiku and Buhari camps. The State’s Chairman, Hon. Latep Dabang stated that those responsible for the speculation aimed at fanning the embers of disunity in the party. In an […]
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Saturday, September 12th, 2015
An officer of the Department of State Security, Mr. Godwin Mba has revealed that cult groups and thugs spearheaded the violence and carnage that marred the April 11 governorship election in Rivers State. Mba who led DSS detectives on election duty to Andoni Local Government Area told the Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
The Independent National Electoral Commission yesterday dismissed the governorship election that took place in Rivers State on April 11 as a sham and mockery of democracy. The Head, Election and Party Monitoring Department (EPM) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Charles Okoye, told the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja yesterday that […]
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Saturday, September 5th, 2015
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as empty, the decision by a former Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Waripamowei Dudafa, to work against the re-election bid of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. Chairman of PDP in Batelsa State, Chief Serena Dokubo Spiff, said that Dudafa is not an issue in the politics of his […]
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Monday, August 31st, 2015
By Ayo Balogun – The lagos state chapter of the PDP has described a statement credited to former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, that the PDP was responsible for the allegations levelled against former Governor Babatunde Fashola as laughable, diversionary and obvious show of jitters. The Party, in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2015
*Alaibe, Ogoriba, Ikiogha lose out of contest With less than five months to the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa State, a socio-political organisation, Bayelsa for Good Governance and Accountability has protested against the zoning of the governorship slot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Central Senatorial District. The organisation therefore warned the […]
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Monday, August 17th, 2015
By Abdul Gaffar Bello – President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that no amount of pressure will make him give up on the war against corruption in the country. Mr. President gave the assurance Monday in Abuja, while addressing a group of Nigerians who marched to the Presidential Villa to pledge their full support for his administration’s […]
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Saturday, August 15th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun – The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday expressed deep shock and sadness at the sudden death of the Borno State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Zannah Umar Mustapha. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Lai Muhammed described Zannah’s death as a huge loss to his family, his party, his State and indeed, Nigeria. […]
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Monday, August 10th, 2015
A former Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rt. Hon. Peremobowei Ebebi, has denied reports in some national newspapers that he has decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ebebi’s denial was contained in a statement on Monday in reaction to media reports, stated that, he “never discussed […]
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Sunday, August 9th, 2015
*Writes Buhari A socio-cultural Youth body, Mangrove Boys Brigade of Bayelsa State has officially written to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to direct the Timipre Sylva led APC in Bayelsa State to immediately vacate the Government owned property at Izagara Close, off Baybridge Road, Kpansia in the State capital or risk forceful ejection. Spokesman […]
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
By Ayo Afolabi – A former member of the House of Representatives, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has disowned reports in a national publication that she owed Diamond Bank N100 million. She expressed her disbelief in the publication which alleged that she was among the frontline debtors in the country. In a statement she personally signed, Dabiri-Erewa said […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed Monday in Abuja that his administration has taken efforts to recover looted Nigerian funds a step further by identifying banks, financial institutions and countries in which payments for stolen Nigerian crude oil have been deposited. Speaking at an audience with visiting United States Congressmen, President Buhari acknowledged the support and cooperation […]
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Monday, August 3rd, 2015
Political Advertorial: Kogi Guber: My Roadmap For Total Transformation In Kogi, By Diche By Eric Ojo, Abuja – Abuja-based businessman, philanthropist and All Progressive Congress (APC) Gubernatorial aspirant in Kogi State, Dr Tim Nda Diche has declared his resolve to put Kogi State on a path of total transformation and development, if given the mandate […]
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
*Urges Feuding Members To Close Ranks And Work For Party A meeting between the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, National Peace Committee for Bayelsa State, headed by the Acting Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, Dr. Bello Haliru Mohammed has held in Yenagoa, with a call on all feuding members and stakeholders of the party […]
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu – A foremost Socio cultural organization, Igbo Youth Movement, IYM, has thrown its full weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption war, just as it urges the administration to revisit the Siemens and Halliburton bribery scandals. The group, in a statement signed by its founder, Evangelist, Elliot Uko, made available to AFRICAN […]
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2015
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over intimidation, harassment and arrest of electoral officers in Rivers, Akwa Ibom and other PDP states by the officers of the Department of State Services (DSS). The PDP called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call the DSS to order to […]
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed strong support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to probe the immediate past Federal government, noting that the alleged emerging mind-boggling corruption instances have made such a probe imperative. In a statement issued in Abuja Tuesday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai […]
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun – The Nigerian Senate has announced other Principal Officers with the former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio emerging the Senate Minority Leader. Also announced Tuesday by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki were Senator Emmanuel Bwacha as the Deputy Minority Leader and Senator Phillips Aduda, the new Senate Minority Whip. The upper […]
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Monday, July 27th, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Suleiman Lasun has insisted he has no plan to resign from office. Pressure has been mounting on him to resign so as to pave the way for Femi Gbajabiamila who is the party’s controversial anointed candidate. The Deputy Speaker who stated this when […]
