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Tuesday, July 10th, 2018
Photo: Senator Abdullahi Adamu …Says “We Didn’t Discuss Items Inserted Into the Budget” (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senator Abdullahi Adamu, (APC-Nasarawa-West), has taken a swipe at his colleagues over the 2018 budget padding accusations made recently by President Muhammadu Buhari. The president, who said he reluctantly signed the 2018 budget into law, accused the lawmakers of padding […]
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2018
By Sufuyan Ojeifo (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The exculpation of senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, last Friday, by the Supreme Court in the false asset declaration suit filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) exemplifies the finality of judicial intercessions in the matter. As lawyers would say, the matter is now res […]
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2018
By Jerome-Mario Utomi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Demystifying the time-honored saying that; ‘the powerful never lose opportunities-they remain available to them, that the powerless on the other hand, never experience opportunity – it is always arriving at a later time, remains a remarkable political lesson Nigerians gave to the world in 2015. The lesson was predicated […]
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Monday, July 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has justified heavy deployment of security operatives for the coming Saturday Ekiti Governorship election, saying the action is necessary so as to forestall breakdown of law and order. Oshiomhole made the disclosure Monday in Abuja while reacting to the […]
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Monday, July 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu Diocese of the church of Nigeria, (Anglican Communion) has expressed worry over the recently signed executive order No.6 of 2018 by President Muhammadu Buhari warning that it should not be oppressive to perceived enemies or those in opposition. The executive order empowers the government to cease suspicious assets connected with corruption […]
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Monday, July 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party and 37 other political parties on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a Coalition of United Democratic Parties (CUPP) ahead of 2019 general elections. The national chairmen of the political parties, who signed the MoU at the Yar’Adua Centre pledged to […]
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Monday, July 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egypt public prosecution on Monday, denied reports the crash of an EgyptAir flight in 2016 was likely caused by fire in the cockpit, stressing that investigations into the incident were still ongoing. The Airbus A320 en route from Cairo to Paris crashed into the eastern Mediterranean on May 19, 2016, killing all […]
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Monday, July 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ruling, All Progressive Congress (APC) Monday threatened it would drag leaders and members of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) to court over alleged impersonation. National Legal Adviser of the party, Mr. Babatunde Ogala, made this known in a statement issued in Abuja while reacting to the formation of the group, […]
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Monday, July 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed that the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun applied for an exemption certificate. NYSC Director of Press Mrs. Adeyemi Adenike, said in a statement issued in Abuja Monday, that that the scheme would however, investigate the origin of the allegedly forged exemption certificate purportedly […]
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Monday, July 9th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Tor Uja has disclosed that 100 Christian pilgrims absconded during the 2017 pilgrimage to Israel. Uja, made this known on Monday in Abuja while receiving security report of the 2017 pilgrimage. The NCPC boss added that among those abscoded are a […]
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Monday, July 9th, 2018
…To Deliver Major Lecture On Restructuring In Oau, Ile-ife (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has taken the crusade for the restructuring of the country to the academic community. The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement on Sunday that the Bayelsa State […]
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Sunday, July 8th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says the corps will recruit additional 4,650 officers and procure new logistics vehicles to improve road safety management in the country. Oyeyemi disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday. According to him, the […]
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Sunday, July 8th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Miss Adenike Khadijat Oluboyo, daughter of the immediate past Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Alhaji Lasisi Olugbenga Oluboyo, was on Sunday found dead at her boyfriend’s house in Akure. Oluboyo, who was a final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, was found dead in her boyfriend’s house, Adeyemi Alao, popularly […]
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Sunday, July 8th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian government has said the proposed national airline for the country would be unveiled before the end of the year. The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika gave the assurance while receiving the Outline Business Case Certificate of Compliance for the establishment of the airline from Mr Chidi Izuwah, […]
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Sunday, July 8th, 2018
…Says Party Reminiscence Of His Failed Government (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa Progress Front (BPF) has criticized a former Governor of the State, Chief Timipre Sylva, for what it described as an absurd display of wealth during a birthday organized by him and his friends. The Secretary General of the BPF, Comrade James Ebipade said […]
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Sunday, July 8th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Croatia ended Russia’s unlikely 2018 FIFA World Cup dream when they won 4-3 on penalty kicks to eliminate the gallant hosts, after a dramatic quarter-final which ended 2-2 in extra time. In Sochi city’s Fisht Olympic Stadium on Saturday, Ivan Rakitic scored the winning penalty kick to send Croatia into a semi-final […]
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Saturday, July 7th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Adams Oshiomhole, the newly elected All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, has said that the APC leadership will rather ignore members of the Reformed-APC than be bothered by their action. He stated this in Abuja when Chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressives Congress (CPC) paid him a visit at the party`s […]
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Saturday, July 7th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Founder and Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony O. Elumelu has pledged N500 million to create an entrepreneurship programme exclusive to indigenes of the state. He made the commitment after presenting 50 beneficiaries of the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. He said “Your Excellency, […]
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Friday, July 6th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court on Friday discharged the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, from further trial on allegation of non-assets declaration brought against him by the Federal Government. Delivering the lead judgment, Justice Centus Nweze, held that the Dec.12, 2017 decision of the Court of Appeal against Saraki was based on hearsay. The judge […]
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Friday, July 6th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The FCT Police Command has arrested and dismissed a policeman who allegedly killed an NYSC member, Angela Igwetu, in Abuja. Igwetu, who was allegedly shot in the early hours of Wednesday around Ceddi Plaza by a police officer, was rushed to the Garki Hospital where she died. The Commissioner of Police, Mr […]
