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Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
Photo: Dino Melaye …Police Declares Dino Melaye Wanted KOGI, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police IGP, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the immediate removal of the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ali Janga. Similarly, IGP directed the redeployment of the Commander, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the state, the Divisional Police Officer […]
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of preparation for President Muhammadu Buhari’s two –day visit, the Lagos State Government has declared Thursday, March 29, a work free day. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan made the declaration in a statement he signed Tuesday. He explained the measure was to enable residents come […]
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
Photo: Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s Finance Minister …Over Dubious Disclosures On Subsidy Payments; Bleak Easter For Civil Servants (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are indicators that the forthcoming Easter celebration by federal and state civil servants may be bleak following a fresh scam uncovered in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) subsidy payment. A civil rights organisation, Coalition for […]
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is another Easter week and you know that you’re supposed to be rejoicing over Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and his miraculous resurrection. However your response has been the “wearing your usual plastic smiles” around in all the activities. You are indifference, […]
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
Photo: Reuben Abati (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I was in Morocco recently, about 20 years after I last visited Timbuktu, Marrakech, Casablanca, Rabat and Laayoune. I was quite impressed to see how Morocco with its colour-coded cities remains very much an organized, efficient and a comparatively competitive country. The trip this time began from the Lagos […]
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
Photo: PDP Chairman, Uche Secondus (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has reacted to the Monday apology made by the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over its misrule in Nigeria, asking it to return all the looted funds, if it really sincerely wishes to apologize. The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai […]
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
Photo: President Buhari speaks at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, March 27, 2018. ___________________ (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Against general expectation, President Muhammadu Buhari has faulted the tenure elongation recently granted Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Executive Committee NEC of his party – the All Progressives Congress APC. Consequently, […]
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Monday, March 26th, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two notorious suspected armed robbery kingpins who have been terrorizing Adani, in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, South East Nigeria and environs, have been killed by an irate mob who overpowered them during an attack. The bandits met their waterloo while allegedly trying to rob their victims. […]
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Monday, March 26th, 2018
By Jerome-mario Utomi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is a deep-seated teaching within the religious circle that for a man to exist, comprehends, exercise and act; he must depend on a supernatural gift called grace. Such ‘grace’ for political decisiveness seems to have been recently released upon our nation’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbanjo as he […]
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Monday, March 26th, 2018
Photo: Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta, MAPOLY Monday morning staged a protest against the non-release of their last examination results. The protest involved mostly Higher National Diploma HND graduates who were said to be against the school’s authority decision to hold on to their final results. […]
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Monday, March 26th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has launched the second edition of its Campus Ambassador Programme with the induction of 30 new brand ambassadors. The UBA Campus Ambassador Programme is an initiative to identify young emerging leaders among students of tertiary institutions and give them a unique and highly rewarding learning […]
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Sunday, March 25th, 2018
Photo: Governor Henry Seriake Dickson _______________________ (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Bayelsa State Government has called on residents of the state to come out en masse on Sunday 1st to participate in the Restoration Easter Fest which will hold at the Gabriel Okara Cultural Center Yenagoa The event scheduled for 5:00 pm on that day is jointly […]
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Sunday, March 25th, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled Kogi State Senator Dino Melaye may be declared wanted if he fails to make himself available to the Police latest Wednesday, March 28, 2018. The Senior Lawmaker who is presently facing recall tussle in his Kogi West Senatorial District is being invited by his State (Kogi) Police Command over alleged […]
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Sunday, March 25th, 2018
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector General of Police IGP Mr. Ibrahim Idris has retracted his earlier statement confirming the release of one of the remaining out of the 111 abducted Dapchi girls, Leah Sharibu Speaking through the Force Spokesman Mr. Jimoh Moshood in a statement issued in Abuja Sunday, the IGP denied […]
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Sunday, March 25th, 2018
By Emmanuel Bello (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I’m sure former defence minister, General TY Danjuma does not need much defence and when he does, has very qualified people to do so. But let me quickly stop some people in their tracks with context as they continue to hurtle hate and spiteful lines at the General for […]
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Sunday, March 25th, 2018
…Hails Gov. Dickson, Others For Supporting Unity Cup Competition (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the successful hosting of the Governor Dickson Unity Cup also known as the Ogbia Challenge, the promoter of the tournament and Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has expressed gratitude to all those who supported it. In a statement released on […]
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Friday, March 23rd, 2018
From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state Police Command has arrested a 60 year-old man, identified as Mr. Hycienth Ilo for allegedly hacking his son to death, over the ownership of cashew nut. The Command’s Spokesman Mr. Ebere Amaraizu who disclosed this to AFRICAN EXAMINER in Enugu on Thursday via a […]
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Friday, March 23rd, 2018
Photo: President Trump and H.R. McMaster ________________________________________________________________________________ (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Donald Trump is set to replace the US National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster. The incoming is the Bush-era defence hawk and former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton. In a hint tweet, Mr. Trump thanked Gen. McMaster, hailing him that he had done an […]
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Friday, March 23rd, 2018
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two days after they regained their freedom, President Muhammadu Buhari has officially received 104 abducted Dapchi girls in Abuja. Buhari met the girls, with their parents and some top government functionaries inside the Press Gallery of the Presidential Villa’s Council Chambers. The nation’s security chiefs were also among government officials who attended the […]
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Friday, March 23rd, 2018
By Niyi Adeyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Inspector-General of Police IGP Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has suspended his recent order, withdrawing policemen attached to Very Important Persons VIPs in the country. The police in a media release issued Thursday in Abuja by the Force Spokesperson, Mr. Jimoh Moshood informed that the temporary halt, which is to […]
