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Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has resigned, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda has said. A letter from Mr Mugabe said that the decision was voluntary and that he had made it to allow a smooth transfer of power, the Reuters news agency reports. The surprise announcement halted an impeachment hearing that had begun against […]
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
Photo: Injured Bar. Okey Ezea From Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC, has condemned in strong terms the recent attack and brutalization of her gubernatorial candidate in the 2015 general election Barr. Okey Ezea, by political thugs alleged to be sponsored by the State’s Commissioner […]
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Finally, the Zimbabwean Parliament recommended by the Zanu-PF party Monday has started impeachment proceedings against the embattled President Robert Mugabe. The motion for Mugabe’s impeachment was moved and seconded at parliament but the lawmakers have adjourned and moved to a hotel conference centre to debate the motion in a joint […]
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam ADAMAWA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 30 people were killed Tuesday morning during a suicide bomb attack allegedly by a teenager inside a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State, North East Nigeria. While confirming the sad incident, the State Police Command through its Spokesman, Mr. Othman Abubakar disclosed that the […]
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Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
Photo: Prof. Jonathan Andrew Nok (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amidst controversial moves to sack primary school teachers in the state, the Commissioner for Education in Kaduna, Prof. Jonathan Andrew Nok, has reportedly died. Details of the cause of the death of the late Commissioner is still sketchy as at Tuesday morning and according to report, late Nok […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Since August, I have been the anchorperson of a programme on television called ThisDay Live where we discuss political matters – local and global. The programme is available on Arise News TV at 6pm, 9pm and sometimes at midnight every Sunday. Two days ago, we discussed the situation in Zimbabwe, the elections […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2017
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Top Nigerian Government functionaries, including President Muhammadu Buhari, former President Shehu Shagari, the Senate President Bukola Saraki Monday sent their condolences on the death of a former Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, yesterday. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2017
Photo: Hon. Dabiri –Erewa (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has expressed surprise and shock over the sudden burial of the 26 African girls drowned in the Mediterranean Sea by Italian authorities nine days ahead of the slated date. The Italian Embassy has earlier indicated to the DG NAPTIP that the burial will take place […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2017
Photo: Bruno Mars By Niyi Adeyi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Popular singer and songwriter, Bruno Mars Sunday led the packs of other awardees at the 2017 edition of the American Music Awards AMA. Mars alone won seven different awards at the ceremony which was hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross and took place at the […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After failing to comply with the Monday resignation deadline, members of Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party are preparing to meet to discuss the possible impeachment of the embattled President Robert Mugabe, who has refused to resign from office. The deadline was set by Mr Mugabe’s own party, Zanu-PF. The embattled leader shocked Zimbabweans […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2017
Photo: Alhaji Sule Lamido (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – While acknowledging its human frailties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insisted at the weekend that the party’s 16 years of mistake remained far less than the calamity of the last two and half years of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in multiple dimensions. A group, known as the […]
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Monday, November 20th, 2017
Photo: Dr Alex Ekwueme From Ignatius Okpara, Awka Nigeria, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ex- Nigeria’s Vice President, of Dr Alex Ekwueme is dead, after battling with a complicated chest infection. The deceased who is in his 80s, and hails from Oko community, in Orumba council area of Anambra state, was the Vice to the 2nd Republic […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following its viability and suitability, many West African countries and companies may in the nearest future, fall back to Sukuk bonds to raise non-interest funds to finance their capital projects as well as corporate growth plans. The Managing Director, Jaiz Bank Plc, Mr. Hassan Usman, who made this submission, last Sunday at […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
Photo: Governor Willy Obiano From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Willy Obiano of All progressive Grand Alliance, APGA has been declared winner of the gubernatorial election held in Anambra state, on Saturday 18th, November 2017, after polling a total 234,071 votes. His closest rival, Dr. Tony Nwoye, of All progressive Congress APC scored a […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has won the governorship election in the state. Reports say Governor Obiano, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, won elections in all the 21 local governments of the state. The results of all the LGAs are as follows: Anambra West APGA 8,152 APC […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has questioned the rationale behind the Federal Government’s hiring of consultants from Malaysia with the sum of N458 million to help Nigeria build her economic capacity, saying; “the federal government’s action is a clear vote of no confidence on President Muhammadu Buhari’s government and economic experts […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Awka (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of Labour and Employment , Dr. Chris Ngige, immediate past governor of Anambra state, Mr. Peter Obi, and peoples Democratic party PDP candidate , Chief Osaeloka Obaze, have lost in their respective local government areas in the governorship election held in Anambra state on Saturday. Also humiliated […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
…Blasts APC for Playing Politics with Community’s Internal Crisis (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Peremabiri Development Association (PDA) has challenged ex-militant leader, Paul Eris also known as ‘General’ Ogunboss to come out from his hiding and seek the protection of the court if truly he is innocent from the sundry inhuman crimes he is being accused […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
Photo: Zimbabweans celebrate the fall of President Robert Mugabe’s 37 years of autocratic regime (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Robert Mugabe’s own party voted to oust him as its leader on Sunday, a day after thousands of Zimbabweans took to the streets to celebrate his stunning fall from power after a military takeover. The governing ZANU-PF party, […]
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Sunday, November 19th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Willy Obiano of All progressive Grand Alliance, APGA is leading comfortably in Saturday’s gubernatorial election held in Anambra state. He won by a landslide in all the five council areas so far officially announced by the election local government returning officers at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s INEC headquarters in Awka […]
