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Wednesday, June 28th, 2017
By Ayo Balogun, Ado-Ekiti (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose has blasted the Nigerian presidency for its inability to tell Nigerian the state of the health of the president who is currently in London receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. The governor in a statement released in Ado-Ekiti, also blasted the presidency for […]
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Reports say the authorities of the University of Maiduguri have started building a 27 kilometer trench around the school to prevent the unending Boko Haram attack on the school. The trenches are expected to make it impossible for the Boko Haram militants to drive or walk on foot to the school to […]
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
The new owner of the Trump Hotel and Tower in Toronto has reached an agreement to remove the US president’s name from the property. JCF Capital ULC announced on Tuesday a deal with Trump Hotels to buy out its management contracts for the hotel. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. There is no […]
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – “Baba just fall my hand! Ha, wetin.” “Which Baba?” “Baba Bubu, the President of all Nigeria.” “In the spirit of this season, may Almighty Allah (SAW) grant him good health and quick recovery. It is part of our duty to pray for our leaders. Only infidels pray for evil.” “My friend, the […]
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
Photo caption: Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, United Bank for Africa( UBA) Bola Atta flanked by pupils of C. William Brumskine elementary school, Monrovia, during a visit to the school as part of UBA foundations Read Africa, Initiative (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In pursuance of its mission to uplift the lives of the communities in which […]
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US Internet search engine – Google has been slammed with the fine $2.7bn by the European Commission EU over alleged abuse of its power. Specifically, EU is accusing Google of promoting its own shopping comparison service at the top of search results. The fine came amidst complaints by many firms […]
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Monday, June 26th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Enugu state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed its readiness to participate in the proposed local government area election in the state, just as it retreated her her determination to wrestle power from the ruling Peoples Democratic party PDP in 2019. However, as part […]
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Monday, June 26th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The holding of the Eyo Festival as part of the activities marking fifty years of Lagos State, transported me back to my childhood. Although the festival can be rough, but we in the Obalende Area had our own Eyo group, the Bajulaye; with red hats and covered head to toe in flowing […]
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Monday, June 26th, 2017
Trump: Ruling is Victory for National Security The Supreme Court Monday allowed parts of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to go into effect and will hear oral arguments on the case this fall. The court is allowing the ban to go into effect for foreign nationals who lack any “bona fide relationship with any person […]
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Monday, June 26th, 2017
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Borno State Police Command has confirmed two casualties from the suicide bomb attack which occurred Sunday night at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). The Command’s Spokesperson Mr. Victor Isuku, in a message confirmed that he was at the scene of the incident at about 12:05pm Monday. Mr. […]
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Monday, June 26th, 2017
Photo caption: Chairman, Lagos House of Assembly Committee on Works and Infrastructure, Mr Abiodun Tobun (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Abiodun Tobun, on Monday distributed N2 million worth of General Certificate Education (GCE) forms to no fewer than 130 indigent students of Epe Constituency I. Tobun of the APC, who represents the constituency in the […]
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Monday, June 26th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Santos Akhilele lost to his Guatemalan opponent on Monday to join two other Nigerians on the sidelines of the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships (WTC) holding in Muju, South Korea. Fighting in the men’s -68 kg category of the championships, Akhilele lost 14-16 to Andres Zelaya of Guatemala in a Round of 64 […]
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Monday, June 26th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Dutch-African fashion promoter based in Holland, Joan Drost, has described African fashion as the most vibrant and colourful in the world. Drost said on Monday in Lagos that variation of, especially, Nigerian outfits made them stood above the rest of the world. “The Nigerian fashion is quite colourful and diverse. The […]
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Monday, June 26th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sen. Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial district in the National Assembly says the signatures allegedly collected to influence his recall and forwarded to INEC were forged. Addressing newsmen on Sunday in Lokoja, Melaye who said investigations had revealed that even the dead signed the recall across the seven area councils of […]
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Saturday, June 24th, 2017
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Leadership of the Igbo umbrella body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has frowned at the failure of security agencies in arresting the Arewa Youths involved in the quit notice recently issued to Igbos resident in the Northern part of Nigeria. President General of the Organization, Chief John Nnia Nwodo […]
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Saturday, June 24th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara (AFRICAN EXAMINER) The Imo state police Command at the weekend paraded a widow identified as Ogechi Chukwuocha, for buying a 10- month old baby for 650, 000 naira in the state. Also paraded alongside the middled-age woman were two of her accomplices whose names were given as Callister Igwe and Chimezie Okafor, […]
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Saturday, June 24th, 2017
RIVERS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has sacked all members of his Executive Council. In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, the Governor directed the sacked commissioners to hand over to their respective Permanent Secretaries. The statement partly reads: “Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo […]
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Friday, June 23rd, 2017
Photo caption: King of Morocco, Mohammed VI (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Morocco, the North African kingdom is noted for its tantrums, rascality and general disregard for human rights, international norms and conventions. An attempt by sister African countries like Nigeria to convince the kingdom to respect the independence of its smaller neigbour, Western Sahara led to Morocco […]
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Friday, June 23rd, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Justice I. M. Sani of the Federal High Court, Akure has convicted and sentenced one Dr. Martins Olurankinse to ten years imprisonment on a nineteen-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Olurankinse ‘s ordeal followed a petition dated July 22, […]
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Friday, June 23rd, 2017
By Prof R. A. Ipinyomi, University of Ilorin, Nigeria We don’t think that Kogi State, in the confluence of Rivers Niger and Benue, will require any further introduction to most people who went through primary education in Nigeria. Similarly Prince Abubakar Audu’s sudden death on Sunday November 21, 2015, a day to when his gubernatorial […]
