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Tuesday, June 20th, 2017
*May Sack Commissioners Loyal to Ex-Governor Chime, now APC Member From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fear has gripped serving Commissioner and Special Advisers in Enugu state, over alleged plan by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to reshuffle his cabinet any moment from now. African Examiner reliably gathered from a Source close to the administration who […]
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2017
*Sets up a Committee on Gas Utilization (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of his administration’s determination to fully industralize Bayelsa State and make it a hub for economic activities, Governor Seriake Dickson has inaugurated a committee for the utilization and non-utilization of gas resources. The committee has renowned gas expert, Dr. Patrick Ndiomu as chairman, […]
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Tuesday, June 20th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I attended a meeting recently at the headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Bwari, Abuja: the post-2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination review meeting chaired by the JAMB registrar, Professor Ish-aq Oloyede. Participants included Professor Oloyede and his technical team, field officers and other staff, all the Chief External Examiners […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Security operatives are in action around the Champs Elysees area, Paris after a car crashed into a police van and burst into flames. The national Police Twitter account confirmed that there was an “ongoing police operation”, warning people to respect the security cordon. Security source told French news agency that the driver […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that about 16 people were killed Sunday night during suicide bomb attack which took place in Maiduguri suburb, the Borno State capital. NEMA’s Spokesperson Mr. Abdulkadir Ibrahim in a statement issued Monday, further confirmed that it was a twin bomb attack. Mr. specified that […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed continuation of former Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Olisa Metuh alleged money laundering trial for Tuesday June 20, 2017. Metuh’s trial has been put on hold for about six months due to application filed before the apex court for stay of proceeding. […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
By Adewale Kupoluyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria is a very peculiar nation in all respect. It is for this singular reason that I find it extremely difficult to accept hook, line and sinker the general belief that what operates in other climes would automatically be applicable here. Far from it! Over time, experience has shown […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Succor will soon come to users of Apapa Wharf road as Federal government handed over the troubled road to Dangote Industries Limited and Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) for immediate reconstruction with concrete overlay. After the nation and port users have lost several billions of Naira on the dilapidated road, thenFederal government […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
Gunmen have stormed a tourist resort in Mali popular with Westerners and two people are dead, the country’s security minister has said. “It is a jihadist attack. Malian special forces intervened and hostages have been released,” Salif Traore told AFP news agency. “Unfortunately for the moment there are two dead, including a Franco-Gabonese.” The attack […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
A man has died and eight people have been injured after a van ploughed into pedestrians near a north London mosque. The van mounted the pavement and struck a group of people just after midnight near Finsbury Park Mosque in Seven Sisters Road. A 48-year-old man has been arrested. Prime Minister Theresa May said police […]
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Monday, June 19th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of measure to instil discipline amongst its members, the Enugu state chapter of the ruling All progressives Congress APC, has slammed a one year suspension each on five of its members, including the 2011 governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria ACN in the […]
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Sunday, June 18th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Three people have been killed in a fresh communal clash which broke out early Sunday in Gembu, Nguroje and other parts of Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State. According to Reports, the violence is suspected to be between the Kakas and Fulani ethnic groups. It was reported that the latest crisis […]
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Saturday, June 17th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Consistent with its commitment to build the next generation of sustainable Nigerian businesses, Fidelity Bank Plc, top Nigerian lender in strategic partnership with Empretec Nigerian Foundation has just concluded a graduate entrepreneurship training programme for 200 youths in Cross River State. This initiative is part of the next phase of the Bank’s […]
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Friday, June 16th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered investigation into educational qualification of members of staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Uguru Usani, gave the directive when he visited the Commission’s office on Friday in Port Harcourt. He expressed optimism the investigation would expose ghost […]
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Thursday, June 15th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Superintendent (GS), Deeper Life Christian Bible church worldwide, Pastor W.F Kumuyi, has stressed the need for national unity and peaceful co-existence among Nigerians, saying the present clamour for secession and disintegration by some segment of the country is not the solution to the problem confronting […]
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Thursday, June 15th, 2017
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Membership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu state got decimated further on Wednesday, as about 1000 of its members, including some chieftains in Egede, Udi Council area of the state, defected to the ruling All progressive Congress, APC. Among the defectors were 300 women, a professor, […]
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Thursday, June 15th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – SunTrust Bank has debunked the claim that the bank failed to pay some staff of the National Assembly who protested non-payment of their salaries on Tuesday. It would be recalled that the protest by legislative aides was triggered by the death of Hassan Abiodun, an aide to the Deputy Speaker, Yusuf Suleiman […]
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Thursday, June 15th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Union (EU) Commission on Thursday in Brussels, Belgium, announced a support package of €143 million to help the early recovery and reconstruction needs in the North East of Nigeria. The package is for the provision of basic services including energy, education and health, job creation, strengthening monitoring and evaluation systems […]
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Wednesday, June 14th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than six people have been confirmed dead after in a huge fire which raged through the night in the Grenfell Tower at a west London tower block. As the Police predict that the toll is most likely to rise, eyewitnesses have also confirmed that victims trapped in the […]
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Wednesday, June 14th, 2017
Photo caption: Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After a long delay, the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has acquitted and discharged the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on the false asset declaration and related offences trial. CCT Chairman, Justice Danladi Umar Wednesday discharged Saraki in his ruling […]
