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Thursday, February 9th, 2017
A federal appeals court Thursday refused to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations. The three-judge panel from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco unanimously declined to block a lower-court ruling that suspended the ban and allowed previously barred travelers to enter the United States. “We […]
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Thursday, February 9th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite a 12-point gap between his club and Chelsea, Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger is still hopeful of swing. Consequently, Wenger is of the view that the Premier League title fight is still very much on. “It is never over; Even if you [the media] think it is, I don’t – […]
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Thursday, February 9th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It is now confirmed that Harlequins’ Jack Clifford will make just his second start for England in one of two changes for Saturday’s Six Nations match with Wales in Cardiff. Clifford, 23, replaces Tom Wood on the open-side flank while Jack Nowell comes in for Jonny May on the wing, […]
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Thursday, February 9th, 2017
Niyi Adeyi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as well as the former National interim Leader of the party, Chief Bisi Akande Thursday met with the President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja House United Kingdom (UK), London. The two APC […]
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Thursday, February 9th, 2017
IKEJA, LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode Thursday directed the State Police Command to ensure prompt arrest of kidnappers who stormed Isheri area of the State Wednesday evening, killing three security guards. The suspected kidnappers also reportedly abducted the Secretary of the Isheri North Residents Association, Mr. Dayo Adekoya. Commissioner […]
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Thursday, February 9th, 2017
By Ignatius Okpara ABAKALIKI NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vehicular movement along the Enugu Abakaliki express way was on Wednesday afternoon halted for several hours, as operatives of the Department of Security Service (DSS) chased and intercepted a vehicle carrying four fresh human heads allegedly concealed in a sack bag loaded with garri. The security men […]
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Thursday, February 9th, 2017
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Innocent Idibia also called 2Baba has replied his critics, defending he appreciated to be labeled a coward with the audacity to speak for people. 2Baba said this on his Instagram account while reacting to reservation expressed by a section of the public, faulting his last minute back out from the […]
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Thursday, February 9th, 2017
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The Nigerian Army (NA) Enugu, says its attention has been drawn to a video snip of 2 military police soldiers maltreating a physically challenged person along the new market road, Onitsha, Anambra state on Wednesday, assuring that the culprits will not go unpunished. It insisted “whatever human rights […]
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Thursday, February 9th, 2017
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has expressed its resolve to support Arik Airlines as it recently plunged into financial distress. AMCON’s Spokesperson Jude Nwauzor disclosed that the intervention was a confirmation of the Federal Government (FG) commitment to ensure that there is sanity in the country’s aviation sector […]
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Nsukka Division of the Enugu State Police Command have nabbed a notorious criminal suspect who specializes in vandalization of Electric Armoured cables within the area and environ. The suspect, who gave his name as Chukwuka Ofordile, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), […]
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After about three months of waiting and controversies, the Presidency has at last sent request to the Senate for confirmation of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen as the substantive first Judge in the country. The acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo’s move was made public via the […]
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following drop in its sales, Walt Disney’s Chief Executive, Bob Iger has warned against a trade war between the US and China, alarming the trend would spell doom for business. The warning was against the background of the policies being pursued by US President Donald Trump which could set off […]
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Russian main opposition leader, Mr. Alexei Navalny, has been found guilty of embezzlement. Local media report that the judge was still reading the verdict in the city of Kirov, still, yet, it was clear that Mr. Navalny had been convicted. In the event that a suspended sentence was pronounced, […]
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate President Bukola Saraki, has appointed Dr. Baba Ahmed, as his new Chief of Staff. The appointment followed the resignation on January 31, 2017 of the immediate past Saraki’s COS, Mr. Isa Galaudu. In a statement by the National Assembly (NASS) Chairman Special Adviser on (Media and Publicity), Mr. Yusuph […]
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Worried by the dangers inherent in the practice of Female Genital Mutilation(FGM), and cutting among the girl child and women in Nigeria, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on governments, civil society organisations traditional and religious leaders to join hands to end the ugly act. Speaking […]
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
…Committee Chairman Pursuing Personal Agenda –Anyim (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Unperturbed by objections from critical stakeholders, the Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Hon. Herman Hembe, has proceeded with his public hearing on the Abuja Centenary City project. Curiously, the committee is asking for documents it should have received […]
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
MAIDUGURI, BORNO, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Borno Command, Tuesday in Maiduguri averted another disaster as they intercepted two female suicide bombers who attempted to ram into motorists. The incident according to the State NSCDC Commandant Mr. Ibrahim Abdullahi occurred Tuesday around 6.45am at the NNPC […]
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Police Force said it has confirmed that the Rivers State bribed some electoral officials during Saturday, December 10, 2016 State and National Assembly polls rerun with the sum of N360 million. However, the Police said in Abuja Tuesday, while presenting the report of the investigative panel, […]
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senate has confirmed receipt of President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter, informing the National Assembly (NASS) about the resolve to extend his annual vacation in the United Kingdom (UK). Senate’s Spokesman Abdulahi Sabi. Sabi while speaking to the journalists Tuesday in Abuja, indicated that Mr. President explained in his letter […]
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The road to Kaduna from Abuja was horrific. I had been told that the journey would take no more than one and a half hours, and I had set out early for a 9 am appointment as scheduled, but I didn’t get to Kaduna until four hours later. There were too many […]
