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Thursday, January 26th, 2017
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate has mandated its committee on Public Procurement to carry out comprehensive investigation on the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) over alleged contracts racketeering and inflation two of which show excess of N2.4billion above approved contracts sums. The upper legislative chamber also directed the committee to forward to […]
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Thursday, January 26th, 2017
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President Bukola Saraki, has announced creation of additional three upper legislative chamber committees. The new committees includes: the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs; Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA and Legislative Compliance. However, the existing committees which were reshuffled included the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC and Interior. While Senator Abubakar Kyari […]
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Thursday, January 26th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ongoing defection wave blowing across the south- East states, of Nigeria, particularly Enugu, may soon hit Ebonyi and Abia, as governor David Umahi and Okezie Ikpeazu, are allegedly making serious moves to dump the crisis-ridden People’s Democratic party, PDP for the ruling All progressives Congress APC. African […]
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Thursday, January 26th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday declared a receipt of N9.7 billion from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee for the month of December 2016. The decision was line with his administration’s policy of transparency, prudence and accountability. Speaking with journalists on the finances which got to the state from the federation account, […]
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
IKEJA, LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Government has inaugurated a 12-member Economic Advisory Committee headed by renowned accountant and financial expert, Dr. Bode Agusto to spearhead the State Government’s drive to improve the business environment and advance the economic development of the State. The move was made public Wednesday in a statement issued […]
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fiery Pastor and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, on Wednesday, condemned the attempt by the Department of State Service (DES) to arrest him at a function in Ekiti State, saying such a draconian action by a ”Change” government is harsh, dangerous and negates the tenets of democracy. The cleric in a statement by […]
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of Shia sect operating under the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) Wednesday clashed with the security operatives, while protesting against the detention of the group’s Leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakyzaky in FCT Abuja. The protesters who matched through the Federal secretariat headed towards the National Assembly (NASS), but were resisted by […]
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The founder of Omega Fire Ministries, Johnson Suleman, recently instructed members of his church to kill Fulanis. An attempt by operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) to arrest him in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday was foiled by Governor Ayodele Fayose. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned the founder of […]
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
By Tajudeen Balogun LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Business organizations in Nigeria have been charged to ”invest more resources” on better monitoring of politics and policy-making around the world in 2017, so as to mitigate volatility risks and anticipate any sudden changes of rules that could impact markets’ activities. This is against the background of the confirmation by the […]
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has set up a Special Education Safety Corp ahead of the compulsory boarding scheme of the government which commences next month. The governor who announced this while handing over four refurbished Armoured Personnel Carrier to the Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Police Force in Yenagoa […]
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
Ayodele Afolabi In the midst of debilitating fuel scarcity bedeviling the state, Sokoto Government has established a task that will monitor the distribution of petroleum products in the state. A statement issued Tuesday in Sokoto by Tambuwal’s spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, said the task force will monitor and ensure effective dispensing of petroleum products by […]
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Enugu Nigeria, (African Examiner) – The political structure of the People’s Democratic party PDP, in Enugu state on Tuesday suffered yet another set back, as the immediate past Speaker of the state House of Assembly, chief Eugene Odoh, defected to the ruling All progressive congress, APC along side dozens of his supporters. African […]
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2017
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday sacked a faction of the People’s Democratic Party’s State Working Committee loyal to Governor Ayodele Fayose. In the judgement, Justice Taiwo Taiwo ruled that Mr. Williams Ajayi–led faction being allegedly bankrolled by the Senator representing Ogun East, Mr Buruji […]
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2017
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Barring last minute change of mind, signs that the Senate will reject the nomination of Ibrahim Magu as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the second time, emerged on Tuesday after presentation of letter of his re-nomination by President Muhammadu Buhari. A highly reliable source in the […]
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2017
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday faulted the Senate on its recent call for immediate resignation of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) David Babachir Lawal from office over his alleged involvement in financial scam rocking Presidential Initiatives on North East Development. The President in another letter forwarded to the Senate […]
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2017
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu ENUGU NIGERIA, (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN,is set to confer a honourary doctorate degree on the General Overseer Worldwide of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, just as 94 graduating students of the institution are to bag first class degree. Prof. Benjamin Ozumba,Vice Chancellor […]
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2017
Adewale Kupoluyi (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A friend recently told me that he had stopped monitoring news. When I asked him why, he simply said; over the years, there is nothing good that you hear in the news apart from negative stories. He affirmed that because of this, he had concluded that tracking news reportage was […]
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2017
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I have very vivid memories of my last visit to The Gambia. This was in 2013 when President Goodluck Jonathan paid a two-day visit to the country. In the course of that visit, President Jonathan commissioned the new Chancery of the Nigerian Embassy in Banjul, and also met with the Nigerian community, […]
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Monday, January 23rd, 2017
By Owei Lakemfa I took no Philosophy course in my undergraduate days in the University of Ife – now Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU ) – but I got to know Dr. Oladipo Fashina quite well. My introduction to him 38 years ago, was indirect. One day, I ran into two of my course mates in […]
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Monday, January 23rd, 2017
By Godwin Ewulu Financing Homes plays a very critical role in the life of every economy. More often than not, this role is poorly acknowledged and therefore less emphasized. Owning Homes are not just about the well being of the citizens, it is also key to the growth of other sectors of the economy. We cannot […]
