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Friday, August 12th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Notwithstanding the recent crash of her marriage, melodious singer, Tiwa Savage is forging ahead in her career, as her profile has been uploaded to Roc Savage’s profile on the site, catalogued her quotes; exposition on how her former husband Tunji Balogun otherwise called: Teebillz discouraged her from scripting songs for […]
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Friday, August 12th, 2016
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged rich countries to take urgent actions to save the Lake Chad from extinction, due to effects of climate change. The President gave the task Thursday in Abuja while receiving the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova. Buhari warned that the failure to regenerate the Lake […]
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Friday, August 12th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja. ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No member of the National Assembly (NASS) can be investigated or charged to court for performing their constitutional responsibility of lawmaking including budget, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has declared. Dogara, who spoke in Abuja on Thursday, at the Civil Society Dialogue Session […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2016
By Niyi Adeyi ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to the media to project a positive image of Nigeria and accord less prominence to widespread insecurity in the country. The appeal was made Thursday in Abuja, while the Minister was addressing members of the Association […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Chelsea Manager Jose Morinho has received an apology, with regards to jail terms derision hauled at him, over his alleged shabby treatment on the former Manchester United German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. Slovenian world players’ Union member Dejan Stefanovic confirmed that Mourinho who joined Man U recently allegedly bullied Schweinsteiger […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the peace truce reached recently, clashes have again erupted in and around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, resulting in impeding military action to bring in aids. In the truce, Russian forces giving support to the National troops had announced a daily three-hour suspension of military action. Still, the […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Noble Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka Thursday joined the league of prominent Nigerians paying visit to President Muhammadu Buhari and meeting with him behind closed doors. The Literary icon had about an hour meeting with President Buhari in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. However, like some […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian Dream Team VI late Wednesday lost by 2-0 to their Colombian counterpart in the ongoing Rio Olympics Games. Despite the loss, Samson Siasia’s team have already made it to the quarter final having won their first and second match against Japan and Sweden respectively. The team’s first knock out […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seven months after the Bayelsa gubernatorial election was held, Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday said it would launch an investigation into the electoral violence that characterised the election which led to loss of lives and also forced 600 persons into the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Southern Ijaw. The […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) No fewer than 15 inmates escaped during a jailbreak that occurred at Nsukka Prison in Enugu State, South East Nigeria. A source at the prison, who did not wish to be quoted, confirmed that the inmates broke their cells and scaled over the perimeter fence late Tuesday night. […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2016
LAGOS, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fund raising for the pet project #GetInvolved of President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha is billed for this Saturday – August 13, 2016 in Lagos. Interestingly, Mr. President’s wife is being joined to get through in her initiative by the wife of Vice-President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo as well as the multitalented […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2016
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu ENUGU, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aggrieved workers of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) on Wednesday paralyzed socio-economic activities in the city and other south- east States, as they took to the streets over alleged anti-labour policies and insensitivity to staff welfare by authorities of the establishment. AFRICAN EXAMINER Correspondent who […]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rowing regatta competition at the Rio 2016 has been cancelled due to high winds, for the second time five days into the ongoing Olympic Games in Brazil. The second postponement happened as Britain’s Heather Stanning and Helen Glover were set to compete in the women’s pair semi-final clash. Following an […]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Plans by Boko Haram terrorists to carry out multiple and bloody attacks in some States of the Federation has been exposed by the Nigerian Army. According to online news medium, Sahara reporters, the Nigerian Army in an intelligence document indicated that States listed for attack include: Lagos, Kano, Sokoto, Kebbi, […]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday, urged security agencies in the country not to treat the rumours that Boko Haram terrorists are recruiting members from Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the Northeast with levity but to urgently investigate the issue so as to unravel those behind […]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 12 premature babies have been confirmed dead in a fire incident which occurred at a hospital in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. Following the sad development, officials confirmed that eight other children and 29 women have been moved from the affected unit and transferred to nearby hospitals. The […]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn-in additional aides and deployed them into various offices. The administration of oath of office was presided over Wednesday by Mr. President and witnessed by Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo; Ministers; some Presidential aides and family members of the political appointees. The brief […]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government (FG) has taken a step towards resolving the retrenchment and other major labour issues in the banking and financial institutions with a crucial meeting with the sector’s organized labour unions – (ASBIFFE & NUBUIFE) while insisting that banks and their employees must be ready […]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
By Abdul Gaffar Bello ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The raging budget padding sagaTuesday took another dimension as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invited and grilled the whistle blower – former Chairman House Committee on Appropriation, Hon. AbdulMumuni Jibrin. Jibrin was questioned by the EFCC operatives for about eight hours. The Kano Lawmaker […]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
By Ayo Balogun, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Coalition of Civil Society Groups known as Election Reform Expert Group (EREG) has frowned at the activities of some Nigerian Politicians aiming at derailing the nation’s democratic process, particularly in the area of gains made over the years in the nation’s quest for a credible […]
