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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
Dr. Dakuku Peterside, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State has described Nyesom Wike’s recall of Rivers State students on scholarship abroad as an action that defies reason. Reacting to the unfortunate turn of events concerning Rivers State students on scholarship at various universities across the world, Peterside wondered why a […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Senate has set legislative machinery in motion for passing into law a bill that seeks to makes it an offence , to petition against public office holder without a sworn affidavit in a regular court, reminiscent of decree 4 of the Military regime era of 1984 and 1985. This followed the passage […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that the current fuel scarcity in the country will be over in a matter of days, following the approval of the subsidy payment by the National Assembly. The minister stated this in a statement he issued in Abuja and made available […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen Following the approval of the subsidy payment by the National Assembly (NASS), the Federal Government (FG) has given assurance that the lingering fuel scarcity and inherent crises will soon be over. The N521 billion approved by the NASS, as part of the just passed supplementary budget of N574.4 billion FG said would […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday said the fear of defeat at the Bayelsa Governorship Election Debate was why All progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Timipre Sylva was absent at the forum. Director of Publicity of the Restoration Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, said in a statement that […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged its investigations have revealed that the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in collaboration with security forces, intend to rig the forthcoming Bayelsa State Governorship Election election as it allegedly did in October 31, Borno Senatorial bye-election. The South South State Gubernatorial Election is slated for this Saturday, December […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
By Niyi Adeyi The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mr. Solomon Arase has warned the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) “activists” to stop threatening public peace or face the full weight of the law. The warning, the Police boss said followed the observation of the […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria Thursday for South Africa, to participate in the Forum on China/Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) taking place in Johannesburg, between December 4 and 5, 2015. Buhari at the forum, will follow up his meeting with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping which took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
A lion early Wednesday morning escaped from its cage and ran out of the Jos Wild Park, Plateau State. NAN quoted the Plateau Toursim Corporation Acting General Manager, Mr. John Doy, as saying that the wild animal which has been caged since 1972, regained its freedom today “at about 8 a.m while it was being […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Coalition of non-governmental organizations, NGOs based in Enugu and led by Women Aid Collective, WACOL and Sexual Assault Referral Centre (TamarSarc), Tuesday expressed worry over the alarming rate of sexual abuse of women in the State. The organizations, which said they were committed to the fight and elimination of violence against […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
Mrs Gbemisola Grace Soneye, the mother of the publisher of Per second news, a global online news organisation has passed away. She died on Tuesday at St Nicholas Hospital in Lagos at the age of 63 due to complications from Colon Cancer following a procedure to alleviate the problem. Announcing the death, a heartbroken Femi […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Senate has frowned at “high cost of construction” in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT just as it charged all secretariats, departments and agencies, SDAs in the FCT Administration to double the current internally generated revenue, IGR by June 2016. This was even as it directed the six Area Council Chairmen in the […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Senate President, Bukola Saraki, hadissociated himself from the N60bn arms deal involving the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), declaring that he should be counted out of the deal. Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, said that, contrary to report published […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
By Eric Ojo The scourge of endemic corruption in Africa has escalated in the past 12 months, opinion poll conducted by Transparency International (TI) has revealed. The findings of the poll tagged, “People and Corruption: Africa Survey 2015”, part of the Global Corruption Barometer” also disclosed that most government are seen as failing in their […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) and 13 other Federal Government institutions have been identified and honoured as the most outstanding institutions in Nigeria for the 2014/2015 fiscal year. Other institutions honoured with the CPC at the Award Dinner held on Monday in Abuja are the Central Bank […]
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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Onitsha Over 50,000 members and supporters of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Tuesday,shut down the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra state, southeast Nigeria for the second time, in less than one month. The protesters, who barricaded the ever busy Onitsha Head bridge, paralysed socio and economic activities in the commercial city. They […]
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said the newly commissioned Toru-Ebeni bridge will help in opening up the hinterland in Bayelsa State as well as boost commercial activity in the area. Jonathan, who made this remark during the commissioning of the bridge yesterday, recalled that the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, a former governor of the state, […]
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senate on Tuesday passed into law N574.5 billion as 2015 supplementary appropriation Act, with an increase of N108 billion to the N465.6 billion requested for, by President Muhammadu Buhari. The N108 billion difference, according to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Senator Danjuma Goje( APC Gombe Central), […]
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
By Ganiyu Nasirudeen The opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the arrest Tuesday of its Chieftain, Chief Raymond Dokpesi and other opposition elements by the APC-led Federal Government (FG). The party Tuesday alleged it has been hinted that more notable of the PDP leaders have been listed for arrest over unverified allegation, pursuant to […]
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
*Rejects Nomination As Bello’s Running Mate By Abdul Gaffar Bello The running mate to late Abubakar Audu in November 21, Kogi Governorship election, Hon. James Faleke, has filed a suit before a Federal High Court Abuja, challenging the decision of his party, the APC on substituting Alhaji Yahya Bello with the former Governor. Faleke is […]
