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Monday, November 16th, 2015
Former Kano Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau has predicted victory for Governor Seriake Dickson and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the December 5 election in the state. Shekarau, who made the prediction on Monday in Kolokuma/Opokuma when he joined Dickson in continuation of his community-to-community tour, said he felt convinced the PDP would win the election […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The official flag off of Sylva/Igiri governorship campaign suffered a serious setback on Monday in Sagbama, Bayelsa State with the absence of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) governors and other chieftains of the Party. The National Chairman of the Party, Chief John Oyegun and his Deputy for the South West, […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has dismissed as a contrived distraction, the alleged fraud in the Treasury Single Account (TSA) and the rumoured diversion of its funds to bankroll elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States. In a statement isued in Abuja Monday by his Special Adviser, Segun Adeyemi, the Minister challenged […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari reaffirmed Monday in Abuja that his administration will give full regard to due process and the rule of law in the prosecution of its war against corruption. Buhari who gave the assurance at an audience with a delegation from the Foursquare Gospel Church, President Buhari restated his commitment to recovering stolen funds, […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde has canvassed support for the migration of analogue broadcasting to digital as a way of boosting the standard of television broadcasting in the country. He thus commended the management of Lagos State Television for quality broadcasting over its three and half […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
France President Francois Hollande has vowed to bring down the dreaded IS group. The terrorists’ group claimed responsibility for the bloody attack which killed over 100 people last Friday in Paris. In line with his resolve, President Hollande announced that he would present a bill to extend the state of emergency to be declared after […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
The Military Monday confirmed that troops of 7 Division Garrison Nigerian Army in Operation LAFIYA DOLE, have arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorist kingpin, Mr. John Trankil, at Kasuwar Shanu in Maiduguri metropolis, Borno State, North East Nigeria. Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Preliminary investigation indicated that nine terrorists sneaked into the Maiduguri armed with AK 47 […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Umuahia Hell was let lose at the weekend in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia state, as traders at the popular Ahia Ohuu market clashed with overzealous members of the Aba Urban Renewal (AUR) Committee task force set up by the state government to sanitize the city. The fracas, left no […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
By Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has ordered the immediate retirement of all the permanent secretaries in the state’s civil service. Umahi, in a statement signed by his Principal Secretary, Chief Clement Nweke, Sunday stated that only the Clerk of the State House of Assembly, Mrs. Rose Nwokporo, is exempted from the […]
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
By Babs Ajayi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – When a text message “flew” into the phone of Mr. Dele Momodu asking him to help tell the “tale of a woman in deep pain and anguish for variety of reasons” you wonder from whose perspective Mr. Momodu reported the encounters. The same woman who cleverly avoided […]
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Sunday, November 15th, 2015
Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson over the weekend, described the prevailing peace and stability in the state as a major milestone and paradigm shift instituted by the restoration administration to change the trajectory of the state. Hon. Dickson stated this while addressing the 2015 Batch ‘B’ corps members at the NYSC orientation camp […]
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Sunday, November 15th, 2015
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson over the weekend announced that a befitting monument would be named after the late Senator Amaitari Zuofa, as part of efforts to immortalize the nonagenarian. The Governor also directed the state Ministry of Culture and Ijaw National Affairs to liaise with the Zuofa family to build a befitting mausoleum […]
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Sunday, November 15th, 2015
In a bid to compensate and enrich its teeming customers across the country, Dangote Cement will from today, Monday November 16, 2015 commence its biggest promo that will benefit 3, 783 customers. The Dangote Mega Million Dash (#DMMD) promo, which will be activated across the country will run for three months, with total benefits of […]
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Sunday, November 15th, 2015
By Daniel Iworiso-Markson BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Democracy is all about the people. During campaigns and at the election proper, the people exercise their power of preference in determining the choices they want as their leaders. Although the new leaders so elected consequently exercise powers through the institutions of government, power still resides with […]
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Sunday, November 15th, 2015
*Says “It’s a Fraud Against Nigerians” Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said he will not attend the meeting called by the Federal Government with State governors on the Treasury Single Account (TSA), pointing out categorically that the State Government was not interested in the TSA policy, which he said was a fraud against […]
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Sunday, November 15th, 2015
By Charles Agu These days I read a lot but I hardly write. But there are things you must respond to like the article written by one Shaka Momodu on governance in Imo State. I do not know the author in person but I am aware that he works for Thisday Newspapers. From the name you […]
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Sunday, November 15th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ministers from seventy countries camped in France for three days from this Sunday. It was humanity’s War Cabinet meeting for the third time this year. It was like a country being under carpet bombing, and the Executive debating how to scramble jets into the sky to mitigate the disaster. For […]
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Saturday, November 14th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The people of Opume community in Ogbia local government area led by its traditional ruler HRH King A.J Turner and his Chief Council have declared their supports for Governor Dickson’s re-election bid. Making this known during a rally organized in support of the governor’s re-election held at Opume, the people […]
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Saturday, November 14th, 2015
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Catholic Priest in Enugu, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka has condemned the recent agitation and protests for Biafra nation describing the action as `evil.’ Mbaka made the condemnation in Enugu on Saturday in a sermon at his weekly Adoration Ministry. The cleric urged youths in the South East and South-South […]
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Saturday, November 14th, 2015
A retired Colonel and member representing Sagbama Constituency 2 in Bayelsa State House of Assembly has commended the people of Toruebeni in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State for rejecting the APC and its Governorship Candidate in the December 5 polls, Chief Timipre Sylva. The people conveyed their displeasure with the party on Thursday […]
