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Friday, September 11th, 2015
The Independent National Electoral Commission yesterday dismissed the governorship election that took place in Rivers State on April 11 as a sham and mockery of democracy. The Head, Election and Party Monitoring Department (EPM) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Charles Okoye, told the Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja yesterday that […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed Nigerian workers and the Civil Society for standing up firmly against corruption, calling their open demonstration of support for the Federal Government’s battle against corruption a major boost to the anti-graft war. APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement he issued in Abuja Friday […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
In line with its commitment to offer value-added products and services that suit the lifestyles of its customers, Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has unveiled its integrated lifestyle mobile banking app, FirstMobile. The mobile banking app which is easy to use is another secure platform that allows customers to execute […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
Some former employees of Radio Port Harcourt have issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the management of 91.7 Radio Port Harcourt for the payment of their outstanding salaries, pension fund and leave bonuses. The former employees, who left the company over a year ago, are being owed salaries and other entitlements ranging from four to eight […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Awka – Police in Anambra State, South East Nigeria, on Thursday discovered four female dead bodies in a living room in Ifite area of Awka, the Anambra State capital. The corpses were found in a room occupied by a couple on Olisa Onyeka Crescent near the Commissioners’ quarters in Awka. AFRICAN EXAMINER […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
By Our Reporter – Only few people take cognisance of the fact that the National Assembly is a revenue collecting institution. However, the African Examiner can reveal that the management of the National Assembly collects rents to the tune of N500 million per annum from its numerous tenants. All the major banks are tenants to […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has beamed its search light into the operations of a Nigerian hospitality company, VIP Express Tourism Limited, following complaints alleging gross abuse of consumers’ rights. The Council’s action was informed by the number of complaints against the company, some of which alleged that the company reneged […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
A US-based pressure group, Sociopolitical Awareness Forum (SPAF), has asked the Nigerian government to sanction a Lagos-based hospital, Georges Memorial Medical Center, over their negligence during a surgical operation, which resulted in the death of one Mrs Oluwayemisi Moradeke Olorundare (Nee Ajibade). A statement issued by the group and signed by its secretary, Dr. Kamaldeen […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Prince Chibudom Nwuche has called on politicians in Rivers State to eschew the negative culture of bitterness, blackmail and chicanery in their desperate bid to witch-hunt and denigrate political opponents from the state, all in an attempt to pull down Rivers sons and daughters and stop […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
By Bukola Kayode – Ahead of his formal declaration Monday, September 7, 2015, some have dismissed the incumbent Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson of not having the impressive record and an imposing clout to re-contest for the South South State Governorship position. Some cynics even went to the extent of giving impression that […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
Following a spate of recent negative outcomes for the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the various Election Petition Tribunals sitting in Abuja, the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has alleged that the Governor has commenced negotiations to borrow a whopping N10 billion from a […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
By Daniel Iworiso-Markson – After months of consultation and seeking the face of God, the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, last Tuesday finally declared his intention to run for a second term in office. And he did so in a fashion which sent out a loud message particularly to the opposition party, the All Progressives […]
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Friday, September 11th, 2015
A bomb suspected to be detonated by two female suicide bombers at Malkohi Internal Displace Persons (IDP) camp in Adamawa state killed 7 people including the bombers and injured 13 people including 4 NEMA officials. Adamawa state commissioner of information, Ahmed Sajoh confirmed the incident to journalists in Yola shortly after visiting the victims of […]
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Thursday, September 10th, 2015
The Ijaw Young Professionaals in Bayelsa State has denounced the claim that about N1.5 b was spent to host the recent declaration of Governor Seriake Dickson for a second term in office. Dickson had last Tuesday at the Samson Siasia Stadium in Yenagoa, the state capital, made a formal declaration in the presence of his […]
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Thursday, September 10th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun – Following advocacy Wednesday, for capital punishment against corrupt officials by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to be careful and weigh the call very carefully against the backdrop of attempts by enemies of progress to blackmail […]
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Thursday, September 10th, 2015
By Funmilayo Omidiji/Mustapha Abdul Salaam/Niyi Adeyi – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has made good its resolve to forge ahead with its advocacy for capital punishment against the convicted corrupt officials, as its States’ branches Thursday staged anti-corruption rallies across the country. While addressing the State’s Labour movement at the Government Secretariat arcade, Oke Mosan, […]
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Thursday, September 10th, 2015
*Flays His Policy Thrust On Dredging The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Thursday made mockery of the idea of dredging as a major policy thrust by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant, Timi Alaibe, if elected governor, describing it as ridiculous. The PDP said Alaibe is interested in dredging because […]
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Thursday, September 10th, 2015
From Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – The Counsels to parties involved in the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lafia, the State capital have adopted their written addresses, preparatory to delivering of judgment on the petition filed by the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA), Labaran Maku in the April 11 […]
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has advocated a permanent membership status for Nigeria in the Security Council of the United Nations, stating that the country deserves it because of its contributions to international peace keeping, the size of its population and economy. Delivering a keynote address today at the Africa launch of the Global […]
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
By Obiora Aghadinuno – The trouble with Peter Obi is that he thinks that he is cleverer than everyone else. He maintains a bland and colourless surface that conceals a grandiose interior. He talks with the voice of a woman in a labour but carries a heart of stone. He maintains a well cultivated religious […]
