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Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, is wearing a new look for today’s commencement of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign. The event is scheduled for the 40,000-capacity Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Igwuruta, near the Port Harcourt International Airport. The rally, fixed for 9 a.m., will be transmitted live on major […]
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
By Colins Amadi, Yenagoa – Bayelsa state governor Seriake Dickson has fired the commissioner for Local Government Administration, Mrs. Marie Ebikake and redeployed her counterpart in the Ministry of Information and Orientation, Deacon Markson Fefegha. Also relieved of her position is the Governor’s Special Adviser on Federal Projects, Chief (Mrs.) Remi Kuku. A statement issued […]
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
A US based Diaspora group, Nigeria Moral Democratic Awareness Council (NMDAC) has appealed to the Federal Government not to throw the report of last year’s Nigeria National Conference into the dustbin like other previous reports. The group at its end of year meeting held at Marriot Hotel in Washington D.C suburb on December 30, 2014 […]
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Monday, January 5th, 2015
By LAOLU AKANDE, Empowered Newswire, New York – Our dear nation is not going to get a Messiah who will come and make all things perfect. The one and only Messiah there is has come already and is coming again. (Now that is another line of my profession.) What we can get however are dedicated mortals […]
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Monday, January 5th, 2015
Ayo Balogun, Abuja – A chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one time Information Minister, Prof. Jerry Gana has defended that the sum of N21.8 Billion generated at President Goodluck Jonathan campaign fund raising was meant for that purpose as well as to execute some capital projects belonging to the party. Prof. […]
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Monday, January 5th, 2015
From Funmilayo Omidiji – Abeokuta – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again blasted President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of wasteful spending and mismanagement of the country’s economy in the last six years. While receiving the South West Women Leaders Monday in his home in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Obasanjo explained that he left in […]
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Monday, January 5th, 2015
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has issued a 21-day ultimatum as deadline to the state government to pay doctors, under its employment the August and September 2014 salaries. The ultimatum was given in a statement issued by the State’s NMA Chairman, Dr Tope Ojo. He […]
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Monday, January 5th, 2015
From Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Abuja – The Nigerian political office holders have been warned not to deploy public property in their electioneering campaigns as well as make a clear demarcation between the their political parties and government activities. Similarly, politicians have been cautioned to desist from using inflammatory statements while the ongoing campaigns last. The Chief […]
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Monday, January 5th, 2015
Audu Limun, Bauchi – Tragedy has occurred in Bauchi state as 13 passengers killed in an auto crash while 4 others injured along Bauchi-Jos road, Narbodo village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi state. It was gathered that the accident occurred as a result of carelessness on the part of a motorcycle rider who […]
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Monday, January 5th, 2015
From Collins Amadi – Port Harcourt Some traditional rulers in Rivers State, South-South Nigeria, have pledged their support for the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside. The monarchs under the umbrella of Ikwerre Supreme Council of Traditional Rulers in Isiokpo, declared that Dr. Peterside was the sole governorship candidate of […]
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Sunday, January 4th, 2015
The Federal Ministry of Power has repeatedly moved to reconnect Maiduguri to national grid but insurgency and sabotage have so far delayed the realisation of that goal,the Minister of State Power,Hon Mohammed Wakil has disclosed. In a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Olawale Rasheed, the minister said “the last seven months when the power […]
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Sunday, January 4th, 2015
The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari says religion must never be used as an excuse to divide Nigerians, oppress others or gain unfair advantage. Buhari spoke at the New Year Thanksgiving Service organised by the Lagos State Government on Sunday at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, saying he […]
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Sunday, January 4th, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – For the second time, the apex Igbo socio cultural body, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Saturday rejected a motion to endorse President Goodluck Jonathan, as the consensus candidate of southeast for the February presidential election. Even when the endorsement of Jonathan was not part of the agenda for the meeting, a chieftain […]
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Sunday, January 4th, 2015
By Tajudeen Balogun, Head African Examiner, Nigeria Bureau An academia and human right activist, Professor Ishaq Lakin Akintola, has attributed persistent social, economic and political misfortunes of Nigeria to unbridled love for materialism and widespread corruption. The Director of a non Governmental organization (NGO) – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), made the lamentation Sunday at […]
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Sunday, January 4th, 2015
Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The Office of the United Nations, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Arbitrary or Summary Executions, Mr. Christof Heyns has stated that appropriate action including communication to the government of President Goodluck Jonathan is being considered regarding the imminent execution of 54 soldiers in Nigeria. This followed a petition submitted to Mr […]
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Sunday, January 4th, 2015
From Mustapha Abdul Salaam, Maiduguri – The base of the Multi-National Joint Task Force, (MNJTF), in Baga, Borno State, North Eastern Nigeria, has been attacked and dislodged by the suspected Boko Haram insurgents. The invasion which occurred Saturday was confirmed to the newsmen by a security official in Maiduguri, the Borno State capiotal. The personnel […]
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Sunday, January 4th, 2015
I am a bit lost, in fact more than lost. I am aghast at the inanity and lack of decorum being spread around by the supposedly “educated” Nigerians, just because of political opportunism and expediency. Do we have a problem with “academic certificates”, especially of our leaders and political aspirants? Why do we always elude […]
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Benin-City -The Edo state chapter of the peoples Democratic party, PDP has accused governor Adams Oshiomhole of squandering a whopping sum of 142 million during a recent visit of senator Bola Tinubu and Mohammad Buhari to the state. State Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, made the allegations on Saturday at […]
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2015
FROM IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – Ex- Super Eagles and Enyimba FC of Aba defender Romanus Orjinta is dead at the age 33. AFrican Examiner Sports gathered that he was found dead in his Enugu residence on New Year’s Eve. As at the time of filling this reports, no detailed information surrounding his untimely demise. Orjinta […]
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2015
Ayo Balogun, Lagos – The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately abolish the Excess Crude Account (ECA) and other special accounts/funds. ARG said this while presenting its Nigeria Democratic Governance Report in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with the theme: “Curbing Political Instability and Extravagance,” held at the Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja, […]
