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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The sacked Acting Governor of Adamawa State, Alhaji Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, Tuesday absorbed himself of plundering the state to the tune of N18 Billion as alleged by those he described as detractors and political foes. Fintiri , disclosed this while addressing journalists in Yola. The former Acting Governor in his defence said, […]
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
The Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday, granted a request by Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, to access and withdraw the sum of N19 billion from the reserved fund of the state. The reserved fund was established through a law of the House of Assembly in 2008, for the state government to compulsorily save the […]
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Umuahia Four years after his murder, an Abia state high court sitting in Arochukwu on monday sentenced killers of Umuahia based human right activist, Chidi Nwosu to death by hanging. African Examiner recalled that Mr Nwosu was murdered in a cold blood in his country home at Ameke Abam, in Arochukwu council area […]
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
A group of youth under the aegis of Advocates for Collective Transformation (ACT) has described the endorsement of 4000 online registration fee for NYSC mobilization by the House of Representative as a misrepresentation and betrayal of Nigerian youths. ACT in a statement signed by its President, Tayo Fashogbon and National Secretary Isaac Ifetoluwa Ajayi describe […]
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja Except two-third of the State of Assemblies in 36 States fail to ratify it, Independent candidacy in Nigeria may have become parts of her electoral process as it got the nod of the National Assembly on Tuesday as part of the series of latest amendments to the constitution. Provisions for Independent candidacy […]
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
By Funmilayo Omidiji The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Suleimon Abba, over the attack threat by the repented militant and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Asari-Dokubo against its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The petition which was signed by the party’s National […]
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Companion, an association of Muslim men in Businesses and Professions has condemned last Friday ruling by an Ikeja High Court’s ban, on the use of Hijab in the Lagos state public schools. The group in a press statement issued Tuesday in Lagos, by its National President, Barrister Musibau Oyefeso noted that the judgement […]
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
South African Paralympic athlete medalist, Oscar Pistorius has been slammed with the five years imprisonment over the killing last year, of his former girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Delivering the judgement Tuesday in a Pretoria court, Justice Thokozile Masipa, gave the convicted Pistorius a three-year suspended sentence on a firearms charge. Earlier, the prosecution had argued for […]
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Peter Ayo Fayose has ordered the sack of all the local government education secretaries. According to a press statement issued in Ado Ekiti Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, the sack takes immediate effect. The statement ordered the affected secretaries to hand over government […]
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri Special Adviser (SPA) to President Goodluck Jonathan on Youth Empowerment, Mr. Obi Adim, on Monday joined the Imo state gubernatorial race, as he purchased the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, nomination form. Adim, is going to slug it out in the party primaries with the likes of desperate Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, […]
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
By Uche Nwosu In his thesis The Decay of Lying, Oscar Wilde, an Irish writer (1854-1900) declared that, “The final revelation is that lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things is the proper aim of the art”. If we stress it further we can conclude that lying is the art of releasing information that is […]
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
Oyewale Oyelola, Ilorin Just as the supporters of the two leading Presidential aspirants in All Progressives Party (APC) are busy working to ensure their principal pick the APC sole presidential ticket for 2015 general elections, the APC governors have concluded plans to meet on Wednesday in Ilorin to finalize the best option for the party’s […]
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
South African will not host the 2015 African Cup of Nations if Morocco withdraws, it has been revealed. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) approached South Africa last week, after Morocco asked to postpone the event because of the Ebola crisis. Sports minister Fikile Mbalula categorically told journalists that South Africa will not take up […]
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
Traditional rulers from Kwara North Senatorial zone have endorsed the State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed over his various people oriented developmental programnes, especially in their zone, with a pledge to continue their support for government in nurturing the state through growth and development. The traditional rulers, led by Etsu Patigi and vice chairman of Kwara […]
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
THE Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III has commended Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan for promoting inter-ethnic and religious harmony in the country. Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III who is in Asaba to chair a lecture on Anger Management being organised to mark the Governor’s 60th […]
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
From Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Residents of South- Eastern Nigeria have called on the Federal government to as a matter of urgency probe how the Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme SURE-P funds released to various states in the zone since inception are utilized. Some of the concerned citizens of the geo political zone who spoke to […]
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
…To Send Team To Sierra Leone The Lagos State Government has doled out a whooping N50 million to First Consultant Medical Centre, Lagos to help the hospital get back to its feet after the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) first broke out in the hospital. Late Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian envoy had imported the disease to […]
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has hailed Monday declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO), of Nigeria as Ebola-free country. President Jonathan in a statement issued Monday by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati dedicated the certification to the many patriotic health workers, volunteers and ordinary Nigerians who worked tirelessly, […]
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos state has nullified the “Share Purchase Agreement”, that changed and transferred the ownership of Newswatch Communications Ltd, publisher of the Newswatch newspaper and magazine to one of the country’s industrialists and a Lawyer, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim. The plaintiffs and minority shareholders, Mr Nuhu Aruwa and Prof. Jubril Aminu […]
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
By Niyi Adeyi, Lagos The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has sent a passionate appeal to its members to rally round its former National President, Barrister Nurudeen Asunogie, to survive his deteriorating health condition. In a post on Facebook by the association’s current National President, Sirajudeen Abdulazeez Folayemi Monday, MSSN indicated Asunogie was […]
