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Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Kwara State students under the auspices of National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS) have endorsed the educational and developmental programmes and policies of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. The students, who pledged their total support for the success of the APC government under Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, gave the endorsement during a solidarity visit to Governor Ahmed, […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
The Rivers state government says the State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party lied against Governor Rotimi Amaechi on the new loan of $280 million. Clarifying the loan issues, Commissioner of Information and Communications, Mrs Ibim Seminatari who described PDP’s statement as mischievous and misleading explained that the loan was not a fresh loan request. […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
The embattled supervising Minister for Education and the self-appointed leader of the PDP in Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike over the weekend played host to the National Chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Umeh. Inside sources say the Minister who is currently battling forces against his ambition to succeed Gov. Amaechi is considering the option of […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Nigerians have again decried lack of focus and productive leadership in the country. The criticism came to the fore as friends, family members and human right activists Monday gathered to mark 16 years anniversary of the death of the winner of June 12 Presidential election, Bashorun Moshood Abiola. One of the late business mogul’s daughter […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Germany coach Joachim Low piled the pressure on World Cup semi-final referee Marco Rodriguez with an extraordinary attack on the standard of officiating at the World Cup ahead of Germany’s semi-final with Brazil. Germany’s controversial coach claimed Brazil’s quarter-final victory over Colombia had turned into ‘a fight’ and went on to say that refereeing standards […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Political Campaign towards next month governorship election in Osun State became violent on Monday as supporters of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) engaged in a violent clash leaving several people injured. Following the violent clash, both parties pointed accusing fingers at each other in a statement made available […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Brazil players have gone to see the team psychiatrist to help them get over the shock of losing Neymar ahead of Tuesday’s semi-final clash with Germany. Luiz Felipe Scolari’s men are still clearly troubled by the injury to their biggest star which has cast a big shadow over their World Cup semi final with Germany […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Fervent debates flourished during the plenary session of the National Conference on Monday as conferees commenced debate on the report of the Committee on Devolution of Power. The slim-volume submission, loaded with serious issues, focused principally on devolving power from the centre to the federating units; and the issue of resources. The report was however […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
Police in Ibafo area of Ogun state say they have discovered the decomposed body of Habeeb Olatunde, who was a branch manager of a commercial bank, at an uncompleted building. Police further said the late banker who was declared missing June 18, 2014 committed suicide by hanging himself. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
Egyptian President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi has regretted the sentences passed on three Al Jazeera journalists, saying he would rather prefer they were deported. The newly-sworn in President declared his government had nothing to do with the court ruling and that the “verdict issued against a number of journalists” had had “very negative consequences” on the […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
A popular Islamic scholar, Ustadh AbdulGaniy Jumah and his wife, Shakirah, have been reportedly abducted at their home in Ogun State by gunmen suspected to be soldiers, African Examiners reports. Jumah and his wife, Shakirah, were reportedly whisked away at gun point from his family house at Fagbemi Street, Off Ntabo Bus Stop, Ijoko, near […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
Ignatius Okpara, Aba Policemen attached to Ogbor Hill Division in the commercial city of Aba, Abia state on Sunday rescued a day-old baby boy, who was thrown into a pit latrine by his mother immediately after birth. African Examiner gathered that the mother, simply identified as Nwaizu, was suspected to be suffering from psychiatric related […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) at Adeniji-Adele, Lagos, Nigeria has paraded six notorious armed robbery suspects who specialized in stealing exotic cars at gun point. African Examiner learnt that the suspected robbers usually steal from different parts of the country and sell them off in the neighbouring country. Parading the suspects on Monday, Force […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
By Matthew Adejoh Basking in the euphoria of gaining and sustaining the upper hand in Ekiti with its decimation of the support base of the loud but ineffective All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been strutting around like a cock in the midst of female fowls. But do you blame the […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
FIFA Disciplinary Committee says it can not consider any punishment for Colombian player Juan Camilo Zuniga Mosquera whose tackle caused the injury that has sidelined Brazil’s top player, Neymar, for the rest of the World Cup. Brazil’s soccer federation is pressing FIFA to punish the Colombian player for the tackle in their 2-1 quarter-final victory […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
…Apologizes To World Pension Summit Delegates President Goodluck Jonathan has directed both Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Bala Mohammed and the Coordinating Minster of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to meet and resolve how the construction of second runway for the country capital’s airport takes off next year. The President made the […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
Former Soviet Minister and Georgian President, Eduard Shevardnadze, is dead. The former leader who was credited for dousing the cold war in the country died Monday after a long illness at the age of 86. Shevardnadze was the face of Soviet foreign policy during the era of former President Mikhail Gorbachev’s attempt to liberalize the Communist. […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
It seems there is no end to the Edo State House of Assembly power tussle among the gladiators as the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers Monday entered the Anthony Enahoro Assembly Complex and held a separate plenary session. The legislators, which included the impeached (last week) Deputy Speaker, Festus Ebea, presided the parallel session – […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
By Femi Ayelabowo When the former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, took on a generation of Yoruba Obas, and called them – of all things – worthless, he must have thought little of the consequences of his statement. Tinubu’s statement at the 80th birthday of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, was […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2014
Regardless of the Consultants opting out of nationwide strike by Doctors in the public hospitals, delegates under the umbrella body – Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), are currently meeting for an Emergency Delegates Meeting in Abuja, to review their demands and negotiations with the Federal Government. According to a delegate, the meeting was called to appraise […]
