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Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The people of Egwu Achi community in Oji River council Area of Enugu State have appealed to Governor Sullivan Chime to dethrone and prosecute their traditional ruler Igwe Victor Meniru over alleged high handedness, intimidation, impersonation and vandalization of property belonging to the community. The people who made the demand Monday during […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
An address delivered by Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, CON, Governor, Rivers State, to the Rivers State House of Assembly on Monday, March 3, 2014 In the last few days, Abuja has been celebrating a hundred years of our unification. Nigeria at one hundred years old is a milestone and should provide us all a time […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has flagged off a N150 million Empowerment initiative for transporters in the State through the provision of Taxis, Buses and light trucks. Speaking at the flag off of the first phase which was the distribution of 100 taxis procured at a cost of N50million to taxi operators, Governor Ahmed […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
By Josephine Babatunde These days, it is common to glean in the newspapers and on the social media stories that look like President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is persecuting the suspended Central Bank Bank (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. It is true that Sanusi did not help matters with the way he was going about his […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Lagos, Ogun states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have continued to witness long queues at petrol stations in the states while motorists from Oyo state travelled out of the state to get black market. The spokesman for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim, however described the reappearance […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Scores of parents and old students of Unity Schools in Nigeria on Monday stormed the office of the Lagos State Governor in Ikeja, Nigeria to protest the massacre of 59 students in Yobe State by Boko Haram recently. The protesters were all dressed in black attire chanting different dirge and urged the Federal Government, State […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Honourable Justice Legbo Kutigi (rtd) as the Chairman of the National Conference while Prof Bolaji Akinyemi will serve as the Vice Chairman. Dr (Mrs) Nanadi Azenge is appointed as the Secretary of the Conference. A statement issued by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Anyim Pius Anyim […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
The 2014 Forbes Billionaires’ List, which was released recently, ranked the President/Chief Executive, the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, 23rd in a list of 1,645 richest people in the world, with a personal fortune of $25billion. This is an improvement on his 43rd position in 2013 (with networth of $16billion), and places him among the […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
By Kayode Adelowokan The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ogun State chapter has described the rumour that it has merged with Labour Party of Nigeria (LP) as a mere speculations. The party chairman said this while receiving about 2,000 defectors from other political parties into the PDP in Ota, Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Government has vowed to henceforth jail residents for one year if they present fake means of identification in the ongoing residence registration exercise. The government said this became necessary in view of the large number of Lagosians presenting fake means of identification to the Lagos State Resident Registration Agency […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Thousands of Nigerian women are gearing up for what is dubbed ‘Mother of all Protest’ in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Benin and Abuja to protest against massive killings of school children and others in Yobe and some northern states. The protest has been fixed for Thursday, with all protesters to be in black […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Ignatius Okpara in Owerri There are strong indications that Imo state Governor Rochas, Okorocha has dumped his 2015 presidential ambition so as to allow him concentrate on his second term bid. Close sources to the Okorocha’s led government who do not want his name in print told African Examiner in Owerri on Monday that the […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of three Polio workers on duty on Sunday in Darazo Local Government Area of the State. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Haruna Mohammed said three polio workers were abducted; two men and a woman, but a […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Mrs. Ifeoma Nneji, an Enugu magistrate, is now in police net with her husband, over alleged abduction of a 9-year-old child. According to the police, apart from the abduction offence, the magistrate, attached to Oji River Magisterial Division was also arrested alongside her husband, Mr. Ifeanyi Nneji by the Enugu State Police […]
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
(Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 85 people in northeastern Nigeria, witnesses and officials said on Sunday, in a further setback to President Goodluck Jonathan’s military campaign. Twin bomb blasts in the city of Maiduguri killed at least 46 people on Saturday evening while, around 50 km (30 miles) away, dozens of […]
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi said his administration has disbursed one billion Naira to contractors to effect speedy completion of the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo unity road project. Amaechi disclosed this Sunday when he led his wife Dame Judith Amaechi and the Federal Lawmaker representing Andoni-Opobo in the National Assembly, Hon. Dakuku Adol-Peterside to inspect […]
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress has blasted the federal government over what it called insensitivity of the federal government towards security issues and oil theft in Niger Delta Region. The party in a press statement issued on Sunday by Chief Eze Chukwuemeka noted that, “of particular worry to us is the Federal […]
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
It’s a great exercise in Quackery -Presidency Ayo Balogun, Lagos “When asked, If the election were held today, would you vote for Goodluck Jonathan or the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, the APC candidate held a ten-point lead over the President. By a margin of 44% to 34% (with 22% undecided), the APC candidate […]
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
President of the Senate Senator David Mark has renewed his call for draconian measures against kidnappers submitting that the perpetrators do not deserve to live among normal human beings. Senator Mark in apparent call for the application of Hammurabi’s ancient Mesopotamian law of ‘an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth’ said “if […]
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Saturday, March 1st, 2014
AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT, AGF, SENATE, HOUSE OF REPS, EFCC, ICPC, SSS, POLICE, SGF, COS INTRODUCTION Expectedly, since the suspension from office of Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a lot of reactions have greeted the action – some in support of the step taken by […]
