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Monday, November 4th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The southeast zonal chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has banned political campaigns in churches across the zone. Besides, the Christian umbrella body in the area has also asked the Federal Government to immediately set up a panel of inquiry to investigate the remote causes of the incident that happened […]
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Monday, November 4th, 2013
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos Eight suspected armed robbers have been arrested and paraded at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, on Monday. The suspects, Ife Olubaba 29, Saheed Wasiu 23,Segun Idowu 20, Wasiu Rafiu 20, Odelade Kabiru 23, Waliu Sanni 26 and Taiye Agege now deceased opened fire on and killed policemen attached to Iju Police […]
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Monday, November 4th, 2013
Agency Report (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants fired on a convoy of people returning from a wedding party in northeastern Nigeria, killing 30 of them, including the groom, local government authorities said on Monday. But the military in charge of the area denied the report, saying only five people had been killed in the attack […]
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Monday, November 4th, 2013
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Jos Chapter has said the planned meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan on the 4th, November, 2013, and the leaders of the Union should be based on previous agreements that would benefit the educational system saying anything contrary will amount to an imposition. This was […]
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Monday, November 4th, 2013
By Femi Kehinde, Lagos The Great Nigeria House, a 25-storey building along Martins Street, off Balogun, on the Marina, Lagos Island is on fire. It housed banks and other businesses. As at the time of at the time of filing this report, properties worth millions of Naira have been destroyed. The Federal and State Fire Services […]
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Monday, November 4th, 2013
Femi Kehinde The Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Haruna Tsokwa, is dead. He took ill last Thursday and was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, Assembly Spokesman, Tanko Kaura confirmed the death of the Speaker. Kefas Sule, special assistant media to the Acting Governor, Garba Umar also confirmed that, “He […]
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Monday, November 4th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Campaign Organization of the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer in the forth-coming Nov 16 Anambra governorship election, Dr Chris Ngige has insisted on a full public enquiry in the Saturday’s mass killings in Uke, Idemili North LGA. Such investigation according to the organisation, must not be handled the way the […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Britain has scrapped a plan to force people from Nigeria, Ghana, and certain Asian countries to pay a cash bond in return for a visitor’s visa after it caused an outcry at home and abroad and exposed a rift in the governing coalition. In a move that political rivals said showed Prime Minister David Cameron’s […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
TheAfrican Examiner, Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has advised community based socio cultural groups, the private sector, political Organisations and governments at all levels to aggressively promote youth empowerment in order to avert youth restiveness in the society. Governor Ahmed gave the charge in a message to the Igbomina Summit organized by the Omo […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
The African Examiner Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has condoled the government and people of Anambra State over the unfortunate deaths of 27 worshipers that occurred last Saturday, when a stampede broke out at a crusade organised by Rev. Father Emmanuel Obinma of the Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry. In a letter of condolence to […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Agabus Pwanagba the North-East Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party {PDP} has assured the National Chairman of the Party Alhaji Bamanga Tukur of their support and loyalty. This was made known in a press statement signed by the Zone’s Publicity Secretary of the Party Alhaji Sani Alamin and made available to African Examiner in Bauchi […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Agency Report The nPDP has condemned in strong terms, a second attempt by the police to disrupt its G7 caucus meeting which took place on the eve of 3rd November, 2013, at the Kano State Governor’s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, where the faction had assembled to review progress reports, accept the reports of committees and […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra State should be held responsible for the stampede at a vigil in Uke that left over 30 people dead, for turning a house of prayer into a house of politics. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Directorate of Social Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria says false alarm led to the stampede at the Holy Ghost Adoration Centre, Uke, Anambra State. About 30 worshippers died in the stampede with several others injured. A statement signed by Rev. Fr. Uche Pius Ukor explained that in the early hours […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Ayo Balogun, Lagos A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) says the setting up of a panel by President Goodluck Jonathan to probe the N255 million car scandal has effectively blocked and undermined the mandate and work of appropriate anti-corruption agencies on the matter, and implicitly grants amnesty for corruption. The organization […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
The African Examiner Some Islamic groups have called on the Federal and state governments to declare Muharram 1, the first day of the Islamic Hijrah Calendar 1435, as a public holiday. The groups, in separate Hijrah 1435 A.H messages, said such a declaration would be in line with the rule of law, fairness and justice […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
The Centre For Media Law and Research has congratulated the members of the Nigerian Online Publishers Association (NOPA) for their initiative to regulate the working ethics of the profession. CMLR, in a statement by its Executive Director, Gbolahan Gbadamosi, therefore promised to partner with the association in order to make its members more proficient in […]
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Sunday, November 3rd, 2013
Agency Report The foreigners registration office (FRO) has begun verifying the passports and travel documents of the 52 Nigerians arrested on Thursday for holding up the NH-17, damaging public property, and clashing with the police, following the murder of countryman Obodo Uzoma Simeon. The police department too is expected to soon begin combing operations to […]
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Saturday, November 2nd, 2013
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu It was indeed a black Saturday in Anambra state, south east Nigeria as about 30 woshippers lost their lives in an early hour stampede at a prayer house in Uke in Idenmili – Anambra central senatorial district of the state. The ugly incident our correspondent gathered occurred as a result of […]
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Saturday, November 2nd, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The Enugu state Independent Electoral Commission ENSIEC Saturday disobeyed a court order restraining it from conducting the November, 2nd 2013 local government elections in two council areas of the state, as it went ahead with the exercise in all the 17 council areas of the state, amid voter apathy and violence in […]
