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Ayo Balogun, Featured, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Government has sealed off the headquarters church of the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement over gross environmental abuse and erection of structures along system 6c drainage channel. While monitoring the state of Lagos Environment, the Commissioner for the Environment, Tunji Bello noticed massive trading under the Ijesha bridge along […]
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Featured, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
The Taraba state acting Governor, Alhaji Garba Umar, on Monday narrowly escaped death when his vehicle was involved in a road mishap along the Gombe/Bauchi Road. Umar was said to be on his way to pay a condolence visit to Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State over the demise of his sister last week when […]
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Featured, Ignatius Okpara, Imo, Latest Headlines, News
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu … Appoints 13 Imo indigenes as Commissioners At last, Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has bowed to pressure from the state House of Assembly after months of conflicts between him and the lawmakers over his earlier plan to appoint non-indigenes as commissioners in the state. The Governor, who agreed to shelve the […]
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Featured, Latest Headlines, National Conference 2014
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
The movement for the survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has thrown its weight behind the planned national conference describing it as President Jonathan’s boldest step so far in the life of his adminsitration. In an online statement made available to African Examiner, MOSOP President Dr. Goodluck Diigbo however cautioned that the advisory committee should […]
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Agriculture, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
The African Examiner, Indigenous investors who have made fortunes in other sectors of the economy are now increasingly investing in agriculture under the new dispensation of agricultural transformation agenda. The new commercial farmers, seeing the prospects in the agricultural sector, are putting huge investments into agribusiness investments. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. […]
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Featured, Latest Headlines, National Conference 2014, News
Monday, October 7th, 2013
The African Examiner …Inaugurates Conference Advisory Committee Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan says the proposed National Conference will not break up Nigeria as being speculated in some quarters, even as he officially inaugurated the National Advisory Committee (NAC) on the conference. Speaking on Monday in Abuja, Nigeria during the inauguration of the NAC, the presidents said […]
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Ignatius Okpara, Imo, Latest Headlines, News
Monday, October 7th, 2013
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu …Says His projects will take more than 8 years to complete Contrary to his one tenure promise during his campaign in 2011, Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has indicated interest to run for a second term in office in 2015. He said the ongoing projects embarked upon by his administration in […]
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Enugu, Latest Headlines, News
Monday, October 7th, 2013
By Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Nigeria’s minister of power, Prof Chinedu Nebo, has assured that the severance allowance of all PHCN staff will be paid by Federal Government before end of of this month. Nebo, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday at Nsukka shortly after attending a thanksgiving service marking the end of the 2013 […]
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Ayo Balogun, Featured, Latest Headlines, News
Monday, October 7th, 2013
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the presidency of using Rivers State as a testing ground for creeping fascism ahead of the 2015 elections, saying it is imperative for all Nigerians to pay a close attention to the apparently-instigated ugly developments in the state. APC, in a statement issued in Lagos […]
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Ayo Balogun, Featured, Latest Headlines
Monday, October 7th, 2013
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the International Criminal Court, ICC in Hague, Netherland to urgently probe the killings of teachers and school children in some parts of northern Nigeria as crimes against humanity, and to prevail on the Nigerian government to work to prevent further attacks against […]
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Ayo Balogun, Featured, Latest Headlines
Monday, October 7th, 2013
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Sunday Night again announced the suspension of the operating license of Dana Air over safety concerns. African Examiner reports that this is the third time the NCAA will be suspending Dana air operating license for safety issues after its last year deadly crash into a residential neighborhood […]
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Sunday, October 6th, 2013
By Our Correspondent The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has begun investigation into the near mishap of Kabo Air B747 in Sokoto at the weekend. Another plane crash was averted on Friday when a Saudi bound Kabo Air plane carrying over 500 passengers from Kano made an emergency landing at the Sir Abubakar III International Airport […]
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Featured, Ignatius Okpara, Latest Headlines, News
Sunday, October 6th, 2013
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) has kicked against the proposed plan by president Good Luck Jonathan to convene a National Conference, describing it as diversionary. It therefore, called on the senate president and chairman of the National. Assembly(NASS), David Mark, to bail out President Goodluck Jonathan and Nigerians in general by […]
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Featured, Lagos, Latest Headlines, News, Uncategorized
Saturday, October 5th, 2013
The African Examiner The national leader of the All Progressives Congress and former Governor of Lagos state Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after a medical treatment in United States. Tinubu arrived the Muritala Mohammed International Airport Lagos to a heroic reception from party faithful, family members, and friends. Speaking to journalists on pressing national […]
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Abuja, Featured, Latest Headlines, National News, News, Uncategorized
Saturday, October 5th, 2013
The African Examiner, There was a crash scare on Friday as Benin-bound Arik Flight returned to Abuja for Landing after about 45 minutes hovering over the Benin Airport. This incident is coming barely 24 hours after the Lagos crash carrying the corpse of late former Governor Olusegun Agagu killing 13 out of 20 passengers on […]
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Breaking News, Featured, Femi Kehinde, Latest Headlines, News
Saturday, October 5th, 2013
By Femi Kehinde, Another Plane crash was averted on Friday when a Saudi bound Kabo Air plane carrying 400 passengers from Kano made an emergency landing at the Sir Abubakar III international Airport in Sokoto. This is coming a day after the crash in Lagos of an Embraer aircraft belonging to Associated Airlines carrying the […]
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Featured, Lagos, Latest Headlines, News
Friday, October 4th, 2013
The African Examiner, In the aftermath of Thursday’s plane crash in Lagos, Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has declared three days praying and fasting in the state as he mourned the loss of government officials in the tragedy. The Ondo State Government lost its Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Deji Falae and some other […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2013
The African Examiner, The Bayelsa State Government has been explaining the rationale behind the provision of a N150 million as cost of collection of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the State. Speaking to newsmen in Yenagoa, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Treasury, Accounts and Revenue, Mr. Timipre Seipulou stated that, the amount in […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2013
By Our Correspondent Amnesty International in its report released on Friday says the Islamic militants, Boko Haram, which in English means western education is evil, has so far killed 70 teachers and destroyed 50 schools in Northern Nigeria. The attacks on schools, teachers and students are perhaps done to get rid of the Northern Nigeria […]
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Friday, October 4th, 2013
By Our Correspondent Son of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Feyi Agagu is in stable condition and recuperating at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. Also, the DNA Text to identify the 13 charred body in the Associated Airline Plane crash has begun and is expected to end […]
