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General Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, June 30th, 2016
A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, is dead. He died in Abuja on Wednesday evening. The cause of his death was however unknown, but the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Walid Jibril, confirmed his death. Until his death, Maduekwe was the secretary of the PDP BoT. […]
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Abia, Headlines, State News
Thursday, June 30th, 2016
Despite INEC Certificate of Return to Uche Ogah, Ikpeazu Declares He Remains Abia Governor: By Seun Adebosin ABIA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the Certificate of Return issued Thursday by INEC to Uche Ogah, Abia State Goveror Okozie Ikpeazu has declared that he remained the elected Governor and urged residents of the State to remain calm. […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, June 30th, 2016
Nigeria ‘signs $80bn oil deals with China’ Posted at08:29 Nigeria has signed oil and gas infrastructure agreements worth $80bn (£60m) with Chinese companies, the Reuters news agency quotes the country’s state oil company as saying. The West African country is one of Africa’s largest oil producers and oil is its main export earner. But it imports […]
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Headlines
Thursday, June 30th, 2016
Renowned Nigerian author Elechi Amadi has died of an undisclosed illness at the age of 82. He was most famous for The Concubine, which pictured the culture of marriage and forbidden traditions and was originally published in 1966. The Concubine remains a recommended text in schools across Africa. His other books include Sunset in Biafra, […]
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EFCC Politics, Ekiti, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, June 29th, 2016
By Rotimi Ojomoyela Ado Ekiti—Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has instituted a suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and Zenith Bank Plc over the freezing of his accounts. The case was filed on behalf of Fayose by Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), at the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital. The […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, June 29th, 2016
By Esther Onyegbula A41-year-old man, Raymond Anyanwu, who reportedly raped and impregnated his 15 years old daughter, said that frustration led him into the act. Anyanwu, who committed the offence at Ajao Estate, Isolo, said: “I started sleeping with my 15-year-old daughter sometime around January, after I lost my job. “I am a transporter, but […]
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Headlines, Niger Delta
Tuesday, June 28th, 2016
The New Face of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme The Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Program was set up in 2010 by former president Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua GCFR. The sole purpose of the programme was to help rehabilitate and reintegrate militants in the Niger Delta who had accepted presidential amnesty given to them. It was on June […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Tuesday, June 28th, 2016
Samuel Kayode. Source; Daily mail This post has already been read 18993 times! Bayo Akinloye A Nigerian accountant and part-time pastor in the United Kingdom, Samuel Kayode, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing £4.1million. Kayode was sentenced on Friday by Woolwich Crown Court in South London for defrauding Haberdashers’ Aske’s […]
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Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Monday, June 27th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | June 27, 2016 – Britain has voted to leave the European Union in a referendum, with the result throwing into question the fate of the 28-nation bloc and Prime Minister David Cameron announcing he will step down by October. The official result which was announced on Friday saw a major victory […]
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Latest Politics, Niger Delta
Monday, June 27th, 2016
Ovie Okpare, Warri The umbrella body of Ijaw youths, Ijaw Youth Council, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to back his appeals with action in making the Niger Delta militants halt hostilities by personally kick-starting the dialogue process with stakeholders in the region. A statement signed by the spokesman for the group, Eric Omare, on […]
