Lagos-Nigeria, July 24, 2015: Two innovation-driven companies; Etisalat Nigeria and DigitalSENSE Africa Media, Friday, Friday in, Lagos presented prizes to the winners of the 2015 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Essay Competition. The essay competition which focused this year was on Net Neutrality and Nigerian Internet Users was non-restrictive, non-discriminatory, and designed... Read more
The management of the African Examiner online has announced the death of its Managing Editor, Mr Femi Kehinde. A release made available to www.Africanewscircle.com announcing the death reads: “Death has struck again in the Nigerian media industry, as another young, brilliant and dynamic journalist, Mr. Femi Kehinde has answered the... Read more
A review by Uzo Nwokwu, Washington DC Dateline July 22, 2015. Location: Down town Washington DC, USA, less than half a mile from the White House. The invitation from the United States Institute of Peace was as promising as it was inviting. “Nigeria: A Conversation with President Muhammadu... Read more
A combined teal of soldiers and policemen have been drafted to the Ijaw house venue of a proposed meeting by Niger Delta Ex-Militants. Investigations show that the security operative were deployed following orders from Governor Dickson on Friday cancelling the proposed meeting. Civil Servants in Bayelsa Ministry... Read more
From: Arodiegwu Eziokwu, Yenogoa The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) says the delays experienced in the oil spill response at its Adibawa oil fields were regrettable. SPDC said on Monday that the oil leakage from its oil fields located in Edagberi community in Rivers was... Read more
Bayelsa Monarch kidnapped as kidnappers injure food vendor
FeaturedNigeriaUncategorized July 23, 2015
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu Unidentified gunmen on Thursday kidnapped Chief C A O Otobotekere Paramount Ruler of Tombia Community in Tenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Our Correspondent gathered that the gunmen who arrived the palace of the monarch on Thursday morning had fired several shots to scare... Read more
•Condemns dismissal of Dawari and Odili’s cases on technical grounds The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has alleged a grand conspiracy between the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) and some judges to frustrate the party’s petitions brought before the tribunals in respect of the March 28 and... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong,Port Harcourt Samson Siasia, Head Coach of Nigeria’s U-23 Dream Team, said that the Congolese U-23 Team was lucky to concede only two goals in the July 19 Olympic qualifier. Siasia said this in an interactive session with sports journalist after the match at the Adokiye Amiesimaka... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has blamed the United Nations and the Federal Government for ceding the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroon.Ayade stated this when he received the Country Representative of United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Mrs. Angele Dikongue Atangana... Read more
Former Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau on Thursday said he was not desperate about holding any political appointments in the country. Gen Dambazzau, the first Nigeria army chief to hold a PhD degree, and currently a Senior Visiting Fellow of the Centre for Peace, Democracy and... Read more
