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Sunday, November 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Lagos State have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly killing his mother-in-law and one other person after raping his wife’s teenage sister in the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state. Police spokesperson in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency […]
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Sunday, November 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A yet-to-be-identified Nigerian woman has been allegedly gang-raped while seeking asylum in Cyprus. According to a report by In-Cyprus, the woman was raped at the Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers in Kokkinotrimithia by five men who are also from Nigeria. The woman, it was gathered, reported the rape to Cyprus authorities […]
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Saturday, November 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gunmen have killed no fewer than four persons, including a former Commissioner in Enugu State, Chief Gab Onuzuluike. The incidents occurred on Friday evening at Oji River LGA and Aguikpa community in Nkanu East council area of the state Onuzulike, who was also a former Local Government Chairman of Oji-River, was shot […]
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Friday, November 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has discharged and acquitted a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, and five others from the N544 million grass-cutting contract fraud offences brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The Court on Friday held […]
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Friday, November 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – EFCC arrested 18 internet fraudsters in Ilorin on Friday. Its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, stated that “the suspects were smoked out of their hideouts at different locations following credible intelligence information. “They were arrested at Sobi, Akerebiata and Las Vegas Estate, Asa Dam, Ilorin. “The suspects, mostly in their early twenties, include […]
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Friday, November 18th, 2022
The Minister of Sports and Youth Development Sunday Dare has confirmed the sack of the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General, Mohammed Fadah. There were rumours of Fadah’s sack Thursday evening with many online platforms quoting discreet Presidency sources. All efforts to confirm the report late Thursday night were unsuccessful as reliable […]
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Friday, November 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Ekiti State Police Command, on Friday botched attempts by hoodlums to burn down the Ekiti Assembly complex. The Nation reliably gathered that the incident happened around 4am when the hoodlums were said to have scaled the fence and made spirited efforts to raze […]
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Friday, November 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Cup host, Qatar, is pressuring FIFA to stop the sale of beer at the eight World Cup stadiums, according to reports. The sale of alcohol is strictly controlled in Qatar, but it is due to be available in the area immediately outside match venues and fan zones, as well as within […]
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Friday, November 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A soldier of the 25 Task Force Brigade in Borno ran amok on Thursday and shot a female humanitarian aid worker to death while injuring a UN pilot. He also shot and killed another soldier. Reports said he would have taken more lives, but for the quick intervention of his colleagues who […]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi has stated he has no time to reply or pay attention to Anambra Governor Charles Soludo who clamped down on him on Monday. Rather, he said he is preoccupied with convincing voters a new Nigeria is possible through rigorous campaigns. He spoke […]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s ‘shim’ Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju aka Bobrisky has expressed gratitude to his/her partner for monthly upkeep. The controversial crossdresser, who has continued to hammer that he’s become a female, claimed that his/her partner doles out $17,000 for his/her monthly expenses. Bob gave a breakdown of the money explaining $7,000 was meant for […]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Argentina’s Lionel Messi has picked out Brazil, France and England as the biggest threats to his dream of finally adding a FIFA World Cup winners’ medal to his bulging trophy cabinet. The 35-year-old Paris St-Germain (PSG) forward will again shoulder Argentina’s hopes in Qatar as they bid to deliver the South American […]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Head coach José Peseiro has the full complement of invited players as Nigeria get set for their international friendly with Portugal in Lisbon on Thursday, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, disclosed in a statement on Tuesday that players in camp included goalkeepers Francis Uzoho, Maduka Okoye […]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union Of Universities, University of Lagos Branch, has said it is set to draw the attention of Nigerians to the Federal Government’s attempt to casualise the academia. As such, Chairman, ASUU UNILAG, Dr Dele Ashiru, said a protest rally, titled, ‘The casualisation of intellectualism in Nigeria,’ would hold today, […]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian military has declared 19 suspected terrorists wanted and placed a N5 million bounty on each of them. The details of the 19 terrorists are contained in a poster released by the Director of Defence Information at the Defence Headquarters, Jimmy Akpor. The information on the poster revealed that the N5 […]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two police officers were killed on Monday after a truck ran over them on their way to work in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The incident occurred in the Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti along the Ado-Ifaki dual carriageway. The police spokesperson in the state, Sunday Abutu, said the two officers were […]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN human rights chief Volker Türk says a steep rise in civilian casualties across Somalia, largely at the hands of Al-Shabaab militants, has exacerbated an already grim human rights and humanitarian situation there. According to latest UN figures, at least 613 civilians have been killed and 948 injured so far this […]
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Monday, November 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, adjourned indefinitely the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Mr Kanu is being prosecuted on terrorism and treasonable felony charges before Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Mrs Nyako had dismissed eight of the 15 […]
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Monday, November 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned Arise TV for airing fake reports about the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu. The television station was fined N2m for breaching the broadcasting code. Recall that Arise TV apologised on Sunday after reporting the Independent National Broadcasting Commission […]
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Monday, November 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, has suspended flights to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, over the non-issuance of visas to Nigerians. The UAE carrier, Emirates Airlines, had earlier suspended its flights, citing the inability to repatriate ticket funds in addition to the reduced passengers on the route. Nigeria’s indigenous carrier, Air Peace, however, said […]
