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Monday, September 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission has ordered vice-chancellors to re-open schools and allow students resume lectures. This was made known in a letter signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts of the NUC, Sam Onazi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed. The letter […]
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Monday, September 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and Governor-elect Ademola Adeleke are at war over election petition, as the tribunal is set to begin sitting today. Oyetola filed against Adeleke and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking the cancellation of 749 polling units because of alleged over voting. He wanted the tribunal to declare […]
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Sunday, September 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government has announced the arrest of 210 suspects in its efforts to combat crude oil theft in the Niger Delta. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, gave the figure on Friday in Port-Harcourt after undertaking an aerial assessment of some hotspots along the Right of Way of the […]
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Sunday, September 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chimaroke Nnamani, has been listed as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council. In a document released on Friday , Mr Nnamani is the 350th on the list of the 422-man council. The document was signed by the secretary of […]
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Sunday, September 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Insecurity will be brought to an end before the end of the year, President Muhammadu Buhari assured in Ile-Ife, Osun, on Saturday. He gave the assurance at the grand finale of the 2022 Olojo Festival. The Olojo Festival is an ancient festival celebrated annually in Ile-Ife. It was once described by Oba […]
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Sunday, September 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Police in Ogun have arrested an 84-year-old man, Stephen Jack for having unlawful carnal knowledge of an eight-year-old girl. Police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated in Abeokuta on Saturday that the suspect resides at Okun Owa area of Ijebu-Ode and was a well-known pedophile. He added that Jack’s latest […]
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Saturday, September 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent humanitarian intervention, UN agencies have said. “As we speak today, 650,000 kids are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. If not treated, half of them will die,” UN Children’s […]
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Saturday, September 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Lagos have seized a large cache of ammunition in two commercial buses and arrested three persons found with the consignment. The police spokesperson in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the seizure and arrest in a statement he issued on Saturday. Mr Hundeyin stated that police operatives from Ikorodu Division […]
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Saturday, September 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Residents of Ruwan Jema, a community in Bukkuyum area of Zamfara State said terrorists attacked a Jum’at mosque on Friday and killed 18 people. Several sources disclosed told that the attack began a few minutes after 1 p.m. and lasted for over an hour. African Examiner learned the attack was suspected to […]
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Saturday, September 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The leadership of Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council on Saturday defended the omission of Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, from its 422-man list, saying the decision was taken on the directive of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The development is coming hours […]
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Friday, September 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Social media commentator, Daniel Regha has compared Tiwa Savage-assisted new song to kindergarten rhymes. The highly vocal Twitter user described Tiwa as a great artiste but insisted the new work was ‘too disappointing.’ Tiwa Savage joined South African DJ group Major League and global DJz Major Lazer for new Amapiano single “Koo […]
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Friday, September 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., in partnership with Verve International, has inaugurated the third National Consumer promo designed to reward users of FirstBank verve card with gifts and cash prizes. Mr Chuma Ezirim, Group Executive, e-Business and Retail Products, FirstBank, said this in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. He said the […]
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Friday, September 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Flooding has displaced more than 2,000 persons in communities in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, the council Chairman, Ahmed Sarki-Usman, has said. Sarki-Usman said on Friday during an assessment visit to the flood-affected communities in Ekye Development Area, that the disaster took place on Sept.20. He said his visit was […]
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Friday, September 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A building has collapsed on Sonuga Street, Palm Avenue, in the Mushin area of Lagos State. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyinyolu, confirmed the development to our correspondent on Friday. He said, “A building has collapsed in Mushin few minutes ago. The rescue operation is ongoing.” As […]
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Friday, September 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, carried out a social experiment by disguising as a civilian and driving at about 11:50pm through police checkpoints. Hundeyin said he passed through the first and second checkpoints, adding that his “papers weren’t even asked for.” Hundeyin attempted to stress how to relate […]
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Friday, September 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, revealed that the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, is eying the Secretary to Government of the Federation position should the party win the 2023 presidential election. “Some people have been given positions as we speak. Ayu wants to become the SFG. These […]
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Friday, September 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, is going to expose some ‘bad characters’ in the Peoples Democratic Party today (Friday), ahead of the 2023 elections. Wike had hinted on this while addressing a meeting of the state PDP stakeholders he convened in Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday. Governor Wike’s camp and that […]
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Friday, September 23rd, 2022
By Ismaila Uba Misilli (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya recently inaugurated the Gombe Investment Summit (GoInvest2022) Steering Committee tasked with the responsibility of planning and staging the upcoming 1st Gombe State Investment Summit proposed for October this year under the theme: ‘lndustrialisation,the Pathway to innovation, Transformation and Development of Gombe State. The Committee, […]
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Thursday, September 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman, Lagos State Park and Garages Management Committee, Musiliu ‘MC Oluomo’ Akinsanya, has denied imposing the purchase of stickers bearing the photo of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on commercial tricycle operators known as ‘Keke Napep.’ He made this known in a video on his […]
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Students has rejected the court order that directed the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its 7-month strike. African Examiner recalls that the National Industrial Court of Nigeria had directed ASUU to end its strike. The body has been on strike since Monday, February […]
