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Sunday, September 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four persons have been rescued from a four storey-building under construction that collapsed at Imam Street, along Aka Road, Akwa Ibom State. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Ini Ememobong disclosed this on his Facebook wall Saturday night. “All Critical rescue and security agencies- the Police, DSS, Fire Service are on […]
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Saturday, September 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, says the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, owe Nigerians an explanation over the latter’s promise to remove fuel subsidy once elected. Keyamo, who made the claim in a statement issued on Saturday morning, disclosed that Obi’s declaration is […]
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Saturday, September 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kano state Police Command, has confirmed the alleged murder of one Miss Ummukulthum Sani of Janbulo quarters in Kano by one Mr Gheng Chu, a Chinese national based in the state on Friday evening. The Police Public Relations Officers, SP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the murder at a press conference on Saturday […]
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Friday, September 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian singer, BNXN, formerly called Buju, has opened up about his struggle with social insecurity during the early years of his career. The singer disclosed this during an interview with Joey Akan, the music journalist. It could be recalled that the singer was born in Lagos but comes from Akwa Ibom state. […]
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Friday, September 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Chairman Chief Olabode George yesterday warned that the opposition party may lose next year’s presidential election to its crisis. He said the way and manner the protracted leadership crisis is resolved will determine the fate of the platform in the 2023 polls. George warned that […]
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Friday, September 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Lagos State Taskforce has auctioned 134 vehicles confiscated for various traffic offences. Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, the Taskforce spokesperson, said in a statement on Thursday that the enforcement team in collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Justice “auctioned 134 forfeited and abandoned vehicles at the Taskforce compound in Alausa, Ikeja.” Mr Abdulraheem […]
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Thursday, September 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a 52-year-old man, Akin Isaac, to 21 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his 18-year-old daughter. The prosecutor said that the defendant had started having an unlawful sexual intercourse with his 18-year-old daughter while she was six years old, which resulted into at least […]
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Thursday, September 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says it will shut down Ladipo and Oyingbo markets till further notice over reckless waste dumping, refusal to pay for waste services, and general poor waste management. Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) LAWMA, said in a statement on Thursday in Lagos that the markets […]
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Thursday, September 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja awarded Nigerian citizenship to 286 nationals, urging them to be good citizens of the country to enjoy all the rights and privileges bestowed on them. ”You have pledged your allegiance to Nigeria. When you give your love and loyalty to Nigeria, she returns her love […]
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Thursday, September 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The airport in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage in northern France is to be renamed after the late British Queen Elizabeth II, who died Sept. 8. It is not yet decided when exactly it will be renamed. Le Touquet-Paris-Plage is a popular holiday destination for British tourists. The coastal commune considers its airport the `most […]
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Thursday, September 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Doctors under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have suspended a strike ultimatum to the Federal Government to meet their demands, particularly the payment of the newly-reviewed Medical Residency Training Fund and implementation of the new hazard allowance, among others. NARD President, Dr. Godiya Ishaya, confirmed this to […]
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Thursday, September 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has insisted that the national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, should resign, stressing that the candidate and chairman cannot come from the same bloc region. The governor said Southwest PDP stakeholders believe that Ayu’s resignation should be the baseline for restructuring and unification. Makinde said if the controversy […]
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Thursday, September 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mr Isaac Kekemeke, National Vice-Chairman (South-West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party’s Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has never betrayed the Yoruba race, but fought for justice, fairness, progress and development. Kekemeke made the clarification, while briefing newsmen on Wednesday shortly after the party’s zonal meeting at the state party […]
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Inspector General of Police of Nigeria (IGP) Musiliu Smith has resigned as the Chairman Police Service Commission (PSC). PSC spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani confirmed his resignation Ani said Smith’s resignation was on health grounds and President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted it. Ani said: “Yes he resigned on his own on medical grounds […]
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2022
By Dr. Walter Duru, PHD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Just like many other members of the Nigerian delegation, I felt very proud to be a Nigerian, when, at the 2022 ID4Africa Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, my dearly beloved country was celebrated for leading the Identity revolution in Africa. The message was very clear; the ovation was […]
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There was a mild drama Wednesday morning when Cross River state governor , Prof Ben Ayade locked out civil servants working in the government house, Calabar for coming late to work. Governor Ayade who came to work before 8: 00 am ordered the Chief Security Officer,CSO, to lock the governor’s office gate […]
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday told a Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja that its preliminary investigation established that hostage negotiator, Tukur Mamu, is a terror sponsor. In an affidavit in support of its ex-parte motion marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022 and filed before the court, the DSS also described Mamu as a […]
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian-born American professor, Uju Anya, has said her life has been under threat since her Thursday tweet on the late Queen Elizabeth II. Anya, who is a Professor of Second Language Acquisition, Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America, spoke exclusively to The PUNCH on Sunday afternoon. Anya, […]
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Subsequent increase in incidences of crime in the state, the Ondo State Government has restored its earlier ban on the operation of commercial motorcycles after 6 p.m. It also ordered the closure of all nightclubs by midnight. The government is demanding also that users of vehicles with tinted glasses must get permits. […]
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Tuesday, September 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted a prayer by the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator,, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a short ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji, granted the motion as […]
