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Monday, August 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deputy President William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election amid dramatic scenes. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.5% of the vote, according to the official results. The announcement was delayed amid scuffles and allegations of vote-rigging by Mr Odinga’s campaign. Four of the seven members […]
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Monday, August 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four months after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a refund of nomination fees to aspirants who stepped down during the All Progressives Congress (APC) March 26 consensus National Convention, the party is yet to comply. Investigations also showed that the party is indebted to members engaged to conduct the congresses (ward to the […]
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Monday, August 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Under-20 National Women’s Football Team (Falconets) defeated South Korea 1-0 on Sunday in their Group C Match Day Two of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. African Examiner reports that the Falconets got a vital boost at the Estadio Alajuela Morera Soto Stadium with the defeat of […]
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Sunday, August 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressive Congress (APC) senatorial candidate, Jigawa central, Alhaji Tijjani Ibrahim Kiyawa is dead. He died in a China hospital after being admitted at a private clinic in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja from where he was flown to China. Ibrahim was one-time House of representatives member representing Dutse/Kiyawa Federal Constituency […]
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Sunday, August 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the 2023 election political Campaigns officially begins in September next month, governor Charles Soludo led administration in Anambra State has announced the prohibition of use of campaign posters on bridges, roundabouts, and others places in the area, saying any presidential Candidate wishing to past his posters in parts of the state […]
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Sunday, August 14th, 2022
By Funmi Branco (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – You do not have to be a literary mind to realize that power is a special kind of wine. It intoxicates and must be tempered by trials, tests and the keeping of focus. Raw power unmediated by checks and balances disrobes otherwise sane individuals from the commonality of human […]
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Sunday, August 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some Nigerians on social media at the weekend condemned the call by the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, that the leaders who have allowed the union’s strike to linger should be voted out of power during the 2023 general elections. Mr Osodeke said the union was […]
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Sunday, August 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is almost set for the Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign for the 2023 general elections. Gov. Simon Lalong, the Director-General, APC 2023 presidential campaign, said this after inspecting the facilities at the campaign headquaters in Abuja. Dr Makut Macham, the spokesperson for the governor said in a […]
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Sunday, August 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Kaduna State Government says troops of Operation Forest Sanity have killed scores of terrorists, recovered arms and seven motorcycles in Chickun Local Government Area of the state The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Aruwan said: “Security […]
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Saturday, August 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The embattled outgoing Nigeria’s Auditor general of the Federation Alphonsus Aghughu may have concluded plans to install a stooge who will allegedly cover up his alleged Maladminstation, the African Examiner has learnt. The outgoing AuGF has about three weeks left to retire from the service, and is expected to handover to the […]
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Saturday, August 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Akwa Ibom State High Court, presided by Justice Edem Akpan, has sentenced 82-year-old Village Head of Efen Ibom in Ika Local Government Area of the State, Chief Essien Matthew Odiong, to death by hanging for murder. The monarch, married to 12 wives and has 60 children, was standing trial on four counts […]
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Saturday, August 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is determined to ensure the release of victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack still in captivity, according to the Minister of Transportation, Mr Muazu Sambo. Sambo spoke in Lagos on Friday while inspecting Railway facilities. African Examiner reports that President Muhammadu Buhari recently met with the families of passengers […]
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Friday, August 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja challenging the outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary. It comes as a signal that recent efforts by the party to reconcile him with the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has not yielded positive […]
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Friday, August 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council, Governor Simon Lalong, on Friday, tendered an unreserved apology to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) over his ‘blasphemous’ remarks about the Holy Father, Pope Francis. The governor of Plateau state, who admitted that it was an error on his part […]
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Friday, August 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have intercepted 21 parcels of substances suspected to be Indian hemp in Ogba area of Lagos State. The Spokesperson for the Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. He said that the operatives attached to Area G Command, Ogba, […]
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Friday, August 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has again appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off the ongoing strike. Buhari made the call on Friday in Maiduguri at the maiden Special Convocation Ceremony and conferment of Honourary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Maiduguri on Alhaji Muhammadu Indimi, […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Embattled Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong has been Charged with alleged rape, intimidation, conspiracy and supplying of drugs or instruments to procure abortion on Wednesday The four charges were read to Mr Armstrong in a State High Court in Uyo for the first time since he was first arrested on June 13, defense […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A summit organized by the Labour Party and a coalition for Peter Obi Leadership has started in Abuja. The summit has brought together several support groups routing for the Labour Party and the emergence of Peter Obi and Yusuf Datti-Ahmed Presidency. Director General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday urged Nigerians to make the right choice during the 2023 general elections. He warned that making the wrong choice in the election may consume the nation. Obasanjo spoke as the special guest of honour at the Wilson Badejo Foundation’s 15th annual lecture with the theme, ‘Overcoming […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Glory Ogbonna, an ace defender of the Super Falcons has signed a one year contract with the Turkish women league champions, ALG Spor Kulűbű. Ogbonna disclosed this in a telephone interview on Thursday in Calabar. She said that the contract signed on Wednesday, would see her play the women version of the […]
