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Thursday, August 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that a total of 4,765 trucks carrying relief supplies have entered Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region since April. The UNHCR, in its latest Ethiopia emergency situation update posted Wednesday, said that since the resumption of humanitarian convoys into the Tigray region in April, […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six police officers were killed in anti-government protests in northern and western Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the head of police said on Thursday. Two officers were killed in the capital, Freetown, three in the northern town of Kamakwie and one in the northern city of Makeni, police inspector general William Fayia Sellu […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says the authority is proposing a 50 per cent increase in waste bill across board for Lagos residents. Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, the Managing Director of LAWMA, made this known during a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos. Odumboni said that the price increase was due to the […]
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Thursday, August 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Yoruba Nollywood actor, Ebun Oloyede, popularly known as Olaiya Igwe, has gotten a surprise Mercedes-Benz GLK SUV gift from Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo. A trending video, shared by King Westt, shows the moment the former Chairman of Lagos State chapter of NURTW handed over the keys to the Mercedes-Benz GLK to […]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Crisis is currently rocking the office of the Auditor General for the Federation over allegations of fraud, misconducts and abuse of powers. The incumbent Auditor General, Mr. Adolphus Aghughu is accused of malicious redeployment of staff, particularly union officers, who dare challenge his alleged highhanded leadership style out of the Abuja headquarters […]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has refuted claims of writing a letter to the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, tasking him to give the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, a chance in the forthcoming 2023 presidential elections. Akufo-Addo also noted that he never informed […]
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said that some people mocked him when he lost his biological son last year. He stated this on Tuesday night during the ongoing 70th Annual Convention of the church along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway monitored by The PUNCH. The […]
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Indigenous People of Biafra has said that it has not replaced the currently detained Nnamdi Kanu as its leader. The Biafra group asked its followers to ignore the reports making the rounds that IPOB has replaced Kanu, describing it as “fabricated media propaganda”. These were made known in a statement by […]
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyans are going to the polls on Tuesday to elect a president and a new parliament, with around 22 million people eligible to cast their ballots in a closely fought election. Pre-election polling put opposition leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga slightly ahead of William Ruto, who served as vice president […]
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Defence Headquarters said it has arrested the terrorists behind the attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, who made the disclosure during a parley with media executives at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, said the criminals were arrested in collaboration […]
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that politicians in the state are recruiting cultists and ex-convicts to be used as political thugs for the 2023 general elections. Mr Wike, who stated this in a state broadcast in Port Harcourt, said the state government got wind of this via ‘intelligent reports.” […]
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Monday released the results of school candidates, who sat the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations(WASSCE). Speaking at a briefing on Monday, WAEC’s Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan, noted that the results were released 45 days after the last paper. The examination held […]
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Monday, August 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Scores of terrorists, including one of the notorious commanders, Alhaji Abdulkareem Lawal, aka Abdulkareem Boss, have been killed in airstrikes coordinated by the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji, at the weekend. The successful strikes were targeted at key terrorists’ enclaves and hideouts at Rugu Forest in Katsina State. Boss, who has […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The deposed Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, says he will continue to speak and air his views to defend and rebuild Nigeria. Sanusi, who is also the current Khalifah, Tijaniyat Movement of Nigeria, said this in Abuja on Saturday at a stage play titled “Emir Sanusi: Truth in Time.’’ The play was […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan again won the gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the United Kingdom. The world champion successfully defended her title at the Alexander Stadium on Sunday in the women’s 100m hurdles final as she was able to run a game record of 12.30. […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday condemned the attacks against non-indigenes and law enforcement officials by terrorists in the South-East, calling on citizens to point out the perpetrators for prosecution. According to a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President was […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The police in Lagos have arrested a 36-year-old applicant, Ifeanyi Ezennaya, for allegedly drugging and robbing six women of six iPhones valued at N4 million. African Examiner reports that the incident happened on Tuesday at Falolu Street, Surulere, Lagos. Mr Ezennaya, whose residential address is unknown, allegedly lured the young ladies (names […]
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Sunday, August 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Barely two weeks after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern, the U.S .government has made the same declaration as infections spread across the country. The declaration was made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Friday “as part of the Biden-Harris […]
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Saturday, August 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo, said yesterday that the Federal Government was not in a position to borrow N1.2 trillion yearly to resolve the long running strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). “Should we go and borrow to pay N1.2 […]
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Saturday, August 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Four policemen were killed on Friday night when criminals invaded Agwa Divisional Police headquarters in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo state. Part of the division and vehicles, including the one belonging to the Divisional Police Officer were burnt by the attackers. This is even as the gunmen invaded the house of […]
